Petrified Forest

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CreatorAlonzo (Lon) Megargee, 1883-1972Browse TopicArt and Creative WorksSociety and CultureSubjectMegargee, LonPetrified Forest National Park (Ariz.)--Pictorial works.DescriptionPetrified Forest is one of fifteen murals painted by Lon Megargee for the Arizona State Capitol from 1913 to 1914. It shows huge pieces of petrified wood in the foreground against a background of turbulent clouds and low mountains. Over 13,000 years of human history can be found in the Petrified Forest from ancient cultures and early explorers to the Civilian Conservation Corps and Historic Route 66.Date Original1914Date Range1910s (1910-1919)TypeStill ImageOriginal FormatPaintings (visual works)Contributing InstitutionArizona Capitol MuseumCollectionLon Megargee PaintingsRights StatementIn Copyright http://rightsstatements.org/vocab/InC/1.0/ Copyright and/or publication rights for all images in this collection are retained by this institution. Contact the Arizona Capitol Museum at 602-926-3620 or http://www.azlibrary.gov/museum for further information.

Geographic

Geographic FeaturePetrified Forest National ParkCountyApache CountyNavajo CountyStateArizonaCountryUnited StatesGeoNames URIhttp://sws.geonames.org/5308614

PlacePetrified Forest National Park

Administrative

IdentifierPetrified Forest.jpgDate Digitized2010-12-16Digital FormatJPEGDigitizing InstitutionArizona Capitol Museum

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