Designers Abroad 4 |DesertSouthWestUSA |Indian Country

The Desert Southwest USA — Indian Country
Arizona/Colorado/New Mexico/Utah
Designers Abroad | 4

The Desert Southwest USA — Indian Country
Arizona/Colorado/New Mexico/Utah
Newspaper Rock•Petrified Forest National Park•Created by ancestral Puebloan people based along the
Puerco River between 650 and 2,000 years ago. Some of the ancient artists may have lived at Puerco Pueblo,
located less than one mile north of this site.
Designers Abroad | 4

The Desert Southwest
Left: Atchison, Topeka & Santa Fe Railway brochure promoting tourism to the Desert
Southwest from1937. Accommodation was provided by ‘Fred Harvey’ Hotels built
beside the railway or in tourist centres. Pioneering architect Mary Colter worked with
the Fred Harvey Company from 1902 to 1948; designs included La Posada, Winslow
and buildings in the Grand Canyon National Park. Entrepreneur Allan Affeldt
undertook the restoration of La Posada in 1994, re-opening in 1997.

Arizona
Monument Valley•Navajo Nation Tribal Park
Arizona•National Parks, National Forests, National Monuments & State Parks

The Residence Resort •Scottsdale — subsequently demolished

The Mist Spa at The Residence Resort•Scottsdale
JW Marriott Camelback Inn Resort & Spa•Scottsdale [Image: JWM Website]

Papagayo Plaza•Scottsdale•Demolished 2019
The Borgata Shopping Precinct•Scottsdale•Demolished? [Internet Image]

Desert Botanical Museum•Phoenix•Reconstructed First Nation Desert Dwelling

Desert Botanical Museum•Phoenix
Deer Valley Petroglyph Preserve•Phoenix•Administered by School of Human Evolution and Social Change•Arizona State University
Architect: Bill Bruder Associates 1988

el Pedregal Shopping at the Boulders Resort•Scottsdale

Winter Studio and house of architect Frank Lloyd Wright•Scottsdale [Image: The Frank Lloyd Wright Foundation]
The Arizona Biltmore Hotel and Cottage complex
Collaboration between architects Frank Lloyd Wright and Albert Chase McArthur [Image: The Frank Lloyd Wright Foundation]

Sunsets at el Pedregal at the Boulders Resort•Scottsdale

Verde Canyon Railroad •Clarkdale
Verde River view•Verde Canyon Railroad •Clarkdale

Murphy’s Restaurant•Originally Gardner’s General Merchandise•Prescott
Eric on Whiskey Row•Prescott — Founded 1864 as the Territorial Capital of Arizona

Mogollon Rim•Coconino National Forest •Flagstaff
Mogollon Rim•Coconino National Forest •Flagstaff

Montezuma Castle National Monument •Camp Verde

Lenore, Vicky & Nick at Red Rock Crossing
Eric at Midgley Bridge, Oak Creek Canyon•Sedona
Red Rock Crossing•Red Rock State Park•Sedona

3 loco goods train pulling into Flagstaff Station
Tlaquepaque Arts & Shopping Village•Sedona
Midgley Bridge, Oak Creek Canyon•Sedona

Museum of Northern Arizona•Founded 1928

Canyon de Chelly National Monument•Chinle

Needle Rock•Canyon de Chelly National Monument•Chinle
White House•Canyon de Chelly National Monument•Chinle

Navajo Bridge•Marble Canyon•Colorado River
Lenore en-route to the Grand Canyon National Park

North Rim Overlook•Grand Canyon National Park
Lenore at the North Rim Overlook•Grand Canyon National Park
Eric at the North Rim Overlook•Grand Canyon National Park

North Rim Overlook•Grand Canyon National Park

Neon Signs•Williams on Route 66
Native American Dancers •Navajo County Historic Courthouse•Holbrook

Monument Valley•Navajo Nation Tribal Park

Monument Valley•Navajo Nation Tribal Park

Sandstorm at Monument Valley•Navajo Nation Tribal Park
Sheep in Monument Valley•Navajo Nation Tribal Park

Monument Valley•Navajo Nation Tribal Park
Sonoran Desert View•Tucson

Loews Ventana Canyon Resort•Tucson [Promotional postcard image]
Tom Mix Memorial on AZ 79: Pinal Pioneer Highway•Florence
Old Sate Capitol•Tucson
Downtown•Tucson

Cactus in Private Garden•Tucson
Casita accommodation•Arizona Inn•Tucson•Family owned and operated since its creation in 1930 by Isabella Greenway as a
philanthropic venture and maintaining the original cabinet-making workshop.

Arizona-Sonora Desert Museum•Tucson
Mountain Lion in the Zoo at Arizona-Sonora Desert Museum•Tucson

Ironwood Art Gallery at Arizona-Sonora Desert Museum•Tucson
Tucson Sunset

Westward Look Wyndham Grand Resort and Spa•Tucson
San Xavier Mission Church & School•Wa:k Tohono O'odham Reservation

Bisbee
Tombstone

Tombstone
Tombstone

Nogales•Mexico
Nogales•Mexico

New Mexico/Southern Colorado
Square Tower House Cliff Dwellings•Mesa Verde National Park•Colorado
New Mexico/Southern Colorado•National Parks,
National Forests, National Monuments & State Parks

Kiva Ceremonial fireplace•Cliff Palace•Mesa Verde National Park•Colorado
Cliff Palace•Mesa Verde National Park•Colorado
Kokopelli, the humpbacked flute player is a fertility deity and the spirit of music accompanied by a consort or apprentice.

Gallup•New Mexico
Gallup•New Mexico

Old Water Tower at the Santa Fe Railyard development
with a New Mexico Rail Runner Express
double deck commuter train
Santa Fe Railyard development with New Mexico Rail Runner Express•[from Web Site video•Permission Applied For]
Original Santa Fe Depot•New Mexico

La Fonda The Inn on The Plaza•Santa Fe
Influenced by architects Mary Elizabeth Jane Colter and John
Gaw Meem•Built 1922, acquired by AT&SF Railway
1925•Now owned by Cienda Partners•Photograph by
Parkhurst from Indian Detours brochure•AT&SF Railway
1937
The State Art Museum•Santa Fe•New Mexico
Architects Isaac Hamilton Rapp of Rapp, Rapp and Hendrickson.
Design influenced by Pueblo churches•Built 1916-17
Photograph from Indian Detours brochure•AT&SF Railway 1937
IAIA Museum of Contemporary Native Arts (MoCNA)•Santa Fe•New Mexico

Fetish objects and ceramic from IAIA Museum of Contemporary Native Arts (MoCNA)•Santa Fe•NewMexico [Not to Scale]

Santa Fe Patio•NewMexico
Sanat Fe style•New Mexico
Lensic Theatre•Sanat Fe•New Mexico•Architects Boller Brothers of LA and Kansas City, restoration by Conrad Schmitt Studios

Main Concourse•Albuquerque International Sunport•[Photograph courtesy ABQ Sunport]
Main Concourse•Albuquerque International Sunport•Architect William E. Burk Jr. 1967
Expanded and renovated by Phillip Jacobson and BPLW Associates 1987-9 [Photograph courtesy ABQ Sunport]

Taos Pueblo•New Mexico
B/W photograph from Indian Detours brochure•AT&SF Railway 1937
Taos Pueblo Market•NewMexico

San Geronimo Church•Taos Pueblo•New Mexico
Taos Pueblo•NewMexico

Bandelier National Monument•Santa Fe•New Mexico
Bandelier National Monument•Santa Fe•New Mexico

Hovenweep National Monument•Cortez•Colorado/Utah
Old Ranger Station•Hovenweep National Monument•Cortez•Colorado/Utah

Hovenweep National Monument•Cortez•Colorado/Utah
Hovenweep National Monument•Cortez•Colorado/Utah

Chama Station•Cumbres & Toltec Scenic Railroad•New Mexico/Colorado
Vintage Snowplough wagon•Cumbres & Toltec Scenic Railroad•New Mexico/Colorado

View towards the Great Plains•New Mexico/Colorado

Stater Hotel•Durango•Colorado
Downtown Durango•Colorado

Tourist stagecoach rides•Silverton •Colorado
Natalia’s 1912 Restaurant•Silverton •Colorado

Locomotive on Durango & Silverton Railroad •Colorado
Caboose on Durango & Silverton Railroad •Colorado

Views in the High Rockies towards Ouray •Colorado

Ouray •Colorado
Western Hotel, originally Holt & Foster Hotel built 1892•Ouray •Colorado

Ouray Livery Barn, built pre-1896 •Colorado

Southeast Utah
Mexican Hat Rock
Southeast Utah•National Parks, National Forests, National Monuments & State Parks
San Juan Inn & Trading Post•Mexican Hat [from Web Site]

Newspaper Rock State Monument petroglyphs•U 211 near Monticello
View from the Moki Dugway — U261 ‘Trail of the Ancients’ Scenic Backway towards Valley of the Gods and Monument Valley
Another depiction of Kokopelli, the humpbacked flute player revered by Native American Tribes.

Dream Keeper Inn B&B• Moab

Uranium Building • Moab •[Creative Commons Image]
The Uranium Building•Moab [Internet Image]
River Rafting Trip on the Colorado River•Moab

Colorado River north of Moab

View of San Juan River at Goosenecks State Park
Cable Bridge over San Juan River to BLM Sand Island Campground•Bluff
[Destroyed 2006]
View over Goosenecks State Park•Created by the San Juan River

View over Canyonlands National Park – Islands in the Sky Region

Colorado River at Lake Powell/Glen Canyon NRA•Hite Crossing Bridge carrying Utah State Highway 95 to far right
Arches National Park

Arches National Park
Arches National Park

Park Avenue Rock Formation•Arches National Park

Fruita Campground•Capitol Reef National Park
Top: Fruita Old Schoolhouse [Closed 1941] and interior recreated by NPS•Capitol Reef National Park•[NPS Images]

Fruita Orchard•Capitol Reef National Park from Rim Overlook

Fruita Campground•Capitol Reef National Park

Scenic Drive•Waterpocket Fold•Capitol Reef National Park
Grand Wash•Capitol Reef National Park

Grand Wash•Capitol Reef National Park
Fish Lake Resort Lodge•Built 1928-32

Cafe Diablo•Closed in 2020 [Wiki Commons Image]
Grand Staircase Escalante National Monument

Grand Staircase Escalante National Monument

Grand Staircase Escalante National Monument

Boulder Mountain Lodge & Hell’s Backbone Grill
Above: Hell’s Kitchen Grill
Left: Calf Creek Falls•BLM Calf Creek Recreation Area

Bryce Canyon National Park

Mementos from the Desert Southwest and Las Vegas•Nevada

Cover photograph: South Window Arch•Arches National Park•Utah
Photographs by Lenore & Eric Gristwood
Additional images by permission of copyright holders or permission requested
Graphic Design & Art Direction by Lenore & Eric Gristwood
© 2022 L&EG
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Rope Bridge•San Juan River•Bluff•Constructed by volunteers in 1957, the bridge allowed Navaho Nation
children to attend school in Bluff and families to access shops and utilities without a considerable detour.
Washed away in floods in 2006, yet to be replaced.