Existing comment:
Alexander Ringhoffer:
Alexander Ringhoffer was prospecting in the Klondike Bluffs area in 1922 when he stumbled upon magnificent Tower Arch and the Marching Men. Ringhoffer contacted F.A. Wadleigh of the Denver & Rio Grande Western Railroad in the hope that they might build a tourist line to the area. Wadleigh wrote Stephen T. Mather, the first Director of the National Park Service, about the area. At Mather's request, several survey paries were sent to investigate.
Dr. Frank Oastler, geologist G.M. Gould and others also visited the area and recommended monument establishment. |