Snow-mantled, the high desert lands of the Colorado Plateau are locked in chilly silence at sunrise.

ARIZONA HIGHWAYS

James E. Stevens, Director of Publications Tom C. Cooper, Editor Wesley Holden, Associate Editor Richard G. Stahl, Assistant Editor Marvin Beck, Circulation Manager

Arizona Department of Transportation

William A. Ordway, Director Oscar T. Lyon, Jr., State Engineer Board Members Len W. Mattice, Chairman, Pima William A. “Bill” Erdmann, Vice Chairman, Casa Grande John S. Houston, Member, Yuma Robert M. Bracker, Member, Nogales Armand P. Ortega, Member, Sanders E. J. “Charlie” McCarthy, Member, Kingman Ralph A. Watkins, Jr., Member, Wickenburg Arizona Highways is published monthly by the Arizona Department of Transportation. Address: Arizona Highways, 2039 W. Lewis Ave., Phoenix, AZ 85009. $8.00 per year in U.S. and possessions. $9.00 Canada, Mexico and P.U.A.S countries, and $10.00 elsewhere; single copies one dollar each. Second Class Postage paid at Phoenix, Arizona, under Act of March 3, 1879. Copyright © 1977 by the Arizona Department of Transportation.

This issue of Arizona Highways is produced by W. A. Krueger Co., Phoenix Division, Phoenix, Arizona. American Type Founders 25" x 38" 4-unit web-fed press; Body stock, 60 lb. Consoweb Modern (Consolidated Paper Co.) supplier, Butler Paper Co., Phoenix, Arizona. Cover stock 110 lb. Meads Web Enamel, Mead Paper Company. Typography by Morneau Typographers, Phoenix, Arizona. Designed by Steve R. Losey; Assistance/Production by Lorna Holmes.

(Front cover) (Left) View of Three Sisters rock formation, Monument Valley. David Muench (Center) Giant saguaro framed by the branches of the Palo Verde tree. David Muench (Right) Brilliant blossoms of the prickly pear. Bill Daniels (Inside front cover) Looking east from Toroweap Overlook, the mile-deep Grand Canyon at dawn pulses with a marvelous and mystic light. Dick Dietrich (Right) Snow-mantled, the high desert lands of the Colorado Plateau are locked in chilly silence at sunrise. David Muench