Souvenir stands hawking petrified wood lined the roads outside the monument, drawing their wares from nearby parcels of private land. But visitors still succumbed to the temptation of pocketing a ...

Eventually, often decades later, conscience prompts some to return their “souvenirs” anonymously ... “I purchased a few pieces of petrified wood on eBay in an attempt to satisfy the desire.” ...

Petrified wood itself is very magnetic ... Everyone has a different idea of what would make a good souvenir. I don’t know how many letter writers acknowledged it at the time, but to me they ...

At Petrified Forest, the petrified wood is everywhere ... rangers occasionally see visitors trying to smuggle a piece home as a souvenir. "People tend to have a guilty conscience, right?" ...

Curious visitors began exploring the remote area and while touring began plucking souvenirs as keepsakes to take home or to show their friends. By the late 1800s interest in petrified wood had ...

Visitors were pocketing small pieces of petrified wood to take home as souvenirs, which was adding up to a significant loss. Santucci knew that most visitors care very much about the welfare of the ...

Next to the center is the Gem Shop, where rock hounds can find souvenirs from polished petrified wood to mystical crystals. If, after visiting the center, you decide to go in search of your own ...

With so much petrified wood on the ground, you may be tempted to snag a free souvenir. Note that all objects in the park are protected. This is considered theft and you can be fined for such a ...

The name of the park gives it away: Most of the fossils you'll see at Petrified Forest are of exquisite petrified wood from the Triassic ... at a park just to buy a souvenir The 10 airports ...