Editing Delicate Arch (section)

==History==
[[File:Cloudy Sunset at Delicate Arch (8520706358).jpg|thumb|Delicate Arch and adjacent large [[panhole]] at sunset, February 2011]]
Because of its distinctive shape, the arch was known as "the [[Chaps]]" and "the Schoolmarm's [[Bloomers (clothing)|Bloomers]]" by local cowboys.<ref>{{cite book|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=3Dfw39LEixkC&q=delicate+arch+%22the+chaps%22&pg=PA84|last=Green|first=Stewart M.|title=Best Easy Day Hikes Moab|publisher=[[Globe Pequot Press]]|location=Guilford, Connecticut|page=84|isbn=978-0762767830|year=2011|access-date=March 10, 2019}}</ref> Many other names have been applied to this arch including "Bloomers Arch", "Marys Bloomers", "Old Maids Bloomers", "Pants Crotch", "Salt Wash Arch", and "School Marms Pants".<ref name="gnis"/> The arch was given its current name by Frank Beckwith, leader of the Arches National Monument Scientific Expedition, who explored the area in the winter of 1933&ndash;1934. Although there is a rumor that the names of Delicate Arch and [[Landscape Arch]] were inadvertently exchanged due to a signage mixup by the [[National Park Service]] (NPS), this is false.<ref name="Hoffman">Hoffman, John F., ''Arches National Park''</ref>

This arch played no part in the original designation of the area as a [[National monument (United States)|national monument]] (Arches National Monument) in 1929 and was not included within the original boundaries; it was added when the monument was enlarged in 1938.

In the 1950s, the NPS investigated the possibility of applying a clear [[plastic]] coating to the arch to protect it from further [[erosion]] and eventual destruction. The idea was ultimately abandoned as impractical and contrary to NPS principles.<ref name="Hoffman"/>

Nature photographer Michael Fatali started a fire under the arch in September 2000 to demonstrate nighttime photography techniques to a group of amateur photographers. The fire discolored portions of the sandstone near the arch.<ref>{{cite news|url=http://photo.net/nature-photography-forum/001oMT|title=Fatali Pleads Guilty to All Charges|last=Vigh|first=Michael|newspaper=[[The Salt Lake Tribune]]|location=Salt Lake City|date=December 8, 2001|access-date=March 10, 2019|via=photo.net}}</ref><ref>{{cite news|url=https://www.deseretnews.com/article/878430/Photographer-admits-fire-role.html|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20181007183813/https://www.deseretnews.com/article/878430/Photographer-admits-fire-role.html|url-status=dead|archive-date=October 7, 2018|title=Photographer admits fire role|last=Welling|first=Angie|newspaper=[[Deseret News]]|publisher=[[Deseret Digital Media]]|location=Salt Lake City|date=December 7, 2001|access-date=March 10, 2019}}</ref> Fatali was placed on probation and fined $10,900 in restitution to the NPS for the cost of cleanup efforts.<ref>{{cite news|url=https://www.nytimes.com/2002/02/02/us/national-briefing-rockies-utah-sentence-for-burning-arch.html|title=National Briefing: Rockies: Utah: Sentence For Burning Arch|newspaper=[[The New York Times]]|agency=[[Associated Press]]|location=New York City|date=February 2, 2002|access-date=March 10, 2019}}</ref>

In 2017, the [[United Utah Party]] was founded, and chose Delicate Arch as its official party logo.