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Show Southern Utah Counties Invite Visitors During Indian Summer The Southern Utah countries, rich in scenery and history, are again inviting residents from all parts of the state to enjoy Indian summer vacations. Washington, lion, Kane, Garfield, Beaver and Wayne counties are making special efforts to extend a warm welcome to visitors during their "Indian Summer Days" celebrations celebra-tions from Labor Day until mid-October. mid-October. "With the crowds gone from Zion, Bryce and Cedar Breaks, the autumn foliage season is the perfect time to visit the five-county five-county area," according to Milt Jolley, Cedar City Chamber of Commerce, an official in the vacation va-cation promotion campaign. He noted that booklets pointing up the scenic beauty, history and attractions of all five counties are being issued as a joint venture. ven-ture. Special efforts to bring Southern California tourists and Mormon conference visitors to the area will be made, he added. The towering cliffs of Zion National Park, the pinnacles of Bryce Canyon, the colorful rock terraces of Cedar Breaks, fish ing at Navajo and Puffer lakes, ? the old Iron Town at cedar City, '! Indian petroglyphs neari Paro- V wan and spectacular Gr$venor Arch are just a few attractions of the area. Visitors are being invited to take jeep or horseback horse-back trips to remote areas, participate par-ticipate in mountain lion hunts, explore mining ghost towns at Frisco and Silver Reef, go "rock-hounding" "rock-hounding" in the back country, and visit such spots as Koda-chrome Koda-chrome Flats with their cameras. In addition to bright autumn foliage, special events planned in many Highway 89 and Highway High-way 91 communities, and late season fishing, visitors are to be urged to view such historic structures as the old Brigham Young winter home in St. George and the century-old Pine Valley Mormon ward house. "It's the most beautiful time of the year to see the most beautiful beau-tiful area in America. It's a good time, too, because the roads and motels are uncrowded and lower lodging rates are in effect in most areas," according to Mr. Jolley. |