Show Dedication of o Zion Carmel Highway Colorful Intermountain Historical Event Eventt j l S I t i tik 4 I Ii i y 2 iVA i i V y Y r rI ri f j r t J I lr M I J e 4 M r ill ii I t r I. I i r o n 6 M or 4 J t wb k YZ j i. i f I t I 7 0 T I tr i r f yr l f o aAy r f a oay ra fc KI r 1 i J 3 r r If Lr T j i Scene 1 Governor I-Governor Dern of Utah speaking at the formal dedication dedication dedication dedi dedi- cation ceremonies of the Zion Mount Carmel Highway t July This picture was taken in the tunnel during th the dedication ceremony Scene 2 2 The 2 The east entrance to the Highway Tunnel Scene 3 Looking 3 out over Zion Canyon from one of the six six galleries through which ventilation and sunlight are emitted to the Zion Mount Carmel Highway TunneL p liE most mos unusual r rJ ID I deuce Day observance held In Ink Inthe k the United States when hen governors of ot seventeen states m met t within the famous Zion Mount Carmel Carmel Highway Tunnel in Southern Utah to participate in its fo formal 1 Dedication d dedication to public use f Although it is only 20 26 miles long t highway is the greatest project of its kind ever undertaken by the theL L U S. S National Park Service and Bureau of ot Public Roads Its cost was close to two mUlI million n dollars and and d it Incorporates two tunnels one one Moo feet long and the lIle other more than feet long in its Us short length l p. p Dedication ceremonies were held within v the longest of the the tunnels tunnels' Whose ose outer wall is pierced with sit galleries through which ven ven- and sunlight are admitted Gallery a ery 1 I the largest of ot them all nIl T as 33 the scene of ot the tIle formal dedi- dedi WithIn this gallery Cilery the a stand 1 fr from m which varlo various 5 3 governors National PU 1 Park lark ark Service and Un Union on officers and other otIler repress aC ss of ot the U. U S S. S government and the Ulo state of ot Utah made their address ess was Vas erected i Marvelous prevail at this Polut point in the tunnel and there Was t a. a ample le room for the the two spectators all of ot whom c uld hear every Word spoken by the JI eVen when wuen an ordinary ro tone of ot voice was music was supplied for the e bers occasion by sixty male members mem mem- ot oe the Utah temple chorus St. St George With the r Ten massive bulk of ot East L m mountain rearing S Its head of red J feet teet an antun and aDd i glarIng Blaring in frames and the I tu tun tunnel white Blen splendor l above h gallery the audience Mr ceremonies Albright ht ns as a master of at n I es th the recall that the day was slaty r third T father blather birthday ot of Stephen hIs Lis ed tens cat a predecessor JOr aa na sup sup- of the ThOra h he e parks narks service t toof to gave Care of th the c credit for In Inception Carmel highway i as the road Is officially known Mather l r died last January making his last official trip of at inspection inspection Inspection In in- of ot the work on the tunnel With E. E S. S superintendent dent of ot Zion and Bryce Canyon national na nn- national parks presiding President Heber J. J Grant gave gaye an Invocation In which he asked the divine blessIng blessing blessing bless bless- ing upon the undertaking He praised the cooperation of ot the parks service and the states of ot Utah and Arizona without lt wh whose s help he be said the task would have baye been impossible impossible Im im- possible Many engineering difficulties were encountered red In building t the e road and tunnel through the mountain range which Is feet teet high Involving scaling precipitous cliffs on ropes and ladders So close was the calculation on the tunnel which Is feet long and 22 by 15 13 feet in size that they varied only by Inches when the bores met from two directions Declaring the work of tho the engineers engineers engineers en en- had bad only to place the road where nature had intended it should bo be built millions of ot years ago ngo Macdonald Macdonald Mac Mac- donald hailed balled it as the symbol of ot ofa ofa a n bigger idea of the tho cooperation and faith that is taking possession of ot the people of ot the United States Governor Dern In the same view said the people of ot Utah do not need or want national parks within their borders as playgrounds for tor local people alone but are proud to these natural marvels marvels mar roar vels with pe people of ot other states The audience Included hundreds of ot people of southern Utah who had assembled within the portal of ot the tunnel to Join with the governors governors' governors governors' governors governors' gov gov- party In dedication of at the road and observance of Independence Independence Independence dence day dayi They found the tunnel portal and gallery gaily decked with flags and bunting and chairs placed for tor their comfort within a rock hewn tre Work on the highway has bas been In progress for tor the past three years and Its construction embodied some unusual and remarkable engineering engineering engi engi- feats teats Its purpose Is to 1 Scene 4 An 4 An interior ulterior view of the new Highway Tunnel showing showing showing show show- ing some of the difficult construction work which was put through by the National Park Service and Bureau of Public Roads in completing the Zion Mount Carmel Highway f Scene 5 Scene S-Scene Scene in Bryce Canyon showing some of the spectacular spectacular spectacular spec spec- canyon walls viewed by members of the National Governors Governor's Conference shorten the distance between three national parks Zi Zion n w where ere the highway begins and Grand Canyon and Bryce Canyon national parks to the south and northeast respectively Beginning near the Park Ranger station at tho the entrance to Zion Zion- National Park the road ascends In a n long series serles of ot gently rising switchbacks until it reaches the sheer face of bt one of ot the crimson cliffs of Zion National P Park rk Herthe Here Her the longer of ot the two tunnels begins begins be be- gins and penetrates this cliff for fora a distance of n more than a mile mlle The road finally emerges at nt the top tOI of ot the plateau from which Zion Canyon has been eons of ot time by one small river It accomplishes its purpose of ot shortening the distances between the three most colorful of at all of ot the tho two twenty-two national parks Inthe Inthe in inthe the United St States tes Gov Dern Dedicates Zion Zion- s J Mount Carmel Highway Governor Dern in his address at nt atthe atthe the dedication ceremonies stressed some of or the beauties of ot Utah scenery It Is appropriate that this great greut highway should be dedicated dedicated dedicated dedi dedi- to the use of the people of at the country's birth birth- United States on our day It is also fitting that this ceremony ceremony ceremony cere cere- mony should be held beld In the presence of ot tb the tho governors of so many of ot Utah's sister states Their presence hero here is emblematical of the tile interest of ot all aU the states in this project It ItIs ItIs ItIs Is as ls if the tho people of ot the whole nation na us tion were here bere this morning to see soo this marvelous undertaking placed at their heir service There may be differences of ot opinIon opinion opinion ion among the tho western states in regard regard regard re re- re- re gard to the national policy of at reser reser- reserving reserving reservIng ving their land hind and minerals from private entry but there Is no difference difference difference differ differ- ence of ot opinion among them in regard regard re re- re- re gard to the national al parks These areas of ot outstanding beauty are chiefly v valuable for their recreational recreation recreation- 4 al uses We dp not need them nor want them themas as playgrounds for our our own own people alone Wo We are happy that they have haye been set aside for the enjoyment of ot all aU who may be attracted attracted attracted at at- by their charm They are the show places of ot our nation in which every American American holds a share of ownership While Zion National park and Bryce canyon happen to tobo tobo bo ho situated within the boundaries of the state of Utah yet we are proud to share our ownership of at these natural marvels with all the rest of ot our fellow Americans and we wo say to them Come out and Inspect inspect In in- your propel property Y You will be proud of it and your pride of ot ownership ownership ownership own own- will make you a better more patriotic American In the best sense Zion National park has hns sometimes sometimes sometimes some some- times been ref referred to as as Yosemite done in oil all I trust you have all aU experienced the sense o of hush and awe and mystery that comes over one as ns he looks up at the Great White Throne or gazes from the Temple of ot over toward Angels Angel's Landing With Its gloomy gorge by sheer r red d and white cliffs feet teet high on cither either side it is no wonder the Indians regarded it as a spirit land to bo be entered only ony with fear and veneration and veneration When you come to Bryce Bryco Canyon Canyon Canyon Can Can- yon National park you will find an nn entrancing fairyland with Its spires towers and minarets of ot the the most exquisite hues so delicately carved curved by nature that stone resembles lace Ince Statues monuments cathedrals I rals the rals-the the eye can pick them out Their beauty lingers long in the memory as os a masterpiece of ot the Giver Olver of ot all good and perfect gifts gUts Drive CO GO miles through the Incomparable incomparable incomparable in In- comparable Kaibab forest the largest largest larg larg- i est cst tract tract of at virgin timber In the United States seeing herds of ot deer as you pass along Proceed to Bright Angel Point or Cape Royal on the Colorado and if It the majesty of that sublime spectacle docs does not Impress you you yon must indeed be impervious to t the e beauties of ot na ture tuc taro d |