Show T fa bf on mt carmel highway ION Hist orica I 1 event 74 lan fil A K k 14 A t it 5 jua 0 Z rk A 51 9 4 4 e M j I 1 ir I 1 WV 7 7 5 T it i 54 V N 14 1 0 V M 0 wi C scene 1 governor dern of utah uta speaking at the formal dedi scene 4 an interior view of the new highway tunnel show cation ceremonies of the zion mount carmel highway ing some of the difficult construction work which was put july ath this picture was taken in in the tunnel during through by the national park service and bureau of ta dedi dedication caMon ceremony public roads in completing the zion mount carmel Sc scene entiRe 2 the east entrance to ti the highway tunnel highway scene 3 looking ou tover zion canyon from one of the six scene 5 scene in bryco Bryce canyon showing some of the spectacular galleries through which ventilation and sunlight are canyon walls viewed by members of the national admitted dmit ted to the zion mount carmel highway tunnel governors conference esaw HE most unusual f y dence day observance held in y the untied united states occurred when governors of seventeen states met within the famous zion mount blount carmel carimer highway tunnel in southern utah to participate in its ita formal dedication to public usa use although it la Is only 20 26 miles long this highway Is the greatest project broje c t of 4 its kind ever undertaken by ahe U 8 national park service fad and bureau of public roads its ita c cost t was close to two million dollars 11 0 and it incorporates two iwo tunnels one feet long and the other more than 00 feet long la in its short length dedication ceremonies were hold held within the longest of the tunnels whose outer wall la Is pierced with six gallert galleries es through which ventilation ti and sunlight are admitted gallery gairy 1 the larg largest eit of them all was the scene of the formal bedl dedication lon within this gallery the stand stana from which vailoa various governors national park service and union pacific officers and other representatives senta tives of the t U S S government and and the state of utah made their ad address andreis dreis was erected marvelous Marve loua prevail at thin p point offit in the tunnel and there was ample room for the two thousand spectators ecta tors all of whom could hear bear every word spoken by the ia even when an ordinary conversational tone of voice was used patriotic music was supplied tor for the occasion by sixty male members of the chorus of the st george utah temple with the aulk of east temple mon rearing its ita head feet and glaring in frames of 01 id red and white splendor above tho the tunnel gallery the audience heird heard mr air albright as master of ceremonies cere recall that we the day was the sixty third fird birthday birthada y of bf Step stephen lien T mathar Math cr his predecessor its as superintendent erin of the parks s service to whom biorn be gave for inc inception e ot of the zion mount carmel highway ns as the road la Is officially known mather died last january after making his last official trip of afan inspection spec tion of the work on the tunnel with B D 8 superintendent of alon and bryco bryce canyon national parks presiding log president demI heber J grant gave Invocation nn an iri in which he asked the divine blessing upon the undertaking aking f he praised the cooperation at odthe the parks parka service and the states of utah and arizona without eliose whose help he said gald the task would have bave possible many engineering difficulties diffIcult les were encountered in building the croaa road and tunnel theofi through gh the mountain range which Is feet high involving scaling precipitous cites on ropes and ladders so close clos ewas wai the calculation on the tunnel which to IB feet long boig and 1 22 by 15 feet la in size that they varied only by inches when th thi bores met from two iwo directions De declaring clarine the work of the engineers had only to place tho the road where nature had intended it should 6 be built M millions bil ons of of years akoi ago maedonald macdonald hailed balled it as the 1118 kymbol of j a bigger idea of the cooperation and faith that Is taking possession of the people of the united states governor dero dern in the same view said bald the people ot of utah do not need or want national parks within their borders as playgrounds for local people alone but are proud to snare alfare these natural marvels with people of other states sta tes the audience included hundreds of people of southern utah who had bad assembled within tle portal of the tunnel Jo with the governors arnore party in in dedication of the road and observance of indea independence e n day they found the tunnel portal and gallery galiy decked with flags and bunting ano an chairs placed for their comfort within a rock hewn work on the highway has been in progress for the past three ye years arsand and its construct construction loa embodied some unusual and remarkable engineering feats its purpose purpose Is to t shorten the distance between three national parks zion where ea tho the highway begins and grand canyon and bryce canyon national parks paries to the south and northeast respectively beginning near the park ranger station at at the entrance to zion national park the road ascends in adiong n long series of gently rising switchbacks switch backs until it reaches the sheer face of one of the crimson cliffs of zion national park here the longer of the two tunnels begins and penetrates this dirt cliff tor for a distance of more thalia than a mile theroan the road finally emerges nt at the he top of the plateau from which zion canyon has been etched bons eons of time by one small river it accomplishes ats ts purpose of shortening the distances between thin the three most colorful of all of the twenty two national parks parka in ahe the united states gov GOT dern dedicates zion i mount blount carniel carmel highway governor dern inglis tn bis address at the dedication ceremonies cere stressed some of the beauties of utah scenery it Is peculiarly appropriate that this great highway should be 6 bedl the use of 0 f the people of the united states on our count rys birthday it Is also fitting that this ON ceremony should be held in the presence of the governors of so many of sister states their presence here Is emblematical odthe of the interest of all the states in this project it Is as aa it if the people of the whole nation were be here this rooming morning to see this marvelous undertaking placed at their service there The remay way be differences of opinion among the western states ibi in re gard io 16 alia national policy of reserving their land and minerals from private entry but there Is no difference of opinion among them in regard garito to the national parks these areas of outstanding beauty are fh chiefly lefly valuable for their recreational uses me we do not need them not nor wint want them as playgrounds for our own people alone we are ara happy that they have been set aside for the enjoyment of all who may be attracted by their charm they are ara the show places of our nation in which every american holds holda a share of ownership while zion national park and bryce bracq canyon happen to be situated within the boundaries of the state of utah yet we wa are proud to share our ownership of these ma natural tural marvels with all the rest of our fellow Anie americans ricans and we say to them come out and inspect your property you will be ba proud of it and your pride of ownership will mate make you a better more patriotic american la in the best sense zion Nat national lenal park has sometimes been reft referred to as yosemite dono done in oil I 1 trust you have hare all experienced the sense of hush and awe awde and mystery that cornea over one as hei he looks looka up at the preat great white throne or gazes from the temple of Sina wawa over toward rard angels landing with its gloomy korge gorge by sheer red and white clotts feet high on either side it la is no wonder the indians regarded it as aa a spirit land to be entered only with tear fear and veneration 1 6 when you come to bryce can yon national Nai lonai par kyou will find an entrancing fairyland with wit bits its spires towers and minarets mina of the most exquisite huts hues so BO delicately carved by nature that stone resembles lace statues monuments cathedrals the eye can pick them out their beauty lingers long in the memory as a masterpiece ot of the giver diver ot of nil all good and perfect gatte drive arite GO 60 miles through the incomparable kalbak forest the largest est tract ot of virgin timber in the united states seeing herds of deer as you pass along proceed to bright angel point or cape royal on the colorado AN it the majesty of that sublime spectacle does not impress rou you must indeed be impervious to the beauties of nature |