Salt Lake Telegram | 1928-08-06 | Page 11 | Know Utah

i KNOW UTAH I L By ALBERT F. F PHILIPS There are ao many mecca In Utah which the thc pilgrim may seek that one Is s at a loss as to which Is the greatest and which the easiest to reach But all allare allare are are being sought And all are now easy to reach by motor vehicle Including the national monuments as aswell as well as the national parks paries DurIng 1927 about visited Zion national park parl and this this' number toured the park in private automobiles Tho number according to aU all reports will be largely exceeded ex- ex this year And both Bryce canyon and Cedar Breaks come com in for a larger number Dumber of visitors S S SWithin Within tho confines ot of ZIon national park are square mlles miles From the railroad at Cedar CIty to the entrance to the park Is sixty miles by hIghway while the north Tim rim of oC the Grand Colorado Cob Colo- rado is sixty Smiles mUes as the crow flies The Indian name ot of the park is eap and it was under this name that it was set apart as a national monument monument ment In 1909 Later in 1919 the arria area park was enlarged and its name changed to Zion national park S S Interpretations ot of the original name for the park given r by the Indians are nian many Major Powell who the section in 1869 interpreted the name to tobe tobe be straight canyon Another gave the name as A Place of Many irany Waters while a third it to be the Place of the Gods Whatever the interpretation interpretation tation the fact remaIns that its present name Zion is most appropriate for tor it is a real Zion The Latter Latter- day Saints in 1858 sent a party ot of colonists to the sou southwestern part of the territory The They named th the canyon Little Zion DescribIng this wonderful park or canyon the general passenger department of the Union Pa Pacific railway says The floor of oC Zion js is feet teet above sea lea level tile the don donie c ot of the West Temple rising to feet teet The canyon Is fourteen miles long hong and varies vares in width from about one mile to scarcely more than the reach ot of a m mans man's ns n's outstretched hand in the upper narrows where the river has cut a channel under the towering cliffs averaging 1500 feet hIgh 0 Then it Is pointed out that seen from the rim of the canyon the aspect of Zion national park Is who wholly ly different Beyond the southern edges of oC the plateau there appear a maze mae ot of fantastic variegated white and red buttes Some crossed criss-crossed by deep gorges ot of amazing narrowness shaped Bell white buttes with wide flaring bases support small forests tn on their level summits often with pavilions ot of red gleaming through the pines and the flowery forested aisles ot of the high plateau ate are made accessible by the spectacular West Vest Rim trail trall the royal trail trall These strange structures s are separated from the beholder by great gashes In the curvIng sandstone slopes and by impassable abysses And Zions Zion's canyon Is but a part of oC Zion national parks park's wonderful colony ot of canyons many of ot whIch are unexplored Every Utahn should see this wonderful gorge as as aswell well as aU all other panoramas of nature in southern Utah There are none like Uke them anywhere