Show JALI SALT LAKE LASE TOURING CENTER FOR NATIONS NATION'S PLAYGROUNDS VIEW OF ZION CANYON UTAH'S NATIONAL I PARK LOOKING SOUTHEAST AT ENTRANCE r x 9 1 4 I J. J t. t 1 d d d i JC f J 1 t. t r r t h j K l 1 I t t II t 1 i r. r I 1 I m i J. J ai 1 n. n r i i 1 4 fO v d l 7 1 tI 3 ji t t 5 f a f II ye ny a F i y me 7 k I s 4 ta A tt p Y 1 ii F t 1 f p pr Ia r i s ts s rey y a aI y l kr i Ci t F a 2 3 vy L s r ra I a v a m R 4 I IW W ar CS s 's y t e rR r 9 r J L Ls L's Lt fo atc fir n T y f 4 t 6 t i v b 4 J x J. J t iY 1 t yi K F a er R a 3 4 1 vi x ji 9 a Fl 44 i fv f n old y C o are K w j F s T y x V Ya i v P Pr fe r ii fe r jf i r w 4 a S it 0 rho C C riG t y N n. n b y a r Lp r l n aa R t ry f ti L r r 0 a N t of r 1 y e fa r roY Y v. v w v P W 4 t k j fA WK S L 71 1 1 i i I NW I UTAH AH MOT MOTOR MA MAGNET Dixie Land Dixie Land Early Famed Now Known Through World Publicity By Frank E. E Becker Becher HERE Is one supreme thing thins for tor THERE which the tourist will come to Utah this summer It Is la one thing that he will not be denied If It he has read the advance notices notices notices no no- tices published far tar and wide over oven the nation this year ear It Is la almost a aI certainty that he will not leave the confines of this state tate until he has I seen Been Zion National park If U he comes from the east cast by automobile 10 o Salt Lake he will undoubtedly journey i southward to the land of ot the painted I I desert taking one or two feasible I routes to the east or the west of ot oti Utah's southern mountains If It he e i comes from the west wesl by br the Lincoln j i highway he will do the same thing If It he comes from the west and south by the Arrowhead trail he will cut off ort near St. St George in Dixie and go di direct direct dl- dl II to the sculptured lands of ot the rainbow Il If he be a railroad traveler he will have equal facilities He will willbe willbe be able to get there anyway t Fifty years Is a long time to over- over I flook look a treasure house of ot scenery such Jag as Utah possesses In Canyon Land I Since the Mormon argonauts first stood in a awe we before those colorful chasms of ot the gorgeous Paria amphitheatre amphitheatre amphitheatre am am- more than sixty years ago age their descendants have consistently and complacently neglected to remember re- re re remember remember re- re member the early raptures of ot those thoc pioneers They have even neglected to go down to southern Utah and learn for themselves If It all these untold untold untold un un- un- un told beauties were really true and andI I Only within a very few years ears past has an any thought been I given to the canyon of ot the Little Zion and only last year was It made a national park With that announcement there has I come a a. remarkable quickening of in inI interest interest in- in terest all over o the United States state I 1 I Utah's new national park has suddenly sudi sud- sud sud- sud suddenly i denly sprung into the limelight with i i all Its brilliant colors colors and and theres there's a reason EASILY EASILY REACHED BY AUTO j It is different Among all the wonders wonders won won- ders ders' of ot the world it is unusual and I unique It stands in a class by It ItI It- It self It has lias an alluring appeal It will inevitably become the mecca of ot I sightseeing pilgrims from all over the o world Fortunately the canyon will be of or comparatively easy access by automobile automobile auto auto- mobile by train and stage service Railroads and airs a camping co sensing the them appeal m al of ot the new park I are making strenuous preparations toI to furnish accommodations for the guests guest I Zion National park will undoubtedly make a record in attendance for the I first year ear of the opening It promises promises promises prom prom- to be the destination pf Qt thousands thou- thou sands of enthusiasts from other ther st states tes I but will unquestionably draw thousands thousands thousands thou thou- sands of ot who are are at ak last cu- cu irous to learn of ot the beauties of ot their thell own state The writer has never been there ther but has been close to the portals anI and ano saw a hint of the gorgeous colors that I flame in that enchanted and mysterious mysterious mys mys- land No det description Is too extravagant to surp surpass s his belief beIler Inthe in inthe inthe the possibilities of tl the thing itself It H HIs ItIs Itis Is with pleasure that a message a message can be be- passed on that all may read Robert Sterling Yard Tard executive se scott of ot the National Parks association asso asso- association I. I elation has been there and amI has r re recorded corded his Impressions in a manner that can cap leave no doubt of the sincerity sin sn I of ot the appeal of ot that wonderful wonder wonder- ful land and It is the purpose of ot this I article to quote extensively from what hat he has written No better description can be four found REACHED FROM ROM LUND With the creation of ot the Zion National Na Xa park on November 19 1910 1919 there entered Into our national park system a reservation as aR remarkable as brilliantly beautiful and as highly high high- ly h differentiated from all others a aI at as any of ot the the distinguished group It II I contains square miles of oC the painted terrace country of ot southern Utah surrounding frogs fron its source a shallow river whose carved and fretted and can canyon on lies between sandstone walls which rise 2000 feet in gorgeous mottled red reds surmounted by a thousand feet in I marble This canyon canon winding like a snake abound abounding In in enormous peaks and domes and glowing like aHoman a a- Roman Homan sash is one of ot the most strikIng striking striking ing spectacles which even America has to offer It is in Utah about sixty miles in a a. straight line north of ot the north rim of ot the Grand canyon It Is reached by hy rail from Salt Lake and Los Angeles by tho the Salt Lake Route to Lund thence by motor motol stage an even 1 00 scenic miles the last fifty fitly of or which approach and ascend the Valley of ot the Virgin there brilliant with most of ot the reds and yellows of ot the palette It is reached by motor from Salt Lake Lako Cit City over o a fair road of oC miles mUes By ByI Byboth Byboth I both routes the spectacle of oC the Immediate Immediate immediate Im Im- im- im mediate approach Is identical The national park reservation atlon is roughly quadrangular It lies In the famous glorified country of the terraced terraced terraced ter ter- raced plateaus which drop In tn Cyclopean Cyclopean steps as Powell puts it from the great creat plateau below the Rocky Continued on page 11 IL T I ZION LION PARK NEW Continued from page I 1 I mountains down to the north rim of the Grand canyon a series of tremendous tremendous I dous cliffs of many color colored d sandstone sandstone sandstone sand sand- stone shale and intermediate limestone lime lIme- stone The parks park's principal surface I stratum Is the White cliff which J I overlies overlie the Vermilion cliff into which is tumbled valleys frequently break breal Its principal feature and the only one yet familiar to tourists is the canyon of Little ZIon which carries the waters of ot the river or the North l Fork ork of ot the Virgin as the common maps have it ft from their sources nearly to their confluence confluence conlu- conlu ence with the where the Virgin river begins The Tho beginning as a brook on top of ot the White cliff and andI andt I t within the park boundaries c cuts ts gradI gradually gradually grad grad- down feet teet through sandstone sand sand- I Istone stone stono to the level of ot Zion canyon floor This part of ot the course is nine or ten miles long and is seen only by adventurers willing to risk the uncertainty of or changing quIcksand bottoms there are places which horses have to i swim The canyon canon here hero is narrow v the stream for tor the most part washes both perpendicular perpendicular per per- walls walls I II I p reaching the floor loor l level vel of or I Ithe I II the main aln canyon the walls rapidly widen and the great spectacle of ot Zion I j I begins For Tor three miles or more the broadening canyon pursues a sinuous sinuous sinuous' I course amphitheatre following amPhitheatre amphitheatre am- am I of ot Indescribable richness of ot I l I I contour decoration and color passages passages pas pas- pasI I sages usually entering on one side and andi leaving on the other Then I broadening still further it opens into five lve or six miles of ot more spacious i valley whose wall wall glowing with I I tints which range from th the tho gleaming white of ot the upper cliff cutt through all all all' allI possible reds from fresh blood color i ito i to almost black break at t the sides I into Immense courts and alcoves between between between be- be bei i tween which and sometimes back o of i I which rise towering white-topped white i peaks altars truncated cones and I temples gorgeous and beautiful beyond beyond be be- I yond words Then where peak and cliff clift end It ends spectacularly with the Temples I I of the Oho Virgin THE HISTORY OF THE AGES I ITHE Zion NatIonal National park paik even more than others makes two principal appeals tha that t to the universal delight In extraordinary extraordinary ex ex- ex- ex beauty of or color and form and that to the Intelligence of ot the student of or earths earth's history But it is the student the man or woman or youth who wants to comprehend the significance of ot the beautiful in nature nature na nature na- na ture who will get the pleasure from this e entrancing tran spectacle spectacle spectacle spec spec- for to the best of ot my knowledge knowledge knowledge knowl knowl- edge there is Js no place in Jn the world where one may hee see so easily so much of ot the record of ot the earths earth's history Ten thousand feet of ot sandstone strata v visible from the approaching road and In Zion canyon itself represent represent represent rep rep- resent many millions of or years year's years of ot progress in the making of ot this part o of the earths earth's skin The beautiful valley vaIley of the Virgin river after emerging from t the e plateau plateau plateau pla pla- swings south and skirts the Hurricane e cliff rt to empty Into the C Colorado lorado river below the toe Grand canyon can can- yon It Is a. a broad ribbon of or v verdure in the desol desolation of or a desert Abo About t 1858 forn 1 Mormons ns' ns entered the the country from the north diverted river waters for Irrigation and andr from the sates rates of down raised ri rich h crops crops' of ot many Kinds These These Mormon ranches and and settlements settle settle- settlements settlements ments which l presently dotted much ot of far Southern Utah became known collectively collective as Dixie and are so j spoken of ot throughout Utah still In 1861 Brigham Young visited the region recommended the raising of ot cotton which w was was s done for tor many many years and visited the canyon which he named Little Little Zion No wonder II wrote Captain C C. C E E. Dutton the cel celebrated celebrated cele cele- ted bra geologist who studied It in the thes s seventies No wonder the fierce tierce Mormon Mormon Mormon Mor Mor- mon mon zealot who named it was re reminded reminded reminded re- re minded of ot the Great on on which his fervent thoughts were bent of ot I houses not b built with hands eternal in tri in the heavens' heavens There is also a tradition tradition tradition tra tra- I that Brigham Young so called it because he saw in it a fortress in inte inthe the tIie event of ot persecution driving the Mormons from their Zion at what isnow is isnow isnow now Salt Lake City but I have found no authority r for r the statement Mormon villages now now picturesque Inage in inage inage age through h which h the traveler of or today toda passes on his way to the nal national national na na- na- na park sprang up along the l river to and well within the canyon canyon canyon can can- yon A fine tine Mormon pea peach h orchard I above the Wylie camp is now one of ot otI the possessions of ot the nation Until I the coming of or the tourist these deeply religious people of ot the Virgin valley vaIley lived simple and remote lives Many lany I of them yet ret have never seen a i rail all railroad road C COMING MING OF THE MORMONS MORMONS For several miles miles' after passing the West Temple the entering road follows follows follows fol fol- lows the stream between walls a amile amile amile mile a apart rt which h display the Vermil Vermilion Vermilion Ver Ver- mil milion on cliff cUrt in full splendor 2 On the left the cliff bears the name of ot the I Streaked Wall Vall because o of the variegated va Variegated va variegated underlying strata above and back of ot which rIs rise three glowing I peaks whose tops penetrating the White cliff gleam like marble These I are matched on the opposite side bide by three Impressive towels of ot similar structure and coloring only one of j which the Mountain of or the Sun y yet t bears a name i Absorbed In this unique spectacle the trav traveler eler is unprepared for tor the thel l i stately grandeur of ot the Court of ot the i j Patriarchs Patriarchs The en entrance of ot Birch c creek reel from the west here heie has broadI broadened broadened broad broad- I ened the valley valleys into a triangular plaza behind one side of or which rise I impressive towers which the Mormons Mormons Mormons Mor Mor- mons named the Three Patriarchs And patriarchs indeed they are aie standing side by bv side in ceremonious I parade clothed from their hoary heads I in flowing robes of ot crimson Between Between Be- Be I 1 tween them lowered by bv perspective I the distant shining White White cliff backs their red bodies Up against their bases rest sloping sage sage- sage dotted talu taluses es 1 I of ot rich colors and their feet teet stand unon a carpet of ot the valleys valley's yellowish yellow yellow- Ish green foliage The spot di discovers covers I a which invites silence Up to this point inclusive the architectural ar- ar architectural architectural ar ar- detail by bj Dutton Dutton Dut- Dut ton lon holds good Above with a rising flo floor r and a narrowing canyon the I walls become progressively more i f definite and precise Just beyond the Patriarchs under a a. I forest which occupies a a deep alcove in inI inthe the c crimson i son eastern wall is the comfortable comI com- com j I I W Wylie Jle ca camp p This is th the I II rend end I end of the present present- motor road load and sad to say the end of ot the journey I for tor nearly all who ho ho went there last I year rear notwithstanding that saddle I horses were available for the still I finer even ten sensational spectacle 1 farther farther far far- r 1 ther up Opposite the camp a broad sweep I I of ot lofty cliff merges int Into giant structures structurES structurE'S structures tures turE'S which stem seem seem to block passage northward and beyond these begin the amphitheatres I Ii i The first of or the these thee e amphitheatres the cable There is no timber tim tim- timber ber in Dixie and for many years jears the Mormon residents have drawn their I supplies from plate top plateau top u-top forests far back a of the rim The sawn lumber is brought to the precipice above this I amphitheatre and lowered into the can canyon on by a cable cible dropping nearly perpendicularly 2500 feet whence itIs it itis itis I is carted down t the e canyon to the vii vii- villages viI vil I lages ages and ranches of ot the Virgin in vat val val val-I fortunate the visitor Ie Icy lej If It he Is may see the desce descent t of ot one of or these I cargoes He may also climb Into a aI like cave recess in the northern wall I enduring a. a a slight wetting wetting- from the j i i curtain of ot dripping water wlter from front the I springs |