Show Zion Park Museum 1 Gets Historic Relic Zion National Park has recently received a a 0 very valuable addition to the historical exhibit when is Ia apart a apart apart part of the government museum consisting of a fine tinted photograph photograph photograph photo photo- graph of ot Nephi Johnson discover discoverer er of ion iori Can Canyon on The Ibe picture was donated dented by his son Nephi Johnson Jr of Circleville Utah It will wW form the nucleus of ot a pioneer exhibit being planned by the park officials om dials arid and together with a P powder powderhorn powderhorn n der horn born which Nephi Johnson Jr has i offered to donate in a short mort time i will form one of the most outstanding outstanding out out- I I standing and valuable exhibits iu In the museum It la is planned to include wi with h these objects a a. full explanation of the circumstances surrounding the discovery of at Zion Canyon as sa the they y were related to park officials last Summer by Nephi Johnson Jr 11 He e stated that his father rode into the canyon in November of ot 1858 8 spending the entire day riding u up p the canyon as far tar as the location of at the spring known today as Zion Stadium spring He was in search sear of at sources source of ot irrigation water io for tor forthe r the new settlements in to Utah's Utah rs s Dixie and had made the trip to th the e mouth of at Zion Canyon led by several Palate Indian guides who refused to continue into the II ca n Itself because of a super super- which they had Previous to the relation of the tho i above by Mr Johnson Jr there had been some confusion as asto as' as asto to who was the first white man to enter the canyon and park officials dials and historians are pleased toDe to toDe De be able to state the true Sects facts of the case at this time At present a I collection of ot historical exhibits has been accumulated and la is s in storage awaiting allotment of funds for far building a suitable museum bu but there are many gaps In the present I collection and many facts still tobe to tobe be learned which it is hoped will wU willbe willbe be forthcoming In the near future in to order to make the Zion historical cal exhibit into one which will wW re reflect e- e fleet upon the entire state and faithfully portray Utah pioneer pio pie neer near life to the thousands of people peo 0 pie who visit Zion National Nation at al Park ark |