| OCR Text |
Show Stale Parks Attract ' Two Million Visitors Total visits to Utah's State! Park areas reached the 2,017.789 mark for the 1962-63 64 period,; the State Park and Recreation Commission has reported to the Utah Tourist and Publicity Coun- j ell. I Pioneer Monument State Park ' in Salt Lake City, better known I as "This Is the Place Monument," continued as the top attraction, with 82o,048 visitors counted. 1 while the Natural History Stale i Park at Vernal registered 4SS,8'J2: visits. The Vernal Museum, with its dinosaurs and geological dis-1 plays, serves as an "entry -port" I for many tourists on busy U. S. , Highway 40, Park officials report. I i Museums, monuments and his-1 toric buildings such as the Brig-ham Brig-ham Young Winter Home at St. 1 George, Old State Capitol at Fillmore, Fill-more, Stagecoach Inn at Fairfield and the Jacob Hamblin Home at Santa Clara have become increasingly in-creasingly attractive to tourists, j According to D. James Cannon, 'Director, Utah Tourist and Publicity Publi-city Council, out-of-state visitors have made heavy use of 'natural' parklands plus boating parks. j A total of 52.756 visitors were registered at Dead Horse Point State Park, with use showing 'a steady climb" despite road prob- j lems. j Eight developed water areas or , boating parks supervised by the State Park Commission's Boating Division attracted 423,652 fishermen fisher-men and water sports enthusiasts during the biennium. The ten month use in 1964 totaled 163,176 while in 1963 the water areas attracted 144,028 vii.. .ors and Just 125,478 were reported in 196Z Another state park showing m significant visitor use was Dixie State Park near St. George where total visits for the period were 85,272. |
