Show parowan carowan gap considered for state monument A story which appeared in the salt lake tribune last monday told of a plan being considered by the state department of publicity and development whereby forty different acears throughout the state are to 0 be designated as state parks or monuments monument sand and set aside for development as such up to now utah has one lone state park the one at fillmore the old state capitol covering one acre of ground in contrast to twelve nat bonol parks and monuments two areas in iron county have been des designated ignatee to be set aside as parts of this state park and bonu one would bethe be the hieroglyphic gap state monument in the gap west of parowan carowan Pa rowan and the other would be the dolob canyons state park the rugged mountain area south and west of cedar city just what would be done to develop these designated areas into parks and monuments been reported but the tribune stated that the department of publicly and industrial du development the ithe U S department part ment of grazing the bureau of reclamation and other federal agencies now are jointly considering the 40 areas included in the development program it went on to say that while some would include extensive others would simply be a monument commemorating state historical sites the group listed as given by the tribune Ss Is as follows promontory state monument where the transcontinental railroads joined in 1868 china town state park near croyden southeast of ogden hideout hide out canyon state park a scenic aidea way for early day ban bandits in daggett county great salt lake state park which would involve building up resorts and beautifying lake shores heber valley state park at heber escal antes crossing state monument mon a spot identifying the place where father escalante crossed the green river into utah in 1776 fort robidoux state mo monument numen west of While whiterocks rocks uintah basin where in 1832 antoine robidoux Hob idoux built the first permanent structure by white man in the state stat e bonneville salt flats state monument alpine state park connecting american fork and provo canyons nine mile canyon state park northeast of price maple canyon state park in sanpete county manti state park on manti national forest professor valley state park and castle valley state park near the colorado river northeast of moab cove fort state monument on highway 91 north of beaver dead horse point state park offering a spectacular cular view of the colorado riv er southwest of moab thousand lake lak e mountain state park southeast of richfield boulder state park in garfield county hieroglyphic gap state monument west of here 11 miles goblet of venus state park on highway 95 west of blanding West westwater bestvater vater ruins state slate P park ark five miles southwest est of blanding dolob canyons state park south of cedar city and the wayne wonderland in wayne county famed for its vivid colors and extreme ruggedness |