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Show 73 was set upon Utah's contribution." 198 The local reporting suggested that the designation of national park for Zion came as an award in recognition for "picturesque" "natural wonders" where "a more beautiful location for a national park could not be found." 199 By contributing to the national identity a park that met such high standards, Utah was validated and the park became a symbol of acceptance. As a reporter for the Deseret Evening News put it: "Utah should feel proud, inasmuch as Secretary of the Interior Franklin Lane only creates national parks of those places that arc of exquisite scenic beauty."200 The local reporting established a pattern of noting the amazed reactions of visitors to Zion National Park and then establishing the visitors' credentials as people who spoke with authority to declare the canyon worthy of national park status. The Salt Lake Tribune quoted photographer Herbert W. Gleason's account of his first glimpse of Zion: "I had an exaltation of spirit such as I had never before experienced." Then, the paper established his credentials: "Mr. Gleason has visited practically all of the national parks."201 Also, the newspapers often listed artists who had visited the canyon. After listing some of them, The Salr Lake Tribune wrote: "So beautiful were paintings which they brought from this great amphitheater of rioting color that directors of the federal 191 Solt Luke Tribune, ''Park Is Reality," November 25, 1919. 1" Deseret Evening New:;, ·Signs Bill Giving Utah National Park," November 24, 1919, sec. 2, I. 200 Deseret 201 Evening News, ·Park Is BigAssc1," November 25, 1919. Salt Lake Trib11ne. ;'Park Is Reality;· November 25, 1919. |
