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Show 180 contribution to the Union in the state's struggle for Jegitimacy.548 The New York Times' and the San Francisco Examiner's congratulatory coverage validated the honor a national park brought the state.549 Over time, the idea that national parks were an honor faded and the belief that they proved the state's value to the nation disappeared. The land designation that once was worn as a medal around the state's neck later hung as a millstone. In The Salt Lake Tribune and Deseret News, the proposed Canyonlands National Park drew cries against perceived federal intrusion that would "lock up" natural resources, straining the local economies dependent on grazing, mining, and hunting. With the designation of Arches and Capitol Reef, the storyline of the national park idea moved from honor to intrusion with the assertion that "withdrawing" land for a national park violated states' rights.550 Lands that in news of Zion and Bryce were referred to as "national playgrounds"551 were now described as playgrounds for "Easterners" 552 and elitcs.553 In the 1960s and '?Os, an environmen1al purpose emerged in the journalism aboul the national park idea. The New York Times was more likely than Utah's newspapers to craft stories with sources advancing the perspective that environmental protection was, or should be, a significan1 component of national parks. Local and national newspapers had 541 Nash, "The American Invention of National Parks," 729. 549 San Francisco Examiner, ··utah Boasts New Park," June 22, 1924; Powell, "New National Park," New York Times, December 21, 1919. iso Deseret News, "'Limiting Land Withdrawals," January 25, 1969. Deseret Evening News, '"Zion Season Will Close,"Octobcr 31, 1919; Grimes, ·Utah's Wonderland," Salt lake Tribune Maiazine, August 25, 1918. JJI m Deseret News, '"Action Called 'Double-Cross,'" January 21, 1969. m Saft lake Tribune, ··Benne\\ Blasts 'Land Grab,"' January 22, 1969 |
