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Show 190 This precarious balance between promoting use and preservation in the parks was illustrated by a technological and cultural development that literally drove news coverage down a different road. Much of the national park news in the 1910s and 1920s appeared in the automotive sections of Utah's daily newspapers. These sections supplied maps and travel narratives related to Utah's parks. The San Francisco Examiner also published a weekly automotive section, which regularly featured California's national parks and other destinations. The national park news in the automotive sections accentuated the boosterism found in national park news. For example, the Deseret News declared part of its policy to "encourage and promote travel ... to the many natural wonders with which this region is blcsscd."567 The Salt lake 1i-ib11ne and Deserel News ran regular features that outlined routes through the national parks, promoting their scenic beauty in a way that downplayed the difficulties of travel and elevated the scenery above any other in the nation. Even The New York Times, which journalism historian Michael Schudson presented as an example of emerging professional journalism in the 1890s, showed a proclivity to boosterism when Zion and Bryce Canyon national parks were established. The boosterism came in the form of employing the national park idea to bolster the nation 's image and identity. For example, when Zion was dedicated, The New York Times declared the new park was proof "that against every move in the organized campaign for American dollars instituted by European tourist interests Uncle Sam can produce fresh ammunition from an inexhaustible supply of new marvels."568 s.. 7 Deseret News , '·Dcscrct News l'osts Sign," September 25 , 1920. m Powell, '·New National Park," New York Times, December 21 , 1919. |
