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Show CONTENTS The Indian Heritage 111- 118 Habits and Customs 118- 122 Early Explorations 123- 130 Early Mormon Settlement 130- 138 Pushing south into Dixie 138- 150 Settlement of Zion Canyon 150- 164 Kane County and Arizona 164- 166 Indian Troubles 167- 178 Expansion in Kane County 179- 184 Zion Canyon 185- 189 The Kaibab and North Rim 189- 194 Modern Development of Zion, Bryce and North Rim 194- 209 ILLUSTRATIONS Zion Canyon Frontispiece The Three Johnson Brothers, Seth, Sixtus and Nephi and Joseph S. Black p. 148 Washington Cotton Mill ( 1866- 1869) p. 149 The Zion Cable p. 161 Bryce Canyon p. 182 North Rim of the Grand Canyon of Arizona From Bright Angel Point p. 189 How Earlier Generations Explored the Kaibab p. 194 The Great White Throne p. 199 Mountain Window- Zion- Mt. Carmel Tunnel p. 209 ACKNOWLEDGEMENTS Much of the material used in this study was gathered while the writer was engaged by the National Park Service in Zion Canyon, and he himself participated in many of the events described in the latter pages. The foundation for understanding the historical background, however, was laid during his early life in St. George and the surrounding region. Expressions and opinions have been interpreted largely through that experience. The writer was acquainted with many of the early Dixie settlers, and notes of interviews with some of these have furnished details otherwise unobtainable. Personal letters also have filled in many gaps. Additional source material has been obtained from the Office of the Adjutant General of Utah, the Salt Lake Public Library, the libraries of the University of Utah and Dixie Junior College, newspaper files, published books, unpublished manuscripts, original journals or extracts, records of the National Park Service, the United States Land Office and in the L. D. S. Church Historian's Office, Salt Lake City, the " Journal History," ( a collection of extracts from journals and newspapers arranged chronologically) proved to be a fruitful source of information. This was supplemented by access to additional reports, publications and records of the St. George L. D. S. Temple, compiled by James G. Bleak. The writer is grateful to many for their encouragement, advice, information, pictures, reading and criticism of the manuscript. He is particularly indebted to Dr. H. E. Gregory, Horace M. Albright, Randall L. Jones, D. D. Rust, H. L. Reid, J. W. Thornton, Zaidee Walker Miles, J. Cecil Alter and Miss Marguerite L. Sinclair, Secretary of the Utah State Historical Society. Further assistance came from William W. Seegmiller, Frederick S. Dellenbaugh, Frederick Vining Fisher, Dr. J. K. W. Bracken, Lawrence S. Mariger, Charles B. Petty, William R. Palmer and Mrs. Margery Browne Cottam ( granddaughter of Levi Stewart), as well as the following persons who furnished source material through interviews and written notes: Hyrum Leany, Frank Foster, Joseph S. Snow, Leo A. Snow, St. George; Chauncey G. Parry, Gronway Parry, Randall L. Jones, Richard A. Thorley, Frank Petty, Cedar City; David Hirschi, John Petty, Mary Jane Stout, Hurricane; James Jepson, Thomas Maloney, Virgin; James. H. Jennings, Mr. and Mrs. John Dennett, Arley Dalton, Rockville; Oliver D. Gifford, Edwin M. Greene, John Winder, Walter Ruesch, Harold Russell, Springdale; Marion Heap, Zion; Ezra Stevens, Mt. Carmel; William Wallace Adair, Orderville; Nate Adams, Walter Hamblin, Lavina Johnson Farnsworth, Thomas Green-halgh, Brigham A. Riggs, Kanab; Mr. and Mrs. Peter Munk, Manti; the late Anthony W. Ivins, Edwin G. Woolley, Jr., D. S. Spencer, Howard C. Means, Lewis T. Cannon, Scott P. Stewart, H. S. Kerry, Salt Lake City; Old George ( Kaibabit Indian), Moccasin, Arizona; Tony Tillohash, Frank Mustache, Tommy Mayo ( Shlvwits Indians), Santa Clara. - Angus M. Woodbury. ZION CANYON Discovered in 1858 and declared a National Park in 1919. Comtesg Union Pacific System. |
