Discovery of Zion Canyon - Utah Historical Markers on Waymarking.com

In 1858, Nephi Johnson, one of Brigham Young's scouts, with a party of Indian guides arrived at the mouth of the canyon. Due to superstition, the Indians refused to enter the canyon. Nephi Johnson, alone, followed up river to the Narrows, a place "where the sun is seldom seen," returning to the mouth at nightfall. Isaac Buhannin, an early settler, seeing the spires remarked, "surely this is God's first temple and should be called Zion." William Heaps helped to build homes for the early settlers in the canyon.

Marker Name: Discovery of Zion Canyon Marker Type: Roadside Addtional Information: The marker is embedded in a rock cairn a few miles outside the main entrance to Zion National Park in the city of Springdale. County: Washington City: Springdale Group Responsible for Placement: Zion Park Camp Date Dedicated: Nov. 12, 1938 Marker Number: 42 Web link(s) for additional information: http://www.nps.gov/zion/historyculture/people.htm

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