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 Zion National Park - 75 Years - New Harmony, Utah Posted by:  iconions
N 37° 27.209 W 113° 13.533
12S E 303148 N 4147506
This plaque, celebrating the construction of the Kolob Visitor Center, honors the 75th anniversary of Zion National Park. The plaque is set into a large red rock in front of the Visitor Center.
Waymark Code: WM118BH
Location: Utah, United States
Date Posted: 09/05/2019
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Zion National Park is one of America's premier National Parks, ranking almost in popularity with Yellowstone and Yosemite. One of the ways that the park celebrated this important landmark anniversary was with the construction of the Visitor Center at Kolob Canyons. Kolob Canyons is a remote unit of Zion just off of I-15 between Cedar City and St. George. A large metal plaque was set into a very large boulder in front of this visitor center for the commemoration of Zion's 75th Anniversary.
Paintings of the canyon by Frederick S. Dellenbaugh were exhibited at the Saint Louis World's Fair in 1904, followed by a favorable article in Scribner's Magazine the next year. The article and paintings, along with previously created photographs, paintings, and reports, led to President William Howard Taft's proclamation on July 31, 1909 that created Mukuntuweap National Monument. In 1917, the acting director of the newly created National Park Service visited the canyon and proposed changing its name from the locally unpopular Mukuntuweap to Zion, a name used by the local Mormon community. The United States Congress added more land and established Zion National Park on November 19, 1919.[4] A separate Zion National Monument, the Kolob Canyons area, was proclaimed on January 22, 1937, and was incorporated into the park on July 11, 1956.
- Zion National Park Wikipedia Entry
KOLOB CANYONS
VISITOR CENTER
Erected 1984
By
Zion Natural History Association
J. L. Crawford --- Chairman
Victor L. Jackson --- Association Coordinator
J.R. Madsen --- Project Supervisor
(seal of Zion National Park Diamond Jubilee)
Donated to
Zion National Park
July 31, 1984
in commemoration of its
DIAMOND JUBILEE
1909-1984
75 Years in the National Park System
Harold L. Grafe Clay Alderson
Superintendent Area Manager
(seal of the National Park Service)
Zion Natural History Association
1983 Board of Directors
Robert N. Sears -- Chairman
Karl Brooks J. Ross Hurst
Orville Carnahan B. Z. Kastler
J. L. Crawford Wesley P. Larsen
Janice DeMille D.C. Schmutz
Ethel Farnsworth Don Squire
Warren Hamilton
Riley Construction Co. ----- Builder
- Marker Text
Anniversary Year: 1984
Year of Event, Organization or Occurance: 1909
Address:
Exit 40, I-15
New Harmony, UT USA
84757
Website: Not listed
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