- U
- Uinkarets Indians, 117, 122
- Union Pacific Railroad, 197, 198
- excursion to Bryce Canyon, 208
- expands in Southern Utah, 203
- United Order,
- for all the world, 158
- Beaver, Utah, 160
- Cedar City, Utah, 160
- Fillmore, Utah, 160
- Mt. Carmel, Utah, 183
- Nephi, Utah, 160
- Orderville, Utah, 183
- Parowan, Utah, 160
- Price City, Utah, 160
- Rockville, Utah, 160
- St. George Stake, 160
- Springdale, Utah, 161
- Virgin, Utah, 160
- Washington, Utah, 160
- Ungatuweep, (derivation of word) 114, 115
- U.S. Biological Survey, hunters for, 192
- Forest Service builds road, 195
- Geological Survey of Grand Canyon of the Colorado and Zion, 184, 185
- National Park Service established, 184, 185
- “Utah Dixie” developed, 145, 147-150
- Utah Lake, 123, 127
- Utah,
- Parks company, 203, 206, 208
- National Park, 208
- Southern, explored by Mormons, 130-149
- State Penitentiary, 195
- State Road Commission established, 194
- Ute ford, Glen Canyon, 166
- Indians, 130
- depredations, 167-169
- organization of Ute Nations, 115
- V
- “V. T. Park,” 190
- Vermillion cliffs, Zion Canyon, 161
- Virgin City, Utah, 154, 171
- Virgin River,
- Indian name for, 114
- Spanish name for, 128
- discovered by Escalante, 124, 127
- explored, 133, 139-141, 147
- ferries established on, 166
- guards placed on, 175
- Indians, 117
- route taken by Fremont, 128, 129
- traveled by Jedediah S. Smith, 127
- used for irrigation, 151
- Virgin,
- Thomas, 128
- Utah, 147
- W
- Wadsworth, William, 133
- Wagon roads in disrepair, 194
- Wagon trains raided by Indians, 172, 173
- Wai-no-pits, Indian spirit, 113
- Walker, Charles L., 111, 152
- diary of, 168-169
- Chief, 130
- War, 136, 137
- Wallace, Grant, 192
- War,
- Black Hawk, 159, 166, 167
- Indian, 136, 137, 159, 166, 167
- Mexican, 130
- Warm Valley, 143
- Wasatch Mountains crossed by Escalante, 123
- Wash basin, pioneer, 156
- Washington,
- County, protected by Militia, 167
- roads built in, 195
- Fields, 140
- Utah, 154
- Wayne Wonderland, 201, 207
- Weather, 133, 139
- Webb, C. Y., 139
- Wells, Junius, 190
- West Rim Trail, 207
- West Temple, Zion Canyon, 186
- Weump berries, 120
- White, Douglas, 196, 198, 199
- Whitlock, Hardin, 151, 153
- Whitmore, Dr. James M., 150, 166, 168, 169, 189
- Whitney, F. T., 142
- Wickiups, 118
- Wilkins, James, 179
- Willis, Joshua T., 147
- Wilson,
- George D., 181
- Pres. Woodrow, 201
- Winder, John, 163, 205, 206
- Winsor, A. P., 172
- Utah, 166, 181
- Wittwer, Samuel, 158
- Wolf-god, (Indian spirit), 112, 113
- Wolfskill, William, 128
- Wolves killed, 192
- Woodbury, Dr. Angus M., sketch, 111, 127
- Woolley,
- E. D., 188, 191-193
- Edwin G., 176, 192, 193
- Franklin B., 171
- Wylie,
- Camp, 199, 204
- Grove, Zion Canyon, 206
- W. W., 203
- Y
- York, Asa, 153
- Young, Brigham, 131, 147, 148, 157, 158, 160, 179-181, 191
- John R., 184
- John W., 175, 190
- Willis, 147
- Yount, George C., 128
- Yubincariri Indians, 117
- Z
- “Zion—Bryce Nature Notes”, 207
- Zion Canyon (see Mukuntuweap)
- abandoned, 159
- agricultural development of, 155
- cable, 161-164
- dedicated, 202
- early history of, 185-209
- first passable road to, 199
- first settler in, 155, 156
- first white man to enter, 147, 158
- first white man to explore, 152
- geological formation of, 155
- grazing stopped in, 200
- highway constructed in, 205-209
- horse and buggy trip through, 188
- Indian name for, 114, 115, 161
- Indian superstitions re: 112-113
- last families to live in, 161
- lodge and cabins built in, 155, 156, 206, 207
- mail service, 161, 162
- modern development of, 194-209
- —Mt. Carmel Highway, 209
- museum, 207
- named, 158
- name changed, 201, 202
- National Monument, 187
- Naturalist Service, 207
- paintings exhibited at World’s Fair, 186, 187
- promontory, 133
- publicized, 194
- roads in, 158, 162, 188, 189, 196, 199, 200, 205, 207
- scenic points named, 199
- settlements of, 150-161
- superintendents and rangers appointed, 207
- surveyed, 164, 187
- trails built in, 206
- travel increases, 203
- visited by Brigham Young, 157, 158
- visited by Governor Spry, 195, 196
- visited by railroad officials, 197
Enjoying Emerald Pool under the cliffs in Zion Canyon. Courtesy Union Pacific Railroad.
Transcriber’s Notes
- Silently corrected a few typos.
- Retained publication information from the printed edition: this eBook is public-domain in the country of publication.
- In the text versions only, text in italics is delimited by _underscores_.