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A History of Southern Utah and Its National Parks (Revised)

Chapter 21: Transcriber’s Notes
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The work surveys the human and natural history of southern Utah and its national parks, tracing indigenous presence and material culture, early exploration and overland trails, and the arrival and settlement of Mormon communities. It examines place-names, travel routes, pioneer accounts, and conflicts between Native peoples and newcomers, and documents archaeological markings and landscape features such as river narrows and canyon passages. Later chapters describe resource use, county expansion, and the establishment and modern development of parklands on Zion, Bryce, and the Kaibab‑North Rim, combining archival research, interviews, and the author’s local knowledge.

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_.