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1 online resource (267 pages) : illustrations |
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Includes bibliographical references. |
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Print version record. |
Contents |
Figures; Foreword; Acknowledgments; Introduction; Part 1: The Land and Its Earliest Inhabitants; 1. Water and the Geology of Zion National Park; 2. Flora and Fauna; 3. Zion's Story; 4. Origin of the Pai-Utes; 5. From the Beginning; 6. The Land Nobody Wanted . . .; Part 2: Euro-American Explorers; 7. An Overland Trip to the Grand Cañon; 8. The Vermilion Cliffs, and Valley of the Virgen; 9. A New Valley of Wonders; Part 3: From Remote Outpost to Vacation Destination; 10. Journal, July 5-11, 1914; 11. The Canyon Sublime; 12. Zion Canyon; 13. Zion Canyon and the Colob Plateau. |
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14. Zion National Park with Some Reminiscences Fifty Years Later15. All Aboard for Zion; 16. The Great White Throne; 17. Letters; 18. Amid the Mighty Walls of Zion; Part 4: Human Constructions; 19. Story of Zion Cable; 20. Zion Park Lodge; 21. The Zion Tunnel; 22. Polemic; 23. Zion Park, Town Clashover Development; Part 5: Senses of Place; 24. The Land That God Forgot; 25. Rough Hike through the Wrong Canyon; 26. Canyons, Colours, and Birds; 27. The Spirit of Kinesava; 28. Kolob Backcountry; 29. Zion Pioneers and Spirituality in the Land of Zion; Further Reading; Sources and Permissions. |
Subject |
Zion National Park (Utah) -- Description and travel.
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Zion National Park (Utah) -- History.
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HISTORY -- United States -- State & Local -- General.
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Travel. (OCoLC)fst01155558
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Utah -- Zion National Park.
(OCoLC)fst01243987
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Regions & Countries -- Americas.
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History & Archaeology.
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United States Local History.
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Genre/Form |
Electronic books.
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Electronic book.
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History.
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Added Author |
Waite, Nathan N., 1982- editor.
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Neilson, Reid L., 1972- editor.
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Hafen, Lyman, author of introduction, etc.
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Zion Natural History Association, issuing body.
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Other Form: |
Print version: Zion Canyon reader. Salt Lake City, [Utah] : The University of Utah Press : Published in partnership with the Zion Natural History Association, ©2014 xvii, 247 pages 9781607813477 |
ISBN |
9781607813484 (electronic bk.) |
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1607813483 (electronic bk.) |
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