Zion National Park (Images of America) Media CD

Zion National Park (Images of America) Media CDBy Tiffan Taylor On July 31, 1909, Pres. William Howard Taft authorized the creation of Mukuntuweap National Monument in southern Utah. Encompassing miles of rugged mountain peaks towering above the Virgin River, the national monument was renamed Zion and designated as a national park in 1919. The area, originally inhabited by Native Americans, was settled by Mormon pioneers in the early 1860s. As the beauty of the region gained national fame, roads

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Imagine using this very map in 1969

Alluvial and deltaic features include active stream deposits

lacustrine

To a deer hunter

geothermal development can and has caused aquifer compaction

Dry Fork Canyon branched off Bingham Canyon

and Nordic ski trails make this a popular year-round recreational area

which has caused the land surface to subside

both informative and beautiful to peruse

but there is interest in establishing wells in bedrock aquifers along the valley margins

Location: Weber County and Box Elder County