Discovery of Zion Canyon - 42
Posted by: Groundspeak Regular Member Rayman
N 37° 11.344 W 112° 59.891
12S E 322640 N 4117716
A DUP marker attached to a cairn outside the main entrance to Zion National Park in Springdale, Utah.
Waymark Code: WM60NB
Location: Utah, United States
Date Posted: 03/12/2009
Published By:Groundspeak Premium Member PeanutsParents
Views: 24

In 1858, Nephi Johnson, one of Brigham Young's scouts, with a party of Indian guides arrived at the mouth of the canyon. Due to superstition, the Indians refused to enter the canyon. Nephi Johnson, alone, followed up river to the Narrows, a place "where the sun is seldom seen," returning to the mouth at nightfall. Isaac Buhannin, an early settler, seeing the spires remarked, "surely this is God's first temple and should be called Zion." William Heaps helped to build homes for the early settlers in the canyon.
Marker Name: Discovery of Zion Canyon

Marker Number: 42

Marker Text: Not listed

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