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Tag Archives: Springdale

Discovery of Zion Canyon

16 Thursday Mar 2017

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DUP, historic, Historic Markers, LDS Church, Springdale, utah, Washington County, Zion Canyon

2017-03-04 16.21.14

DUP Marker # 42 in Springdale.

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.

2017-03-04 16.21.09

Rockville, Utah

25 Thursday Aug 2016

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Rockville, Springdale, utah, Washington, Washington County, Zion National Park

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Rockville lies just outside the park boundary for Zion National Park; the park entrance is located approximately 5 miles  northeast of the town.

Four miles southwest of Springdale. It was originally settled in late 1860 and early 1861 under the direction of Mormon Apostle Orson Pratt. The original name was Adventure but it was subsequently changed to Rockville because of the rocky soil and surroundings along the Virgin River.

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