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Utah State Historical Society, Published 1950. Wraps, pp. 110-223 (offprint pagination) plus 22 pages of plates; 22 cm; revised edition; illustrated with black-and-white photographic plates.
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In Good condition. Grey pictorial paper covers (photographic view of the Great White Throne, Zion, to front), light to moderate toning with some soiling; light bumping and creasing to edges and corners; mild to moderate surface wear with scuffing and color loss along edges and spine. Binding tight. Foxing and some staining to the text-block edges. Pages lightly toned with occasional light spotting to margins, otherwise unmarked.Angus M. Woodbury (1886-1964), University of Utah zoologist and longtime Zion ranger-naturalist, traces the history of southern Utah from the Paiute and early exploration through Mormon settlement, the Dixie mission, and Kane County, to the development of Zion, Bryce, and the Kaibab and North Rim. Revised and reprinted from the Utah Historical Quarterly, vol. 12, nos. 3-4 (July-October 1944).Contents: The Indian Heritage; Habits and Customs; Early Explorations; Early Mormon Settlement; Pushing South into Dixie; Settlement of Zion Canyon; Kane County and Arizona; Indian Troubles; Expansion in Kane County; Zion Canyon; The Kaibab and North Rim; Modern Development of Zion, Bryce, and North Rim.