Preston Wood

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Illustrated Talk Planning Notes
Topic:
Zion National Park, History of People in Zion
Theme:
Peoples struggle to find refuge in Zion
Tangibles:
People, Rivers, Geology
Intangibles:
History, Nature, Struggle
Universal Concepts:
Persistence of Humans to find beauty, and refuge.
Goals:
Teach guests about the people in Zion and their struggle.
Objectives:
Teach relevant important figures
Teach summarized history of Zion
Teach students the struggle it was to live in Zion.
Outline:
This 10 15 minute illustrated talk will lure the guests with beauty and wonder about the people of Zion
and their history.
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Techniques:
Entice guests with pictures as visual aids, concepts of human persistence and survival and history of
their natural environment.
Visual Aids:
Pictures of Zion

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Target Audience
Introduction
In this section of my notes I will identify what values I took when figuring out the target audience. This
will include the average age group based on material. I will identify my target audience, give clear age
groups that will most likely benefit from this talk.


Research/Conclusion
The age groups that are targeted are young to mid aged adults, the Talk is historical in Nature and a
basic knowledge of United States Pioneer History is preferred. The target audience should enjoy the
broad concepts covered in the talk that children younger than 15 would most likely not get the most
from.

Summary
This short evaluation identified that this area is mostly used by young to mid aged adults. The conclusion
that the talk will target young adults and few children we will next evaluate audience objectives.

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Research
Zion Nation Park
1776 - Sivestre Velez de Escalante and Dominguez Escalante explored the Kolob Canyons area.

1851 - Mormon settlers used the Kolob Canyons area for timber and grazing stock and they gave it
the name Kolob.
1858 - Nephi Johnson arrives, noted at the time that the Mormon's discovered the canyon.

1863- Zion's first settler, Isaac Behunin lived in a log cabin near where Zion Lodge is today.

1900 - David Flanigan begins work on what is known today as the historic cable works.

1908 - Completion of the federal land survey of the Zion Canyon area. The survey resulted in the
proclamation of a new Monument.

1909 - The canyon was declared a National Monument by President Taft after receiving the survey
results. The Paiute name Mukuntuweap (sacred cliffs or straight canyon) that Powell used during his
exploration was chosen and farming of the canyon by Mormon settlers came to an end.

1916 - The National Park Service is created.

1917 - Temporary lodging called Wylie Camp was setup in the canyon. Yard, a member of the
American Civic Association requested the name be changed to Zion Canyon. A road for autos was
created leading into the canyon.

1918 - Mukuntuweap was renamed Zion National Monument by the director of the National Park
Service. When the size of the monument was expanded from the original 5,840 acres to 76,800
acres, Zion Canyon was no longer appropriate the name Zion National Monument was given. In 1919
the monument was declared a National Park and the name Zion National Park was set in stone by
President Wilson.

1919 - Congress declares the Monument to be Zion National Park, becoming Utah's oldest National
Park.
1921 - An idea to increase tourism to Zion, by making a route from Zion to Bryce and the Grand
Canyon was discussed by a well known writer and three well known naturalists. Roads were paved
and the Zion-Mt. Carmel Tunnel idea was put into action to make travel easier between the parks.
1925 - Zion's first lodge and 46 cabins were built replacing Wylie Camp. They were sold much later.
Two can be seen in Mt. Carmel Jct., across from the Chevron gas station and two others are still
inOrdervile behind Fisher's Rock Shop.
1927 - Construction starts on the Zion-Mt. Carmel Highway.
1928 - Bryce Canyon is established.
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1929 -Seven paintings of Zion created by Howard Russell Butler were used to promote the park and
signify the early days of the NPS. The art was exhibited at the Museum of Science in Buffalo, NY in
1929.
1930 -In a grand celebration on the fourth of July the completion of the Zion-Mt Carmel Highway
was announced. This engineering wonder, as planned in 1921, opened up the park on the east side
giving easier access to Bryce Canyon and Grand Canyon, greatly increasing the number of visitors to
Zion.Jack and Fern Morrison homestead land, 12 miles from the east side of Zion that is now known
as Mt. Carmel Jct.

1931 - The Morrison's opened their cafe in Mt. Carmel Jct. The Home of the Ho-made Pies. Today
there is much more than just a restaurant. Jack died in 1961, but after his death Fern updated their
gas station, built a Best Western Hotel, Golf Course, Gift Shop, small RV Park and a home that
is rented out to groups now. It is all how she left it and still family owned and operated. Two of the
original Zion Cabin cabins were built into her home that is now rented out as a vacation house.
1933 - Famous Southwest artist Maynard Dixon travels to Zion National Park and paints over forty
works of art during his visit. In 1939 the Dixons built a log cabin and spent their summers in
nearby Mount Carmel. The cabin remains there today.

1934 - Zion Nature Center - This beautiful building that was constructed in 1934 was once the Zion
Cafeteria. Now it is used for the Jr. Ranger Program.

1937 - The Kolob Canyon's area is declared Zion National Monument.

1956 - The Kolob Canyon's area, before known as Zion National Monument became a part of Zion
National Park. The size of the park becomes 229 sq. miles.

1966 -After the Zion Lodge was destroyed by fire in 1966 a new building was built in 100 days.

1995 - Rock slide blocks Zion Canyon.


2000 - Zion Canyon Shuttle Bus system begins.


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Goals and Objectives
A.
For guests of Zion National Park to appreciate the beauty of Zion and recognize the struggle humans
have had settling Zion.
B.
1. %50 of my audience would think about what it would be like to be the first ones to explore this area.
2. %60 of my audience would be able to name at least one tribe of Native Americans that settled in this
area previously.
3. %30 of my audience will examine the Lodge in Zion national park and be able to imagine all the
people who settled in this same area.



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References
1. nps.gov, Cable Mountain, [Online].Available: http://www.nps.gov/hfc/pdf/site-
bulletin/cable_mtn_bl.pdf [Accessed: Nov. 21, 2013]
2. uen.org, Utah History Encyclopedia,
[Online].Available:http://www.uen.org/utah_history_encyclopedia/c/COLONIZATION_OF_UTAH
.html [Accessed: Nov. 21, 2013]
3. nps.gov, Photo Gallery, [Online].Available:
http://www.nps.gov/media/photo/gallery.htm?id=26B049C4-155D-451F-67633305F75A85B5
[Accessed: Nov. 28, 2013]
4. zionnational-park.com, History, [Online].Available: http://www.zionnational-
park.com/zhistory.htm [Accessed: Nov. 28, 2013]
5. nps.gov, History and Culture, [Online].Available:
http://www.nps.gov/zion/historyculture/index.htm [Accessed: Nov. 28, 2013]
6. nps.gov, Walking through History, [Online].Available:
http://www.npr.org/templates/story/story.php?storyId=112270247 [Accessed: Nov. 28, 2013]