Oh the Things I Have Seen 300
by Sharon Williams Eng
Title
Oh the Things I Have Seen 300
Artist
Sharon Williams Eng
Medium
Photograph - Photography
Description
In this landscape photograph of Zion National Park, a lone, ancient, gnarled tree stands guard over the desert valley and mountains in the distance. Such weathered old trees dot the landscape throughout the park.
Zion National Park is located in southwestern Utah. encompasses 229-square-miles and a central feature is Zion Canyon which stretches 15 miles long and spans up to half a mile deep. It cuts through the reddish and tan-colored Navajo Sandstone by the North Fork of the Virgin River.
In 1909, President William Howard Taft named the area Mukuntuweap National Monument in order to protect the canyon. In 1918, the acting director of the newly created National Park Service, Horace Albright, drafted a proposal to enlarge the existing monument and change the park's name to Zion National Monument. On November 20, 1919, the United States Congress established the monument as Zion National Park, and it was signed by President Woodrow Wilson, becoming the country's first national park. The Kolob section was proclaimed a separate Zion National Monument in 1937, but was incorporated into the park in 1956.
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March 2nd, 2018
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