A History of Southern Utah and Its National Parks (Revised)

by Angus M. Woodbury

Q Quinnarrah, Indian chief, [141]

R Railroads, built in Southern Utah, [203] developed in Northern Utah, [138] Railroad officials visit National Parks, [197] Red Creek, [132], [135] Red Desert, [124] Reeves, Josiah, [147] Remy, Jules, [138], [146] Richards, Franklin D., [136] Richie, Robert, [144] Riddle, Isaac, [144] Rider, John, [180] Rigg Springs, [190] Riggs, B. A., [162] William, [147] “Rio de Los Angeles,” [128] Rio del Pilar (Ash Creek), [124] Rio Virgin Manufacturing Company, [154] Rishel, W. D., [195], [197] Rivers, (see names) Road, Commission, Utah State established, [194] Commissioner, Utah State, [199] concrete, [205] convention, [196] through Zion Canyon, [158], [162] wagon, [134], [194] Roads, to Southern Utah Parks, [204], [205] constructed, [194]-209 Federal aid for, [204], [205] Robinson, Richard, [144]-145 Rock Creek, [134] Rockville, Utah, [116], [151], [153], [154], [171] Rolf, John, [157], [159], [161] Roosevelt, President Theodore enacts National Monument Act, [187] in Grand Canyon, [195] Ross, George, [179] Roundy, Lorenzo W., [144], [169], [189] Rubus, (raspberries), [120] Ruesch, Walter, [200], [202], [205], [207] Russell, family, [161] Harold, [207] Major, [173] Rust, David D., [188], [191], [192], [193]

S Salina Canyon, [128] Salt Lake Tribune sponsors auto pathfinding tour to Southern Parks, [195], [197] San Juan, County explored, [183] River settlements, [183] Santa Clara Creek, [127], [133] dam, [145] Santa Clara, Indian Reservation, [122] Mission, [148] River, [128], [140] route used by Jedediah S. Smith, [127] Valley, [140] Saunders, B. F., [191] Savage, C. R., (pioneer photographer), [179] Sawmill, [164], [181], [190] Scoyen, E. T., [207] Scutumpah, Utah, [181] Seegmiller, Carol, [184] Dan, [190], [191] Emma, [184] William W., [114] Sevier River, [127], [128], [132], [141] country raided, [169] Sevy, George W., [181] Sheep stolen, [167] Shelton, Marion J., [165] Shin-na-wav (Indian Spirit), [112], [113] Shingle mill, [163] Shivwits Indians, [112], [117] survivors of, [122] “Shunes” (Indian), [151] Shunesburg, Utah, [150], [151], [153]-155, [159] derivation of name, [114] Shurtz, Peter, [143], [169], [189] Silver Reef, Utah, [122] Skins, used for clothing, [118] Skull Cap Valley, [142] Slavery, Indian, [121] Smith, George A., [135], [150], [205] visits Kanab, [179] George Albert, Jr., [165] J. C. L., [141] Jedediah Strong, [117], [128], [148] expedition, [126], [127] John L., [142] Joseph, [131], [157] Silas S., [169], [170] Thomas S., [135] Smoot, Reed, [192], [196], [202] Snow, Erastus, [136], [150], [167] General of Militia, [173], [175] Joseph S., [198] Leo A., [187], [202] Soap Creek, [114] Southern Utah, and Arizona Parks linked by road, [204], [205] colonized by Mormons, [135] early explorations of, [123]-130 early Mormon settlement in, [130]-151 Indians, [111]-123 martial law declared in, [170] Parks, history of, [184]-209 Parley P. Pratt’s exploration of, [133]-134 roads constructed in, [194], [209] settlements, abandoned, [159] Spanish Fathers’ explorations, [123]-126 Spanish place names, [128] Spanish Trail, Old, established, [126], [128] Spencer, D. S., [197] Spencer, Howard O., [184] Springdale, Utah, [151], [153], [154], [159], [161] Springs, hot sulphur, [124] Spry, Governor William, [194], [197], [198], [202] Squashes, [117], [143] Staples, George, [153] State of Deseret proposed, [131] Steele, John, [139], [141], [173] Stevens, Amos, [153] Barney, [153] Charles, [153] Ezra, [152], [153] Henry, [153] Hyrum, [151], [153], [172] Stewart, George R., [182] Isaac, [150] Levi, [178]-180 ranch and sawmill, [190] Margery, [180] Quinby, [164] Scott P., surveying party, [164] St. George, Utah, settled, [149] Dixie Fruit Festival at, [194] —Logan Highway, [194] Stockraising, [138] Stocks, Henry, [151], [153] Stout, Alfred P., [163] Eliza, [163] family, [161] Lionel, [163] Mrs. Mary Jane, [163] Strawberry Creek, [142] Strong, Ezra, [153], [166] Hyrum, [153] Sullivan, Maurice, [117], [127] Sulphur Creek, [128] River, [124] Summit Creek Canyon, [135] Surveying, expedition to Zion Canyon, [187] party in Zion Canyon, [164] Swains Creek, [142] Swing, Phillip D., [208]

T Tamarisk trees, [124] Taylor, Orson, [158] “Temple of Sinawava”, Zion Canyon, [155], [206] “Temples and Towers of the Virgin”, Zion Canyon, [185] Tenney, Nathan, [151] Terry, family, (John R.) [161] Jacob E., [153] James P., [153] Thaxton, James, [153] Thompson, William, [180] Thorley, Richard A., [199], [202] Thornton, Amos G., [144] J. W., [152] Three Patriarchs, Zion Canyon, [199] Tillohash, Tony, (Indian) [112], [115] Tobacco, wild, [156] Tonaquint, Utah, [145], [147], [148] Tonaquintit Indians, [117] Toquer, Chief, [144] Toquerville, source of name, [114] Utah, settled, [147] settlers, move to, [171] —Cedar City road, [195] Tourist busses, [207] guide, [192] travel in Parks, [207] Trail built across Grand Canyon of the Colorado, [191], [192] Mormon, [131] Old Spanish, established, [126], [128] Trails in Zion Canyon, [206] Trappers, [126], [128] Transportation to Zion Canyon, mode of, [158] Travel in Parks, [207] Tropic, Utah, [182] Trumbull Mountains, [189] Tufts, W. O., [199] Tullis, David, [144] Tunnel in Zion Road, [206] Tut-se-gavits, Indian chief, [121]

U Uinkarets Indians, [117], [122] Union Pacific Railroad, [197], [198] excursion to Bryce Canyon, [208] expands in Southern Utah, [203] United Order, for all the world, [158] Beaver, Utah, [160] Cedar City, Utah, [160] Fillmore, Utah, [160] Mt. Carmel, Utah, [183] Nephi, Utah, [160] Orderville, Utah, [183] Parowan, Utah, [160] Price City, Utah, [160] Rockville, Utah, [160] St. George Stake, [160] Springdale, Utah, [161] Virgin, Utah, [160] Washington, Utah, [160] Ungatuweep, (derivation of word) [114], [115] U.S. Biological Survey, hunters for, [192] Forest Service builds road, [195] Geological Survey of Grand Canyon of the Colorado and Zion, [184], [185] National Park Service established, [184], [185] “Utah Dixie” developed, [145], [147]-150 Utah Lake, [123], [127] Utah, Parks company, [203], [206], [208] National Park, [208] Southern, explored by Mormons, [130]-149 State Penitentiary, [195] State Road Commission established, [194] Ute ford, Glen Canyon, [166] Indians, [130] depredations, [167]-169 organization of Ute Nations, [115]

V “V. T. Park,” [190] Vermillion cliffs, Zion Canyon, [161] Virgin City, Utah, [154], [171] Virgin River, Indian name for, [114] Spanish name for, [128] discovered by Escalante, [124], [127] explored, [133], [139]-141, [147] ferries established on, [166] guards placed on, [175] Indians, [117] route taken by Fremont, [128], [129] traveled by Jedediah S. Smith, [127] used for irrigation, [151] Virgin, Thomas, [128] Utah, [147]

W Wadsworth, William, [133] Wagon roads in disrepair, [194] Wagon trains raided by Indians, [172], [173] Wai-no-pits, Indian spirit, [113] Walker, Charles L., [111], [152] diary of, [168]-169 Chief, [130] War, [136], [137] Wallace, Grant, [192] War, Black Hawk, [159], [166], [167] Indian, [136], [137], [159], [166], [167] Mexican, [130] Warm Valley, [143] Wasatch Mountains crossed by Escalante, [123] Wash basin, pioneer, [156] Washington, County, protected by Militia, [167] roads built in, [195] Fields, [140] Utah, [154] Wayne Wonderland, [201], [207] Weather, [133], [139] Webb, C. Y., [139] Wells, Junius, [190] West Rim Trail, [207] West Temple, Zion Canyon, [186] Weump berries, [120] White, Douglas, [196], [198], [199] Whitlock, Hardin, [151], [153] Whitmore, Dr. James M., [150], [166], [168], [169], [189] Whitney, F. T., [142] Wickiups, [118] Wilkins, James, [179] Willis, Joshua T., [147] Wilson, George D., [181] Pres. Woodrow, [201] Winder, John, [163], [205], [206] Winsor, A. P., [172] Utah, [166], [181] Wittwer, Samuel, [158] Wolf-god, (Indian spirit), [112], [113] Wolfskill, William, [128] Wolves killed, [192] Woodbury, Dr. Angus M., sketch, [111], [127] Woolley, E. D., [188], [191]-193 Edwin G., [176], [192], [193] Franklin B., [171] Wylie, Camp, [199], [204] Grove, Zion Canyon, [206] W. W., [203]

Y York, Asa, [153] Young, Brigham, [131], [147], [148], [157], [158], [160], [179]-181, [191] John R., [184] John W., [175], [190] Willis, [147] Yount, George C., [128] Yubincariri Indians, [117]

Z “Zion—Bryce Nature Notes”, [207] Zion Canyon (see Mukuntuweap) abandoned, [159] agricultural development of, [155] cable, [161]-164 dedicated, [202] early history of, [185]-209 first passable road to, [199] first settler in, [155], [156] first white man to enter, [147], [158] first white man to explore, [152] geological formation of, [155] grazing stopped in, [200] highway constructed in, [205]-209 horse and buggy trip through, [188] Indian name for, [114], [115], [161] Indian superstitions re: [112]-113 last families to live in, [161] lodge and cabins built in, [155], [156], [206], [207] mail service, [161], [162] modern development of, [194]-209 —Mt. Carmel Highway, [209] museum, [207] named, [158] name changed, [201], [202] National Monument, [187] Naturalist Service, [207] paintings exhibited at World’s Fair, [186], [187] promontory, [133] publicized, [194] roads in, [158], [162], [188], [189], [196], [199], [200], [205], [207] scenic points named, [199] settlements of, [150]-161 superintendents and rangers appointed, [207] surveyed, [164], [187] trails built in, [206] travel increases, [203] visited by Brigham Young, [157], [158] visited by Governor Spry, [195], [196] visited by railroad officials, [197]