Bryce Canyon
NATIONAL PARK Utah
UNITED STATES DEPARTMENT OF THE INTERIOR
Oscar L. Chapman, Secretary
NATIONAL PARK SERVICE
Conrad L. Wirth, Director
Contents
[Panorama of Bryce Canyon] Cover [Geology of Bryce Canyon National Park] 4 [How to Reach the Park] 8 [Roads and Trails] 8 [Administration] 10 [Naturalist Services] 10 [Museum] 10 [Free Public Campgrounds] 10 [Accommodations] 10 [Transportation] 12 [Saddle Horses] 12 [Post Office and Communication Service] 13 [Miscellaneous Services] 13 [Cedar Breaks National Monument] 15
Historic Events
| 1866 | Capt. James Andrus in command of a military expedition from St. George, Utah, crossed the Paria River a few miles south of Bryce Canyon. |
| 1872 | A. H. Thompson, geographer of the Powell Survey, sketched the topography of the Pink Cliffs eastward to Rainbow Point and ascended Table Cliffs. Lt. W. L. Marshall, topographer, and G. K. Gilbert and E. E. Howell of the Wheeler Survey mapped, described, and illustrated for the first time the features of the park north of Campbell Canyon. |
| 1874-76 | Scattered settlements established in the Upper Paria Valley. Ebenezer Bryce, for whom the park is named, ranged cattle in the area. The region that includes Bryce Canyon National Park studied by Capt. C. E. Dutton. View from Sunset Point described (1876) by T. C. Bailey, Deputy U. S. Surveyor. |
| 1877 | Cannonville and Henrieville founded. |
| 1905 | The Paunsaugunt Plateau, which includes the park, set aside as Powell National Forest. |
| 1923 | Bryce Canyon National Monument established by Presidential proclamation. |
| 1924 | Act of Congress authorized the establishment of Utah National Park, subject to extinguishment of private land titles. |
| 1928 | Name changed from Utah National Park to Bryce Canyon National Park; park established. |
Bryce Canyon National Park includes some of the most interesting exposures of the Pink Cliffs formation, whose rocks are among the most colorful of any forming the earth’s crust. The major beauty spots of the area are found where forces of erosion have cut back into the plateau, forming amphitheaters or wide canyons filled with pinnacles and grotesque forms.