Happy birthday Bryce canyon..
Bryce Canyon National Park
June 9 at 12:45 AM ·
And we'd certainly be remiss to let today go by without wishing ourselves a very Happy Birthday! On this day, 97 years ago (in 1923), the landscape now known as Bryce Canyon took its very first step toward becoming a national park when President Warren G. Harding established Bryce Canyon National Monument (though not all the hoodoos in this photo originally made the cut)!
Nearly half of all national parks first began as national monuments, and Bryce Canyon was no exception. While a national park requires an act of Congress to create, the Antiquities Act of 1906 grants the president the power to establish national monuments from existing federal land with the stroke of a pen. Though many monuments have stayed monuments or undergone other transformations, some have later been taken up by Congress to be reestablished (and sometimes expanded and renamed) as national parks.
Along this park's way it would be proposed as "Temple of the Gods National Monument" in 1919, then suggested as the first of Utah's state parks in 1921, declared "Bryce Canyon National Monument" in 1923, legislated as "Utah National Park" in 1924, and then finally pronounced "Bryce Canyon National Park" in 1928. From 1923's monumental proclamation on, the park's boundary would grow steadily along the way, finally reaching its current dimensions in 1931.
Interestingly, when Bryce Canyon National Monument was first established, the top section of this photo was not included in the boundary. Boat Mesa (that flat-topped feature around which the Fairyland Loop trail travels) would have been just north of the monument's boundary. The southern boundary extended down to about modern day Paria View.
You can read more about the park's early history and see maps by visiting the park's Historic Resource Study at https://www.nps.gov/parkhistory/online_books/brca/hrst.htm#maps or its Cultural Landscape Report at https://www.nps.gov/parkhistory/online_books/brca/clr/contents.htm
Photo Peter Densmore/NPS
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