Some historical tidbits related to canyoneering in Utah

 

Historical Photographs - While working on my Zion book, I came across the National Park Service Archive of Historical Photos. I found a few of them pretty interesting, so I made up a Latest Rave Zion Historical Page about them.

 

Morning Report Excerpts - The Morning Report is an NPS internal report that includes accidents and incidents in the National Park System. The NPS recently decided that listing people's names violated their privacy, so they removed from public access their morning report archive. I got some of the good stuff, but not all of it. Here are some reports that you might find interesting: 1992       1993       1994 January to June 1995     July to December 1998     January to June 1999     January to May 2000     June, July & August 2000     Sept to December 2000     January to June 2001     July and August 2001     August to December 2001     January to June 2002     July to December 2002 January to June 2003

 

Historic Artifacts Zion Postcard Set from 1938 This is a 20-image postcard set from 1938. It was meant to be sent as a packet. There's a bit of text inside, plus a fold out string of postcard-sized images, but they are printed on both sides. Printed on textured paper, the images look like they are oil paintings done from photographs, or maybe hand-tinted photographs. 1960 Zion Guide to Trails A Zion Trail Guide from about 1960. Thanks to Leif Bennett for scanning, typing and posting this interesting booklet.

 

The Black Book Zion National Park has long been a center of canyoneering in the USA. One of the unique aspects of the Zion scene is The Black Book, a collection of trip reports kept at the visitor center, that makes for interesting reading on those rare rainy days in Zion. Here are a few excerpts from The Black Book. Some are from the current Black Book, and some from 'alternative sources'. Here's what we have for you this time around: Mystery Canyon - June, 1986 Heaps Canyon - October, 1982 Heaps Canyon - July, 1991 Heaps Canyon - June, 1995 The Great West Canyon - July 17, 1965 The Great West Canyon First Descent - June 1966 Part One The Great West Canyon First Descent - June 1966 Part Two And some other stuff: Behunin Canyon - December 28, 1974 Behunin Canyon - June 20, 1978 Pine Creek (no date) Oak Creek, Righthand Canyon - December 30, 1971 Virgin River Narrows - June 5 - 6, 1976

 

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