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  THE 
  NATIONAL 
  GEOGRAPHIC 
  MAGAZINE 
  

  

  Photograph 
  by 
  Eyre 
  Powcl 
  

  

  TIIIC 
  WKT 
  TRAIL 
  THROUGH 
  'I'll 
  I'. 
  NARROWS: 
  ZION 
  NATIONAL 
  PARK 
  

  

  The: 
  bestowal 
  of 
  picturesque 
  names 
  is 
  a 
  familiar 
  practice 
  in 
  America's 
  national 
  parks, 
  

   and 
  one 
  of 
  the 
  most 
  appropriate 
  of 
  these 
  is 
  "The 
  Rainbow 
  of 
  the 
  Desert" 
  given 
  to 
  Zion 
  

   Canyon, 
  whose 
  water-carved 
  sandstone 
  cliffs 
  present 
  brilliant 
  contrasts 
  iii 
  color. 
  This 
  canyon 
  

   was 
  known 
  to 
  the 
  Mormons 
  as 
  early 
  as 
  1X61, 
  when 
  Brigham 
  Young 
  recognized 
  it 
  as 
  an 
  

   admirable 
  place 
  of 
  refuge 
  for 
  his 
  sect 
  in 
  the 
  event 
  of 
  attack 
  (see 
  also 
  illustration 
  on 
  page 
  377). 
  

  

  