It's been 100 years since US President Warren G. Harding designated Bryce Canyon a national monument. Here's how the park came together.
Tourists hike along the Comanche Trail under Sunset Point at Bryce Canyon National Park sometime between 1929 and 1935. This area of the park helped inspire J.W. Humphrey to push for the area's preservation beginning in 1915. also started trying to get Bryce Canyon designated as a national park around the same time tourists started flocking to the area
that Utah Gov. Charles Mabey outlined several laws he wanted passed during that year's legislative session. One of those would have initiated "a system of state parks, with especial reference to Bryce Canyon.
Of course, the story wasn't over from there. Congress eventually passed the bill designating Utah National Park in June 1924. This process wasn't finalized until Feb. 25, 1928, which is also when the name Bryce Canyon was also restored. Thethat this finalization was "distinctly gratifying to Utahns."
, wrote that more than 60 million visitors have come to the park since official records were first kept in 1929. Its popularity helped support more than 2,500 jobs and $250 million in economic impact in 2021.
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