Thomas G. Smith Utah Historical Quarterly (Volume 59, Number 3, Summer 1991) Excerpted In the growing field of environmental history few topics have drawn as much attention as the establishment of national parks. Scenic preservationists have often quarreled bitterly with commercial interests over the protection of pristine wildlands. The effort to create Canyonlands National Park in southeastern Utah proved no …
Mining and Sports
Philip F. Notarianni “The Mansion, Mining, and Snow” Mining and skiing loom as significant factors in the economic growth and development of Utah. Mining, in tandem with the railroad industry, carried Utah from an agrarian economy to one more industrialized and diversified. In the many mining towns, service industries thrived, while Utah’s population became more culturally diverse. Skiing, and the …