71 (D-60) [Day 9] Our next National Park: Zion

71 (D-60) Back on the road again. On our 9th day, Wednesday, May 19th, we'll travel from Bryce Canyon to Zion National Park.

Mormon pioneer Isaac Behunin is credited with naming Zion Canyon: “These are the Temples of God, built without the use of human hands. A man can worship God among these great cathedrals as well as in any man-made church—this is Zion.” Zion is a Hebrew word, later interpreted by Mormons to mean a place of safety and refuge.

You haven't read about the Mormons? You don't remember what you read about the Mormons? Go back to Posts 65 and 67.

Zion was set aside as Mukuntuweap National Monument by President William Howard Taft on July 31, 1909, but the official name was not popular and so it was changed to Zion.

If you are curious: Mukuntuweap is sometimes translated as “straight arrow,” but expert opinion says that it means “straight canyon” in the language of the Southern Pauite. The term may relate to the very high, near-perpendicular canyon walls.

Zion became a National Park in 1919.

Jane
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VOCABULARY:
worship God = "rendre grace à Dieu"
as well as = "aussi bien que"