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The first visitor lodging in Zion Canyon, called Wylie Camp, was established that same year as a tent camp. [31] The Utah Parks Company , a subsidiary of the Union Pacific Railroad, acquired Wylie Camp in 1923, and offered ten-day rail/bus tours to Zion, nearby Bryce Canyon , the Kaibab Plateau , and the North Rim of the Grand Canyon . [ 40 ]
Zion Canyon Drive and Zion-Mount Carmel Highway are the two major roads throughout the canyon. Zion Canyon Drive ends at the Temple of Sinawava, where the Riverside Walk trail follows the river upstream to the lower end of the Zion Narrows. Hiking trails further upstream descend into the Narrows, where the canyon floor is, on average 20 feet (6 ...
Geary County USD 475 is a public unified school district headquartered in Junction City, Kansas, United States. [1] The district includes the communities of Grandview Plaza , Junction City , Milford , Fort Riley , fraction of northeast Ogden , and nearby rural areas.
The Zion-Mount Carmel Highway was built to link Zion with Grand Canyon National Park. Completed in 1930, the road features a 5,613-foot (1,711 m) tunnel in the wall of Pine Creek Canyon. [ 8 ] The road enables visitors to do a loop tour of Grand Canyon, Zion, Bryce Canyon National Park and Cedar Breaks National Monument .
The First Territorial Capitol of Kansas was built in 1855 at present-day Fort Riley. On June 27, 1853, Camp Center became Fort Riley — named in honor of Major General Bennet C. Riley, who had led the first military escort along the Santa Fe Trail in 1829. The "fort" took shape around a broad plain that overlooked the Kansas River valley.
Riley County USD 378 is a public unified school district headquartered in Riley, Kansas, United States. [1] The district includes the communities of Riley, Leonardville, Keats, Bala, Lasita, Walsburg, portions of Manhattan, and nearby rural areas. [2] The district is mostly in Riley County, [3] and extends into Pottawatomie County. [4]
The Fort Riley CDP is located primarily in southern Riley County at (39.088222, -96.814092 A small portion of the CDP crosses the county line south into Geary County. According to the United States Census Bureau , the CDP has a total area of 5.1 square miles (13.1 km 2 ), of which 0.01 square miles (0.02 km 2 ), or 0.17%, is water.
Camp Funston is a U.S. Army training camp located on the grounds of Fort Riley, southwest of Manhattan, Kansas. The camp was named for Brigadier General Frederick Funston (1865–1917). It is one of sixteen such camps that were established at the outbreak of World War I for use as infantry division training camps.