U.S. Statutes at Large

"By the President of the United States of America. A Proclamation."

Signed by President William Howard Taft

Publication Information: Vol. 36, Part 2, p. 2498 and map following p. 2498.

Establishes the Mukuntuweap National Monument, Utah, on the grounds that the Mukuntuweap Canyon of the Rio Virgin or Zion River in Southwestern Utah "is an extraordinary example of canyon erosion and is of the greatest scientific interest."

This monument was consolidated into the Zion National Monument by a Presidential proclamation of March 18, 1918 (40 Stat. 116 [Proclamations]).


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