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Pa'rus - Footprints In Time
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00;00;08;01 - 00;00;19;35 Unknown Hi there. My name is Ranger Jen, and I'm standing here on the Peru's Trail in Zion National Park. As you walk along this trail enjoying the park. You may not realize that you're walking in the footsteps of many different groups who came before you.
00;00;19;35 - 00;00;30;52 Unknown Humans have lived in and around Zion Canyon for thousands of years, from ancestral Pueblo NS to the Southern Paiute to pioneers. The area we now call Zion has been called home by many before us.
00;00;30;52 - 00;00;47;32 Unknown The Paiute Indian Tribe of Utah is a group that still lives in the area today. When they lived in and around the canyon before Euro-American exploration, they would gather pinon, pine nuts and juniper berries. They would hunt deer and elk and they would live both on the high plateaus and on the canyon floor.
00;00;47;32 - 00;00;54;07 Unknown They also had crops such as corn and squash, and would use diversion dams to get water from the river to help water them.
00;00;54;07 - 00;01;01;40 Unknown The trail we are on today. The PA route is named after the pilot word for the Virgin River Paris, meaning bubbling water.
00;01;01;40 - 00;01;23;47 Unknown Later in the 1860s, pioneering members of the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter Day Saints moved to the areas outside the park, such as Rockville and Springdale. Eventually, they moved into the canyon itself. They built homesteads and farmed in the canyon, often getting washed out by seasonal flooding caused by monsoons. Life in the canyon was very difficult and most families had moved out by the turn of the century.
00;01;23;47 - 00;01;42;38 Unknown And now we're here, the National Park Service and the millions of visitors that come to see this canyon every year. And while you may not see striking evidence of these previous inhabitants on your trip to Zion, some of these families and homesteads were located right off this fairy trail and the communities surrounding Zion. These families, descendants are living all around us.
00;01;42;38 - 00;01;56;47 Unknown We all have stories that we carry with us. And in Zion, we're working to protect, study and interpret those stories of the people who care for this place before us. Help us protect these stories by staying on designated trails and never taking anything you see in a national park.
00;01;56;47 - 00;02;05;37 Unknown Thank you for joining me on the beautiful Paris trail today. For that, you're joining us in person or from home? Thank you for taking a moment to learn more about your national parks.
Description
Join Ranger Jenn to learn about the different people that have called Zion home.
Duration
2 minutes, 5 seconds
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