How The Ancient Indians Of Utah Built Springdale

Springdale, Utah is a bustling tourist town at the entrance of the mighty Zion National Park, and it was settled and developed over the last 150 years; so for the ancients to have built it, they would have had to return as angelic visitors with degrees and skills of modern-day construction and commerce.  Clearly, the ancient Indians of Utah did not physically build Springdale, but the effects of their culture did.

Zion is the third-most visited national park in America, and Springdale flourishes because of that fact.  But, would Springdale be the same without the existence of Utah’s ancient Indians 1,500 years ago? No.

While outdoor, rare beauty itself is enough to attract attention and tourism, beauty alone cannot make the same impact that Zion and Springdale have felt for many years.  It takes something else; in this case, the Anasazi Indians of the first century A.D. I’ll tell you why.

The Influence Of Scientists

Around the time of Christ, and for about 1,400 years A.D., ancient Indians inhabited parts of what is now the Four Corners region in the Southwest of the United States.  Arizona, Colorado, New Mexico, and Utah join to four corners where you can stand in four states at once.  This desert region was home to the Anasazis, who built houses in the cliffs, dug rooms underground for sacred religious ceremonies, and recorded their culture by scratching symbols and drawings on the surfaces of rock and caves.  They painted the petroglyphs with dyes, made of plants and minerals.

Archaeologists, sociologists, and anthropologists have flocked to the Four Corners region to study the artifacts and culture of these ancient Indians of Utah, hoping to contribute more knowledge to humanity about the history of the United States and of mankind.  Both the passion to discover and the ambition to publish and achieve notoriety have brought thousands of the erudite to this area of America.  By so doing, the awareness of Southern Utah and its intriguing past has spread not only to the populous coastal cities and their universities, but also across the oceans.  Being photographed and written about have piqued interest among the educated to see for themselves what the scientists experienced; and thus, a segment of the population, which would not have traveled far merely for sightseeing, has steadily come to Southern Utah and Springdale to satisfy their intellectual curiosities.

The Allure Of Nostalgia

Much of the allure of the ancient Indians of Utah is to see and feel the history and nostalgia of 1,500 years ago.  To meditate on the differences between then and now is poignant. Indeed, many monuments and sites for visitors lend themselves to gazing, pondering, and contrasting the lifestyles.  The differences are humbling and often evoke a deep sense of gratitude.

When you add archaeology, history, sociology, psychology, and anthropology to a majestic Southern Utah and its national parks, you enhance its appeal to the scholarly, which trickles down to the masses.  This is seen in the droves of visitors from Asia, Europe, South America, Australia, Canada, and the USA itself.

The ability of Southern Utah and Zion National Park to appeal to a diverse and massive populous has enabled Springdale to prosper beyond the imagination of the town’s people and businesses.  And they can thank the ancient Indians of Utah for that.

 

How The Ancient Indians Of Utah Built Springdale

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