paintings of the canyon by frederick s. dellenbaugh were exhibited at the saint louis world's fair in 1904, followed by a favorable article in "scribner's magazine" the next year. the article and paintings, along with previously created photographs, paintings, and reports, led to president william howard taft's proclamation on july 31, 1909 that created mukuntuweap national monument. in 1917, the acting director of the newly created national park service visited the canyon and proposed changing its name from the locally unpopular mukuntuweap to zion, a name used by the local mormon community. the united states congress added more land and established zion national park on november 19, 1919. a separate zion national monument, the kolob canyons area, was proclaimed on january 22, 1937, and was incorporated into the park on july 11, 1956.