Main Street - Cedar City, Utah
Built on Tourism
 

      
By the 1900s,
      a Union Pacific Railroad spur had reached Cedar City, and the
      railroad began to market the town (above) as a jumpoff point
      to Cedar Breaks, Bryce Canyon and Zion National Park. Tourists
      arrived at Cedar City's railroad depot (below) to waiting buses
      that would carry them to the scenic parks above the city. The
      historic station still stands along Main Street.

      
 

      


      
 Today,
      the historic 1920s downtown (below) is the focus of a renewed
      civic interest. After decades of decline, Cedar City embarked
      on a campaign to revitalize the historic downtown, where Highway
      91 had gradually eroded the pedestrian on Main Street. With Interstate-15
      now diverting heavy traffic around Main Street, and new street
      improvements and civic facilities along Main, the historic downtown
      is returning to prosperity.

      
 

      
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 Top three
      images are courtesy National Park Service; bottom image is public
      domain.