Capitol Reef Motel and Restaurant - Torrey, Utah
The closest lodging and restaurants to Capitol Reef National Park.

Capitol Reef National Park - Solitude, Strength & Beauty The Rim Rock is located in the most stunning red rock setting of any southern Utah restaurant. Just a few miles from the entrance to Capitol Reef National Park, the breath-taking vistas and openess of our hotel property is simply awesome. Here is a brief history of the Park_ On August 2, 1937, President Roosevelt signed a proclamation creating Capitol Reef National Monument. CAPITOL REEF NATIONAL MONUMENT In Proclamation 2246, President Roosevelt set aside 37,711 acres of the Capitol Reef area. This comprised an area extending about two miles north of present Utah Hwy 24 and about 10 miles south, just past Capitol Gorge. CAPITOL REEF NATIONAL PARK It was not until late 1971 that Congressional action was completed to establish the National Park. By then, the 92nd Congress was in session and S. 531 had languished. A new bill, S. 29, was introduced in the Senate by Senator Frank M. Moss of Utah and was essentially the same as the defunct S. 531 except that it called for an additional 10,834 acres of public lands for a Capitol Reef National Park. In the House, Utah Representative Gunn McKay (with Representative Lloyd) had introduced H.R. 9053 to replace the dead H.R. 17152. This time around, the House bill dropped the concept of an adjunct Capitol Reef National Recreation Area and adoped the Senate concept of a 25 year limit on continued grazing. The Deparment of Interior was still recommending a national park of 254,368 acres and a 10 year limit for grazing phase-out. S. 29 passed the Senate in June and was sent to the House. The House subsequently dropped its own bill and passed the Senate version with an amendment. Since the Senate was not in agreement with the House amendment, differences were worked out in Conference Committee. The Conference Committee issued their agreeing report on November 30, 1971. The legislation - "An Act to Establish The Capitol Reef National park in the State of Utah" - became Public Law 92-207 when it was signed by President Nixon on December 18, 1971.

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