Springdale 
          is at the west entrance to Zion 
          National Park. In 1862 Albert Petty, George Petty, J. H. Whitlock, 
          and others arrived here after spending the surnmer at Shunesburg. Albert 
          Petty's wife suggested the name because the settlement was adjacent 
          to some freshwater springs.
                    John 
                      W. Van Cott