The closest major airports are in Las Vegas (LAS), Nevada and Salt Lake City (SLC), Utah, each approximately 270 miles from the park. There are smaller airports in Cedar City (CDC), Utah (80 miles) and St. George (SGU), Utah (125 miles).
Chautauqua Movement History. âChautauquaâ is an Iroquois word with a few meaningsâ âa bag tied in the middleâ or âtwo moccasins tied together,â and describes the shape of Chautauqua Lake, located in southwest New York.
Pocahontas was the daughter of Powhatan, paramount chief of an alliance of Virginia Indians in. . An iconic figure in American history, Pocahontas is largely known for saving the life of the Jamestown colonist John Smith and then romancing himâalthough both events are unlikely to be true.arch 21, 1617 - Pocahontas is interred under the chancel of St. George's Church in Gravesend, England. 1624 - John Smith's The Generall Historie of Virginia, New-England, and the Summer Isles, which emphasizes treacherous natives, a heroic Smith, and the one good. Indian, Princess Pocahontas, is published.