Full Description
The Grand Canyon is an American icon, a scenic wonder like no other. From the several Native American tribes who have called Grand Canyon home to swashbuckling pioneers to an airliner collision over the canyon that led to the formation of the FAA, It Happened at Grand Canyon tells the history of this colossal, magnificent place.
Contents
Introduction; 6 Million Years Ago (or Longer)Pre-History: Before Boundaries Were an Issue(Hopi/Havasupai/Hualapai/Paiute/Navajo connections to canyon); 1540-42: The Explorations of Francisco Vasquez de Coronado; 1776: Franciscan Fathers Stopped by the Canyon; 1867: First Through Grand Canyon; 1869: John Wesley Powell; 1873: The Chasm of the Colorado; 1883: Tall Tales and Mules; 1889-90: A Railroad through Grand Canyon; 1898: The Bright Angel Trail Is Mine!; 1901: Tracks to the Edge: The Arrival of the Grand Canyon Railroad; 1905: The Home of Big Jim (Yav nmig gswedva); 1911-12: The Kolb Brothers' Motion-Picture Extravaganza!; 1914: Designing a National Park; 1919: A Long Time Coming; 1924: A Grand, yet Half-Brained, Plan: The Kaibab Deer Drive; 1925: A Trail to the Bottom engineering feats of its time.; 1928: Without a Trace; 1931: A Grand Canyon Suite; 1933: The Boys of the CCC at the Bottom of the Grand Canyon; 1934: Cool. What Are They?; 1945: Georgie White; 1951: The Grand Canyon Enters the Atomic Age; 1953: Brighty of the Grand Canyon; 1955: An Easter Sunday Swim; 1956: The Fallen; 1956-68: Dam the Colorado!; 1966: The Hundred-Year Flood; 1975: More Land for All; 1994: The Return of the California Condor
