| Description |
1 online resource (225 pages) |
| Series |
It Happened in the West |
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It Happened in the West
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| Contents |
Acknowledgments; introduction; the colorado river is six feet wide -- 1540 -; entrada -- 1776 -; christmas at the grand canyon -- 1858 -; first through the grand canyon? -- 1867 -; the dead explorers -- 1869 -; the ferryman -- 1872 -; the chasm of the colorado -- 1874 -; the cruel colorado -- 1889 -; el tovar -- 1905 -; grand canyon mummies -- 1909 -; moving photography -- 1911-1912 -; driving to the colorado river -- 1914 -; phantom ranch -- 1922 -; inner canyon landing -- 1922 -; the kaibab deer affair -- 1924 -; bypassing bright angel -- 1925 -; the honeymooners -- 1928 -; hazardous duty -- 1933-1936 |
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Somewhere in the grand canyon -- 1944 -grand canyon enters the atomic age -- 1951 -; dips in the colorado -- 1955 -; the fallen -- 1956 -; the battle of el tovar -- 1966 -; lost -- 1975 -; airborne burros -- 1980 -; the undermining of glen canyon dam -- 1983 -; reaching into the past -- 1989 -; danny ray horning -- 1992 -; two bad days -- 2000 -; fledgling superstar -- 2003 -; the biologist eric york 2007; wolf 2014; grand canyo n facts & t r i v i a; b i b l i o g r a phy; index; about the author |
| Summary |
It Happened at Grand Canyon takes readers on a rollicking, behind-the-scenes look at some of the characters and episodes from the area's storied past. Including both famous tales, and famous names--and little-known heroes, heroines, and happenings |
| Notes |
Print version record |
| Subject |
HISTORY -- United States -- State & Local -- General.
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| SUBJECT |
Grand Canyon (Ariz.) -- History -- Anecdotes
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Grand Canyon National Park (Ariz.) -- History -- Anecdotes
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| Subject |
Arizona -- Grand Canyon.
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Arizona -- Grand Canyon National Park.
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| Genre/Form |
Anecdotes.
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History.
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| Form |
Electronic book
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| ISBN |
9781493016006 |
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1493016008 |
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