The Grand Canyon of Arizona: How to See It
The Grand Canyon Of Arizona: How To See It
George Wharton James
Author of In and Out of the Old Missions, The Wonders of the Colorado Desert, Through Ramona's Country, etc.
Revised Edition
Boston: Little, Brown, and Company
Kansas City: Fred Harvey
1912
Because of the completion of a new driveway along the Rim of the Grand Canyon, and of a new trail to the Colorado River, a second edition of this book is deemed necessary.
These improvements, which have recently been made by the Santa Fe Railway, are known as Hermit Rim Road and Hermit Trail. The first, said to be the most unique road in the world, is nine miles long on the brink of the Canyon, and the other, a wide and safe pathway down the south wall.
The contents of the volume has been revised, and descriptions of Hermit Rim Road and Hermit Trail have been added. There are also new portions describing the drives and trips that may be taken through the forest on the Rim and in the Canyon itself, each carefully planned so that the traveler may devote to sightseeing whatever amount of time he desires.
With these additions and alterations, the original plan to provide a convenient handbook for all travelers to the Grand Canyon is more complete.
Upwards of ten years ago I sat on the south rim of the Grand Canyon and wrote In and Around the Grand Canyon. In that book I included much that more than a decade of wandering up and down the trails of this great abyss had taught me. At that time the only accommodations for sightseers were stage lines or private conveyance from Flagstaff and Ash Fork, and, on arrival at the Canyon, the crude hotel-camps at Hance's, Grand View, Bright Angel, and Bass's. The railway north from Williams was being built. Everything was crude and primitive.
George Wharton James
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PREFACE TO REVISED EDITION
FOREWORD
CONTENTS
FOREWORD
CHAPTER I. The Grand Canyon Of Arizona
CHAPTER II. On The Grand Canyon Railway To El Tovar
CHAPTER III. El Tovar And Its Equipments
CHAPTER IV. The Grand Canyon At El Tovar
CHAPTER V. Three Ways Of Spending One Day At The Canyon
CHAPTER VI. How To Spend Two To Five Days At El Tovar
CHAPTER VII. How Fully To See And Know The Grand Canyon Region
CHAPTER VIII. From El Tovar Down The Bright Angel Trail
CHAPTER IX. To Grand View And Down The Grand View Trail
CHAPTER X. A New "Rim" Road And Trail Into The Scenic Heart Of The Canyon
CHAPTER XI. From El Tovar To Bass Camp And Down The Bass Trail
CHAPTER XII. Across The Grand Canyon To Point Sublime
CHAPTER XIII. How The Canyon Was Formed*
CHAPTER XIV. The Canyon—Above And Below
CHAPTER XV. The Hopi House
CHAPTER XVI. Visiting Indians At El Tovar
CHAPTER XVII. The Navaho And Hopi Blanket Weavers
CHAPTER XVIII. Pueblo And Navaho Pottery And Silverware
CHAPTER XIX. The Hopis And Their Snake Dance
CHAPTER XX. An Historic Trail Across The Grand Canyon Country
CHAPTER XXI. The Navaho And His Desert Home
CHAPTER XXII. From El Tovar To The Havasupai Indians And Their Wonderful Cataract Canyon Homes
CHAPTER XXIII. The First Discoverers And Inhabitants Of The Grand Canyon
CHAPTER XXIV. El Tovar And Cardenas And The Modern Discovery Of The Grand Canyon
CHAPTER XXV. Fray Marcos And Garces, And Their Connection With The Grand Canyon
CHAPTER XXVI. Powell's And Other Explorations Of The Grand Canyon
CHAPTER XXVII. Indian Legends About The Grand Canyon
CHAPTER XXVIII. The Colorado River From The Mountains To The Sea
CHAPTER XXIX. Climate And Weather At The Grand Canyon
CHAPTER XXX.The Grand Canyon For Pleasure, Rest And Recuperation
CHAPTER XXXI. The Story Of A Boat
CHAPTER XXXII. The Grand Canyon A Forest Reserve, Game Preserve And National Monument