Las Vegas daily optic. [volume] (Las Vegas, N.M.) 1880-1908, 1904-10-17
THE NEW HOTEL
AT GRAND CANYON
Club House at Brink Of.
Great Chasm Named
for Brave Lieutenant Of.
Coronado's Band.

Neraly everything worth while in
the Southwest dates back to Fran.
cisco vasquez Coronado, the Spanish
governor Of Galacia, who left Mexi-
CO in the year 1910, accompanied by
hundred warriors, in search of the
mythical seven cities of Cibola.
Coronado and his men found no
gold, but they discovered New Mexi.
co, Arizona and other sections Of the
Rockies. Their most spectacular
find was the Grand Canyon OF
Arizona.
Chief among Coronado's l%ieuten-
Pedro del Tovar, captain of the de.
tachment that explored and conquer
ed the province of Tusayan, now
known as Mokiland. While among
the Mokis, Tovar heard Of the Grand
Canyon, which bordered old Tusayan
on the west. He reported the tale 10
Coronado, and Cardenas was sent
out to verify it.
Though not the first white man TO
see this titan of chasms, Tovar was
largely instrumental in its discovery,
50 when the Santa Fe needed an APP
pirate name for the new hotel at
Bright Angel, lei Toyar' was sell
ected. 1t is true that Don Pedro,
etc, waited nearly four centuries To-
immortality, but better men have
waited a thousand years and still re-,
main unknown to fame.
1t is a far cry from 1910 10 1904.
Early in December viii be opened
the most unique, the most comfort
able, the most costly hotel in the
Southwest, under management of Mr.,
Fred Harvey, whose reputation as a
caterer is national,
Occupying a site 1000 feet above
sea level. close TO the rim of the
grandest OF canyons, at the railway
terminus and not far from the head
Of Bright Angel trail, FL Toyar GEM
mands a prospect without parallel In
the world. A perpendicular mlie
from TO river (seven miles by
traiD and thirteen miles across
to the opposite C%anyonwall. The
silvery thread and its tumult seldom
reaches the stiffness of the upper air.
On three sides are the fragrant pines
serve, and the largest continuous belt
of pine timber in the United States.
Everywhere a riot Of color and beau
W of form, vision ~unspeakable.
Ell Tovar is a long, low, rambling
edifice, built of native boulders and
pine logs. Expressed with exactness,
the width north and south Is three
hundred and twenty five feet and
from east to west two hundred feet.
Its lines are in complete harmony
with the simplicity of the mighty
gorge below. One feels that the
architect, Mr.. Chas. F. Whittesley, Of
Albuquerque, struck the right key
note. There are here expressed a
quiet dignity, an unassuming luxury
and a love for the great outdoors.
Not a Waldorf-Astoria, but such a
hotel as the traveller seeking high
class accommodations will find 10
his liking.
There are stables and corrals where
horses and teams are kept for trips
along the rim and down the river. A
~search-light has been ordered, to
light up the wierd canyon depths at
night.
Adjacent is a Hopi house, built Of
stones and adobe exactly reproducing
one of the unique dwellings of the
fiOpi iHutdHo' ~ TINS picturesque
structure will live several families of
Hopi weavers crafts. A museum of
rare Indian curios will be installed
and photos sold.
Mr.. Harvey has selected Mr.. Chas.
A. Brant as local manager. a gentle
man favorably known in hotel and
club circles.