Arizona republican. [volume] (Phoenix, Ariz.) 1890-1930, 1905-08-29

ment. The Bright Angel hotel close |
to the FL ToVar is also under the Har- |
Vey management but with the Euro /
pean plan. A little further around the
rim and at the head of the Bright An
gel trail is the Cameron hotel which
also has a camp in connection All
, three hotels are in close proximity to
the railway station, the rim of the
canyon and the Bright Angel trail.
| Three other trails at different points
leave the rim for the river below, these
are the Mystic Spring trails. twenty
five miles west of the Bright Angel and
the Grand View and Hance trails,
some fourteen miles east. Among the
, many points from which one gets new
panoramic views of this great canyon
may be mentioned; Bissers point,
near Bess camp. Rave point, three
miles west of Bright Angel, O'Nein and
Grandeur points. three miles east and
Grand View hotel, twelve miles still
farther east. Stage trips are made
from the hotels each day to these
points of vantage and the guide and
driver take pleasure in pointing out to
the visitors the great sentinels of the
canyon among them the Vishnu tenn
pie, SOlomons temple, Battleship Iowa,
limestone caves and as you stand upon
the brink of the bOttomless pit and
Tie ulNlC pOlllliiS " THESE NOilOeISs
giving their respective distances and
elevations and telling you that 1000
feet represents the perpendicular dis
lance from where you stand to the first
terra firma below, you are seized by
an indescrible emotion. You say il is
! terriblel Lo it is grand and beauti-
full beyond description. The geologi-
cal formation of the canyon commence
ing at the river is formed first of 1906
l
sand stone. then 700 feet of shales
next to which is $50 feet of blue lime
stone, then 1900 feet of red sand stone
: surmounted by 500 feet of limestone
/ which brings the series to the level OF
: the plateau or rim of the canyon.
= While hours can be spent from the
many points on the rim in viewing the
, .immenseness and beauty of this gTea'
: abyss, yet a true conception OF it!
greatness only comes by a trip dowT
the trail to the mesa 5000 feet dow
= and from there on down a precipitiou!
= trail to the river below. The halt mad
: at the mesa. however. affords the hes
= conception Of the vastness of the region
:, for one can look upwards to the rim
= whence he came and then over tn
, edge of the mesa down the grant
- gorge to the raging stream below.
q Under the direction of Fred Harvey
n the Moki Indians nave built a cuFiou
a stone house near to the FL Tovar hott
! and several Indians are here employ
=. ed in weaving blankets and the man
- ufacture of silver ornaments and cur
los. living in the building in primitiv
style The building, which is Gale
\ the Hopi house. is also we'll Stoke
with Indian and Mexican curios an
visitors aee always welcome to its in
, terror sights.
- Among the oldest acquaintance
the canyon from its rim to the rive
is Captain John Hance. who lives
his old cabin. two miles east of III
8 trail. which he made in IS and whic
q bears his name.
Hance is noted for his prcvarication
) and even claims to own the canyon &
he had dug it in mis- younger day
q Pointing to the skeleton remains of
horse the captain tells Of n thrilliI
experience he had in making a hors,
> back leap from the rim into the car
- yOn below, when about ten feet fro
the bottom Hance says ne jumped q
ID the mule thus saving himself viii
his trusty animal met instant dea
II on the rocky floor.
The written had the pleasure of NEE
ing this noted Arizonian. who, upC
in further acquaintance stated that
had hauled the first load of lumber