In This Issue Through the Grand Canyon… 3 John H

The Ol’ Pioneer The Biannual Magazine of the Grand Canyon Historical Society

Volume 19 : Number 1 www.GrandCanyonHistory.org Spring 2008

In This Issue Through the Grand Canyon… 3 John H. Riffey 4 Last Words Before the Launch 6 Grand Canyon Celebrates CCC Anniversary 8 Grand Canyon Association Lecture Series 10 Kolb Studio Exhibits 11 President’s Letter The Ol’ Pioneer The Biannual Magazine of the February 12, 2008 Grand Canyon Historical Society

Volume 18 : Number 3 Fall 2007 The Board has elected me President again. Henry Karpinski and Erik Berg will share the V. P. spot. They will take-on the daunting job of organizing u this year’s outings. My wife Nancy graciously agreed to be Secretary. Susan The Historical Society was established Billingsley agreed to continue the excellent job she has done as Treasurer. in July 1984 as a non-profit corporation So much energy was required for The Society to pull-off the 2007 History to develop and promote appreciation, Symposium that there was no energy left to continue the day-to-day operations under-standing and education of the of Grand Canyon Historical Society. Luckily George Billingsley found the earlier history of the inhabitants and where-with-all to pull us all back together again. We all need to work to keep important events of the Grand Canyon. this organization vibrant. The Ol’ Pioneer is published bi- Come to the outings! They are the “Meat and Potatoes”—the substance of annually by the GRAND CANYON this organization. At the Outings, you will learn the salient details of Grand HISTORICAL SOCIETY in conjunction Canyon history. The dates and places of the outings are not yet finalized; so with The Bulletin, an informational look in The Bulletin for details. The Board has some very interesting ideas. paper. Both publications are a benefit of membership. Membership in the Society They include Fred Swanson who authored the new book on David Rust, the is open to any person interested in the Powell Museum in Page, Gaylord Staveley and a historic boat tour. A talk by the historical, educational, and charitable women who paddle-boarded down the river, and others. If you have any ideas purposes of the Society. Membership is on good subjects for outings, let us know a [email protected]. on an annual basis using the standard We hope everybody will attend our annual Shoshone picnic this June. calendar; and dues of $20 are payable on the 1st of January each year, and I’m glad that the Symposium was last year and not this year. Grand Canyon mailed to the GCHS Treasurer, PO Box has been having blizzards of more than a foot of snow during the last weekends 345 Flagstaff, AZ 86002. The Ol’ Pioneer of January. During the Symposium many Pioneers who had lived at Grand magazine is copyrighted by the Grand Canyon long ago commented on how little snow there was. Stories about Canyon Historical Society, Inc. All rights bobsledding down Tonto St. seemed impossible. This year we are finally having reserved. No part of this publication may be reproduced or used in any form the kind of winter you Pioneers remember. The pavement of some streets hasn’t without permission of the publisher. been seen since December. We’ve already had the average amount of snow for the whole season, and its only early February. Editor: Mary Williams Grand Canyon history continues to be a hot topic. New books on the subject Submit photos and stories to the The Ol’ Pioneer are being published faster than I can read them. The Grand Canyon Book Club editor of at: mary@ marywilliamsdesign.com or 4880 N discusses and reviews Grand Canyon books monthly. I will submit reviews of Weatherford Road, Flagstaff, AZ 86001. some of these books to the Ol’ Pioneer for your consideration. Grand Canyon (928) 779-3377. Please submit written Association has published a new edition of Ellsworth Kolb’s book Through the articles and photos electronically on CD Grand Canyon from Wyoming to Mexico. In this issue you will find a review of this or via email if possible. You may mail book. It can be ordered at grandcanyon.org. photos or slides for scanning if needed. Here are some of the latest stories received from Society members. I’m sure Submissions to The Bulletin should be many of you have stories about your times at Grand Canyon that we haven’t sent to Karen Greig, [email protected] seen, yet. Please write them down and send them to Mary Williams, Editor, Ol’ Pioneer. GCHS Officers Keith Green, President Enjoy this issue and I’ll see you at the Outings. Henry Karpinski & Erik Berg, Joint Vice President/Outings Coordinator Keith Green Susan Billingsley, Treasurer Nancy Green, Secretary George Billingsley, Pioneer Award Dan Cassidy, Membership Committee

Board of Directors Lee Albertson Beverly Loomis George Billingsley Paul Schnur Cover photo: Colorado River as viewed from Toroweap Overlook. Susan Billingsley Gaylord Staveley Amy Horn Amanda Zeman Henry Karpinski The Ol’ Pioneer submission deadlines are February 1, 2008 for Volume 19 #1 and September 1, 2008 for Volume 19 #2.

2 : Grand Canyon Historical Society www.GrandCanyonHistory.org Through the Grand Canyon…

Keith Green have all the satisfaction that comes first comber; then the boat was buried from original, personal exploration.” in the foam, and staggered through he Grand Canyon Book Club The purpose of the Kolb expedition on the other side. It was buffeted here met on January 28 to discuss the was to take the first motion pictures of and there, now covered with a ton of book Through the Grand Canyon a trip down the Colorado River. The water, now topping a ten-foot wave. Tfrom Wyoming to Mexico by Ellsworth brothers were undaunted by the fact Like a skilled boxer—quick of eye, Kolb. that they had no experience with the and ready to seize any temporary ad- Ellsworth Kolb and his brother motion picture camera and did not vantage—the oarsman shot in his oars Emery began their journey down the know if the camera could survive for two quick strokes, to straighten Colorado River from Green River, such a trip. Again, they assumed that the boat with the current or dodge a Wyoming, in September, 1911. The they would learn as they went along threatening boulder; then covered by brothers reached Needles, California, and were confident they could fix lifting his oars and ducking his head in mid-January, 1912. Then in May, anything that went wrong. as a brown flood rolled over him.” 1912, Ellsworth resumed the trip from Ellsworth also wrote one of the Needles to the Gulf of California in most eloquent descriptions of an Ari- Mexico. The book club discussion zona sunset, “A few fleecy clouds in focused on two themes—the fear- the west partially obscured the sun less, confidence of the Kolb brothers until it neared the horizon, then a shaft and the eloquent writing style of Ells- of sunlight broke through once more, worth Kolb. telegraphing its approach long before A new edition of the book has re- it reached us, the rays being visibly cently been released by the Grand hurled through space like a javelin, Canyon Association and is in the same or a lightning bolt, striking peak af- form as the original book released in ter peak so that one almost imagined 1914. It is illustrated with the Kolb’s they would hear the thunder roll. A photographs, many reprinted from yellow flame covered the western sky, the original glass-plate or nitrate neg- to be succeeded in a few minutes by atives. a crimson glow. The sharply defined The childhood of Ellsworth and colours of the different layers of rock Emery Kolb possibly foreshadowed had merged and softened, as the sun their adventure. The two boys chal- dropped from sight; purple shadows lenged a flooded creek in a home-built crept into the cavernous depths, while raft near their Pennsylvania home shafts of gold shot to the very tiptops with almost disastrous results. of the peaks, or threw their shadows With this new journey they did a Ellsworth proved to be an excellent like silhouettes on the wall beyond.” little more preparation. They took and writer. He kept a journal during the There have been many changes in wore lifejackets. They knew Powell’s trip and had a keen eye for the details place names since 1914. The rock lay- trip well and carried Dellenbaugh’s that make his writing so vivid. Book ers had different names, O’Neill Point book about the Colorado River with Club members wondered about his is now Yavapai Point, Cameron’s In- them. The brothers probably had ex- education and possibly the amount of dian Garden Camp was planted with plored more of the Grand Canyon help he received from an editor. How- roses and chrysanthemums. However, from its rims than almost anyone. ever, no editor at a desk could have Ellsworth’s description of Grand Can- However, they were novice boatmen. written the detailed descriptions in yon made us picture our canyon now. They knew that the first days out of Ellsworth’s prose such as this: Ellsworth insisted on finishing Green River, Wyoming, were on fairly “Jagged rocks, like the bared fangs the trip all the way to Mexico, even calm water, and they confidently as- of some dream-monster, appeared though Emery decided to stay home sumed that they would learn how to now and then in leaping, tumbling with his family. Many people told him handle the boats before they reached waves. Then down toward the tur- he would never make it all the way or the rapids in Cataract Canyon. Ells- moil—dwarfed to nothingness by he would never make it back. How- worth wrote, “We wanted to make our the magnitude of the wall—sped the ever, Ellsworth was undaunted and own trip in our own way. If we failed, tiny shell-like boat, running smoothly his descriptions of the Colorado River we would have no one but ourselves like a racing machine! The oar-blades describe the huge delta country. to blame; if we succeeded, we would were tipped high to avoid loss in the www.GrandCanyonHistory.org Grand Canyon Historical Society : 3 John H. Riffey

Jean Luttrell

hen John Riffey arrived at the Tuweep Ranger Station on August 18, 1942, heW found the answer to his dreams and a home for life. Some rangers might have thought this National Park outpost was the worst possible assignment, but it was exactly what Riffey wanted. So where is Tuweep? Or is it Toroweap? Actually the original Paiute name for this valley is Toroweep. However, the early settlers, cowboys and sheepherders, incorrectly called it Tuweep. When the residents petitioned for a post office in 1929 they spelled the name the way it was pronounced locally ad Tuweep became the official name of the community. As to where it is: if you travel south from Fredonia, Arizona on a dirt road marked BLM Road #109, after 61 dusty miles (depending on the weather) you will come to the Tuweep Ranger Station. If you continue on past the ranger station six more miles over big boulders, through deep ditches and manage to avoid the high centers you will come to Toroweep Overlook—a place where it is possible to look straight down 3,000 feet and see the Colorado River. It is a magnificent view and one that John Riffey never grew tired of. The Tuweep Ranger Station was Riffey’s first and only assignment. When he was offered a position as National Park Ranger at Grand Canyon National Monument, Arizona, the appointment was for “the duration of the war and six months thereafter unless sooner terminated” and the salary was $1,860 per year. Then a little more than a year after receiving this assignment he was drafted and spent a year and 5 months in the army serving as a medical technician on a hospital ship before returning to his position as the Tuweep Ranger. John Riffey, Tuweep Ranger Station, May 17, 1980. photo: NPS / Russell

4 : Grand Canyon Historical Society www.GrandCanyonHistory.org jointly presented him with a Superior Performance Award in 1965 and in 1970 he received the Department of Interior’s second highest award—the Meritorious Service Award. However, these prestigious awards were eclipsed by an even greater honor. In a highly unusual move the Park Service allowed Riffey to be buried in Tuweep Valley near the ranger station where he had lived and worked. For thirty-eight years Riffey remained in the same position, doing the same things in the same way. He died on the job on July 9, 1980. He was “the Last Old-Time Ranger.”

Jean Luttrell’s, sixth book, John H. Riffey The Last Old-Time Ranger, was published by Vishnu Temple Press of John Riffey standing in front of Pogo, his personal airplane Flagstaff, Arizona in December 2007.

Riffey was a young man—thirty- crowding the more popular areas of one years of age—when he became the North and South Rims each year. a ranger. The Park Service was also a As the only Park Service employee at relatively young organization—less Grand Canyon National Monument, than 100 years old. At that time, there Riffey did everything that needed were fewer rangers than there are to be done. He protected the park, now and they often served in remote greeted visitors, maintained roads places where they were expected and equipment, flew fire patrols in to do everything that needed to be Pogo (his personal plane) and when done. necessary he fought wild fires. But after World War II the Park Riffey was aware of the changes Service was forced to grow and elsewhere in the Park Service, but saw change to meet a staggering increase no need for change in his remote area, in visitation and crime. The Service and because he liked his assignment more than doubled in size and the he steadfastly refused promotions do-it-all generalists were replaced by and transfers. During the 1950s he specialists: resource managers, law was pressured to conform to the enforcement rangers, interpreters new ways and for a while it seemed and maintenance personnel. The Park he would either have to comply or Service became a bureaucracy. resign. Still he resisted. However, the rules and regulation, In the end he was not forced to quit which were necessary to meet the because his superiors came to realize complex problems of growth, did not that Riffey with his old-time values apply to Riffey’s isolated area. In 1942 and procedures was a treasure—a Toroweap Overlook had less than 20 living tie to a simpler time. Being a visitors in an entire year and even ranger was not his job—it was his life with the tremendous growth of the style. He didn’t go to work, he lived post war years Riffey never saw more his work, and his park and its visitors than a thousand visitors in a year. This were well cared for and protected. is a small number when compared In recognition of his service the to the more than 2 million tourists Forest Service and Park Service www.GrandCanyonHistory.org Grand Canyon Historical Society : 5 Last Words Before the Launch

Don Lago Dunn would soon receive a thorough only mention of this letter is one education in just how far Fort Mojave sentence in the July 8 Daily Register: illiam H. Dunn has remained was from the mouth of the Green “We have before us a letter from O. G. the most unknown of John River. Howland dated the 23rd of May, the Wesley Powell’s boatmen. Dunn may have gotten to know day before they were to start down WhileW most of the other boatmen left James Oliver at Hot Sulphur Springs in the river.” Yet one has to wonder if journals, letters, and memoirs about Middle Park in the Colorado Rockies, this Howland letter might have been the expedition, no word from Dunn which was the home base for the sent to some other party and later has ever been found. Yet finally, Bill trapping activities of Dunn and Jack passed along to the Daily Register. Dunn has spoken. It turns out that Sumner. Hot Sulphur Springs was It would be a bit odd for the Daily the day before the Powell expedition owned by William Byers, Sumner’s Register to report on Dunn’s letter to launched, Dunn wrote a letter to a brother-in-law and the editor of Oliver and not mention a Howland friend, James Oliver of Black Hawk, Denver’s Rocky Mountain News. letter to themselves, and odder that Colorado. Oliver had formerly been From a brief mention in the News, we a week later, on June 3, the Daily the newspaper publisher in Fair Play, know that Oliver spent the winter of Register reprinted a Rocky Mountain Colorado, and he would later pub- 1868-69 at Hot Sulphur Springs. The News article about the start of the lish a newspaper in Black Hawk, so previous winter, Sumner and Bill Powell expedition, but still made no he was a likely man to recognize the Dunn had wintered there, looking mention of a Howland letter. newsworthiness of Dunn’s letter. Oli- after Byers’ property, but this winter It’s likely that Oramel Howland ver contacted the newspaper in near- Sumner and Dunn were camped with wrote another letter on the day before by Central City about Dunn’s letter, Powell further west, so it’s possible the launch. In the first weeks of the and they published a brief account of that Oliver was replacing them as a trip Howland wrote two letters to it. Unfortunately they didn’t publish caretaker. Like Byers and Sumner, the Rocky Mountain News, which the text of the letter, so we receive Oliver grew up in southeastern Iowa, were mailed out at the Unita Indian only a glimpse of Dunn, but this is an and emigrated to Colorado around Agency, and he began the first letter improvement over total silence. 1860 (Sumner would return to Iowa with the phrase: “As I wrote you, we From the Central City Daily Register, to enlist in the Union Army, and started the twenty-fourth ultimo from May 28, 1869: return to Colorado after the Civil Green River City...”. This previous War). Oliver may have been working letter has never been found, but it Last evening Col. J. R. Oliver for Byers in the spring of 1864, for it was the most likely source for the received a letter from W. H. Dunn is recorded that when Cherry Creek unattributed report that the Rocky of the Powell Expedition, dated flooded and swept away the foolishly- Mountain News published on May 29, at Green River City, May 23rd, located offices of the Rocky Mountain which is the article the Daily Register in which he says that the party News, Oliver was one of several men would reprint a few days later. This was to embark the next day on who barely escaped. Oliver had a article has never appeared in the their perilous voyage down the further reason for thinking that the Powell literature: Colorado River. They have 20- Central City Daily Register would be foot boats, calculated to carry 4000 interested in a report from the Powell The Powell party were all pounds burden each on lakes, expedition. Oramel Howland, another ready for starting, and doubtless and they load them with 1800 of Powell’s boatmen, had worked got off from Green River city pounds each. Their next stopping as a printer for the Daily Register. So on the twenty-fifth instant. The place will be at Fort Mojave, on had Ned Farrell, who in 1868 had boats they take are built of wood, the Colorado, below the mouth of climbed Long’s Peak with Powell and twenty feet long, with sharp keel, the Green. He does not state how Sumner. That same summer, Powell drawing nine inches of water, many persons are now connected had stopped in Central City and met and are loaded with from 1800 with the expedition, how many with the editors of the Daily Register. to 2000 pounds. Two men are and what kind of boats they have, Oliver wasn’t the only person who assigned to the management of nor whether Mrs. Powell is still thought that the Register would be each. The party numbers about with the party. interested in the Powell expedition, ten. Mrs. Powell is in the States. for it appears that on the same day A lot of their stock is on the way Not much of Dunn’s personality Dunn was writing to Oliver, Oramel back through the White River comes through here, except perhaps Howland wrote a letter to the Daily Valley and Middle Park. for a very vague sense of geography; Register. Unfortunately, the one and

6 : Grand Canyon Historical Society www.GrandCanyonHistory.org It is worth noting that both this with the Green. Our party was may be sufficient in itself. But since article and the Dunn letter state that some eighteen strong. Among the Powell could find very few sources of Powell’s boats are 20 feet long. In number were N. H. Rice of Denver, personal experience with either river, his book Powell stated that the boats Charley Pierson, who had a ranch this disaster on the Grand must have were 21 feet long. Either Dunn and below Denver, John Hughes, and made an impression on him, and Howland were being imprecise, or several others. We had built a we have to wonder if it influenced Powell was exaggerating—again. boat, using our whip saws to Powell’s plans. We have to censure the editors cut the lumber, with which to On September 23rd, the Central of both newspapers for not having ferry our baggage and provisions City newspaper admitted that enough sense of history to publish across the river; we estimated its they were wrong. Reporting that the full texts of the Dunn letter and capacity to be sufficient for five Powell had made it, they added: “... these two Howland letters. Yet persons. We found it impossible accomplishing what we believed the article that the Daily Register to cross where we launched never could be done.” In noting the published on July 8 makes it clear our boat, and so Rice, Pierson, deaths of Bill Dunn and the Howland that this newspaper did not expect and Hunt, excellent watermen, brothers, the paper was just as brief Powell to make history. Rather, they volunteered to run the boat down and inadequate to history as they thought that the Powell expedition seven miles, to a point where were when they failed to print the was doomed from the start. This July the current was less rapid. Mr. Dunn and Howland letters, saying 8 article was published in response Hughes and ourself attempted to only: “The men reported killed were to the widely publicized hoax report run a race with them to camp, but Coloradans, and good citizens. O. G. by John Risdon that the Powell in less than ten minutes they were Howland, at one time worked in this expedition had perished. The Daily two or three miles in advance office as job printer.” Register was so ready to believe the of us, and a minute or two later Risdon hoax that instead of using the boat was hurled end over the date on the Howland letter to end, stove up, and it was with disprove it, they assumed that the great difficulty that they saved date reported by Risdon must be in their lives. This occurred where error: “We are inclined to believe this the river runs through an open report, provided they attempted the valley, several miles in width. descent. We have before us a letter We should not have attempted from O. G. Howland dated the 23rd to navigate the canyon above of May, the day before they were to or below, as it was voted an start down the river. The telegram impossibility by our entire party. announced the disaster of the 8th of The Green river must necessarily May, but we are inclined to believe descend as rapidly as the Grand they should have read June. We base where we attempted to navigate our conclusions on our belief that it is it, and it has the reputation of impossible for anyone to pass down flowing even more rapidly. If the river alive, and we so stated to the party has not already been Maj. Powell when here a year ago.” lost, we shall expect it will be if This grim warning arose from an it attempts to navigate either the episode of Colorado River running Green or Colorado rivers. history that has been missed by the history books. (It should be noted This story tosses a new element into that since the Daily Register article is the history of the Powell expedition. using an editorial “we”, it is difficult Powell was originally planning to to know exactly who is speaking start down the Grand River, but then here, but for the record, the editors he switched to the Green River. It has and publishers were Frank Hall, D. been supposed that Powell switched C. Collier, and J. Alden Smith). The plans because he recognized that the article continues: Green was the main source of the Colorado, and because the completion We have some experience in of the Union Pacific Railroad through this matter. In 1860, we attempted the town of Green River, Wyoming, to navigate the Grand forty or meant that Powell could easily ship fifty miles, as nearly as we could his boats to the Green River. This estimate it, above its junction is a plausible explanation, and it www.GrandCanyonHistory.org Grand Canyon Historical Society : 7 Grand Canyon Celebrates CCC Anniversary

Bob Audretsch a panel of CCC enrollees, and history CCC boys and their families. walks & hikes, May 30, 31 and June Donations from the Grand Canyon n March 31, 1933, President 1. Registration for the symposium Association funded the project. Ex- Franklin Delano Roosevelt begins January 31. Participants may hibit team members include Bob Au- signed legislation creating register for the symposium by go- dretsch, James Schenck, Pam Frazier, Othe Civilian Conservation Corps. The ing to the link on the park’s website: Pam Cox, and Michael Anderson. For first CCC boys arrived at the Grand http://www.nps.gov/grca/history more information contact Bob Au- Canyon on May 29. The Grand Can- culture/ccc.htm. dretsch at [email protected] or yon Association and Grand Canyon Exhibit goers will learn about the 928-638-7834. National Park will mark this seven- despair of the Great Depression, the National Park Service historian ty-fifth anniversary with an exhibit fear of a possible ‘lost generation’ of John Paige stated that the CCC ad- and a symposium titled “Saving the young men, and the feeling of hope vanced park development by 10-20 Park and Saving the Boys, the CCC that the CCC brought to poor unem- years during the program’s first 2-3 at Grand Canyon, 1933-1942.” The ployed young men and their families. years. Some have called the 1930s the free exhibit, which runs from May Historic photographs and artifacts, ‘golden years’ of the National Park 31 through October 31, takes place in never before viewed by the public, Service in large part due to the al- Kolb Studio on the South Rim. A for- will be on display. Attendees will most unlimited labor pool provided mal opening reception occurs the eve- learn about the many things the CCC by the CCC. Grand Canyon National ning of May 30. The exhibit will start accomplished at Grand Canyon and Park had as many as four 200-man with a symposium featuring scholars, the positive changes it brought to companies working simultaneously.

Construction of River Trail by CCC enrollees. Enrollees working on ledge. Blasting area. Circa 1935. NPS.

8 : Grand Canyon Historical Society www.GrandCanyonHistory.org Overview of CCC tent camp 818 at Phantom Ranch. Bright Angel creek on right. Circa 1935. NPS.

Ultimately seven different companies worked at Grand Canyon: 818, 819, 847, 2543, 2833, 3318 and 4814. The most significant CCC accomplish- ments at Grand Canyon include trail building, the South Rim Community Building, the beautiful stone wall in the Village, the trans-canyon tele- phone line, and trail shelters.

Questions? [email protected] 928-638-7834

www.GrandCanyonHistory.org Grand Canyon Historical Society : 9 Grand Canyon Association Lecture Series Calendar

Wednesday, April 2, 2008 Sunday, April 20, 2008 Sunday, May 18, 2008 The Long Walk of the Navajo People, Park Ranger: A Life in the National Circling the Canyon’s Rim: A 1864–1868 Park Service Photographic Tour of Well-Known Evangeline Parsons-Yazzie Nancy Muleady-Mecham and Secret Canyon Viewpoints NAU Cline Library, Flagstaff, 7:00 p.m. Sharlot Hall Museum, Prescott, 1:00 p.m.* Jack Dykinga Sharlot Hall Museum, Prescott, 1:00 p.m.* In 1864 the Navajo people were forced The real-life world of a modern-day to walk over 450 miles to Fort Sumner National Park Service ranger is noth- *Space at Sharlot Hall Museum is in eastern New Mexico, an experience ing like you’ve ever imagined. Nan- limited. Please call (928)445-3122 to the Navajo know as Hweeldi and Eng- cy Muleady-Mecham, a vetern NPS inquire about seating. A second lec- lish speakers know as the Long Walk. ranger and adjunct professor of biol- ture at 3:00 p.m. may be added if at- The Navajo understanding of this un- ogy at Northern Arizona University, tendance warrants. fortunate event has for the most part takes you on a wild, revealing and See description for May 14, 2008 remained as oral history. In this pre- sometimes shocking journey into the ------sentation the audience will hear the realities of life as a ranger. Thursday, June 19, 2008 Navajo elders’ version of Hweeldi as *Space at Sharlot Hall Museum is Sally Underwood it appears in the children’s story Little limited. Please call (928)445-3122 to Foothills Branch of Glendale Library Woman Warrior Who Came Home: A inquire about seating. A second lec- Glendale, 7:00 p.m Story of the Navajo Long Walk. ture at 3:00 p.m. may be added if at- Dr. Evangeline Parsons-Yazzie is tendance warrants. Join Grand Canyon Field Institute instruc- an Associate Professor of Navajo at ------tor Sally Underwood as she discusses the Northern Arizona University. Wednesday, May 14, 2008 identification of many cacti, yuccas and ------Circling the Canyon’s Rim: A agaves found in Grand Canyon, as well Thursday, April 17, 2008 Photographic Tour of Well-Known as their fascinating ethnobotanical sto- ‘Ain’t It Purty”: Tourist Impressions and Secret Canyon Viewpoints ries, including an agave mystery that has of the Grand Canyon Jack Dykinga only recently begun to be solved. After Paul Hirt NAU Cline Library, Flagstaff, 7:00 p.m. this presentation, you will never look at Foothills Branch of Glendale Library this group of prickly and pokey plants Glendale, 7:00 p.m. Jack Dykinga, a Pulitzer Prize-win- the same way again, and you will leave ning photographer, shares his experi- with a greater appreciation of our spiny Over the years, the Grand Canyon ences and intimate locations for pho- friends. was publicized to tourists and the tographing the majesty and wonder ------general public through popular im- of the Grand Canyon. He has been Thursday, July 17, 2008 ages: from penny postcards to mag- photographing for Arizona High- California Condors in Arizona! azines like Arizona Highways and ways magazine for over 25 years, and Kathy Sullivan then film. These visual depictions of in the process, he has discovered and Foothills Branch of Glendale Library America’s grandest spectacle affected photographed the amazing diversity Glendale, 7:00 p.m the placement of visitor facilities, the of Arizona’s landscapes. His new development of park policies, and book: Images: Jack Dykinga’s Grand How many condors do we have in Arizo- the evolving cultural meaning of the Canyon celebrates one of his favorite na? Where can you go to see them? What Grand Canyon itself as seen through locations in the world. about the wild-hatched condor chicks’ the eyes of tourists. ------successes? Learn the obstacles that con- Join Arizona State University Pro- Thursday, May 15, 2008 dors face in the wild and what you can do fessor of History, Paul Hirt as he ex- Circling the Canyon’s Rim: A to help conserve these prehistoric giants. plores how visual images of the can- Photographic Tour of Well-Known Arizona Game and Fish Condor yon helped make the Grand Canyon and Secret Canyon Viewpoints Biologist Kathy Sullivan will tell you all a monumental national playground Jack Dykinga about these amazing birds brought back and iconic American landscape Foothills Branch of Glendale Library from the brink of extinction. Glendale, 7:00 p.m. ______See description for May 14, 2008 For updated information visit: www.grandcanyon.org

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Arts for Our Park: The Face of and the top 100 paintings tour the na- Our World Grand Canyon School tion for a year. Wednesday, March 5, through Paintings featured in the exhibit Sunday, March 30, 2008 are for sale with some of the proceeds going to the Grand Canyon Associa- As residents of Grand Canyon Na- tion. tional Park, local students from Kin- To view the art online: dergarten through high school cel- http://www.paintamerica. ebrate National Youth Art Month by org/2007ptptop100/1ptptop100.html taking a fresh look at the very special world in which they are privileged to live. It Saved My Life: Civilian Conserva- tion Corps at Grand Canyon, 1933- Paint the Parks 1942 Wednesday, April 9, 2008 through Friday, May 30, 2008 through Thursday, May 15, 2008 Sunday, October 19, 2008 Opening Reception Opening Reception Wednesday, April 9, 2008 Friday, May 30, 2008 7:00 - 9:00 p.m. 7:00 - 9:00 p.m. Refreshments catered by the El Tovar Hotel Grand Canyon National Park and the Grand Canyon Association will Paint the Parks 100 is America’s lead- celebrate the Civilian Conservation Paint the Parks is America’s leading Corps with an exhibit entitled “Sav- competition designed to illustrate the ing the Park and Saving the Boys: beauty and significance of America’s The Legacy of the CCC, 1933–1942” at national parks. Paintings depict the Kolb Studio, May 31 through October diverse treasures—both natural and 19, 2008. cultural—that are preserved and pro- On May 30, 31 and June 1, 2008, tected by the National Park Service. the Grand Canyon Association and Paintings entered must depict one Grand Canyon National Park will of our nation’s 390 areas supervised host a CCC Symposium. Learn more by the National Park Service. The about the rich history of the Civilian Paint the Parks winning paintings are Conservation Corps through history chosen to go on to a national touring walks and presentations by scholars. exhibit. With this honor comes national exposure, through an online ______and touring exhibition, professional For updated information visit: national publicity and attention. The www.grandcanyon.org competition’s overall winner claims a $10,000 Grand Prize Purchase Award. Other artists in the Paint the Parks competition also have an excellent chance to receive additional purchase awards, cash awards and prizes. The Grand Canyon Association selected Morning on the Colorado River by Flagstaff artist, Arline Tinus as its Grand Canyon Award Winner. This image is now part of the association’s permanent art collection. Entries are juried by a panel of na- tionally recognized arts professionals www.GrandCanyonHistory.org Grand Canyon Historical Society : 11 Spread the Word — Join the Grand Canyon Historical Society!

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