Guide Feb 7-8, 2015 Training Pioneer Trails Seminar “to”

by Dick Brown Grand Canyon Historical Society Pioneers of the Grand Canyon

Seth B. Tanner* Niles J. Cameron* Louis D. Boucher* William F. Hull* Peter D. Berry* Babbitt Brothers John Hance* John A. Marshall Ellsworth Kolb William W. Bass* William O. O’Neill Emery Kolb William H. Ashurst Daniel L. Hogan* Charles J. Jones* Ralph H. Cameron* Sanford H. Rowe James T. Owens*

* Canyon Guides

By one means or another, and by a myriad of overland pathways, these pioneers eventually found their way to this magnificent canyon. Seth Benjamin Tanner Trailblazer & Prospector

. Born in 1828, Bolton Landing, on Lake George in Adirondack Mountains, NY . Family joined Mormon westward migration . Kirtland, OH in 1834; Far West, MO in 1838; IL in 1839; IA in 1840 . Family settled in "the promised land" near Great Salt Lake in 1847 . Goldfields near Sacramento, CA in 1850 . Ranching in San Bernardino, CA (1851-1858) . Married Charlotte Levi, 1858, Pine Valley, UT, seven children, Charlotte died in 1872 . Led Mormon scouting party in 1875, Kanab to Little . Married Anna Jensen, 1876, Salt Lake City, settled near today’s Cameron Trading Post . In 1880, organized Little Colorado Mining District and built Tanner Trail . Later years, Seth (then blind) & Annie lived in Taylor, 30 miles south of Holbrook, AZ Photo Courtesy of John Tanner Family Association . Seth died in 1918 William Francis Hull Sheep Rancher & Road Builder

. Four brothers: William (born in 1865), Phillip, Joseph & Frank . Hull family came from CA & homesteaded Hull Cabin near Challender, southeast of Williams . Bill first visited South Rim in February 1880, raised sheep at his Cedar Ranch . Brothers built wagon road from Cedar Ranch to Rim . Guided first canyon visitors in 1883 . Constructed log cabin (Hull Cabin) & excavated reservoir (Hull Tank) in 1888 . Shortly after completing Hull Tank, Phil died of a heart attack . Bill & wife Alice often visited Hance Ranch on South Rim in early 1890s . Bill turned to prospecting in 1891 . Left Canyon in 1901 when Forest Service took over Hull Tank . Still hunting for photo of Bill Hull . Died of pneumonia in Prescott in 1904 John Hance Prospector, Trailbuilder, Guide & Storyteller

. Born in 1838, Cowan's Ferry on French Broad River in eastern TN . By 1852, Hance family living near Rolla, MO . John joined Pike’s Peak Gold Rush in 1859 . Worked as mule-skinner & dispatch rider (1865) out of Fort Leavenworth, KS . In 1868, helped escort thousands of relocated Navajo from Fort Sumner, NM to Fort Defiance, AZ . Led party of settlers from Fort Union, NM, along the Santa Fe Trail, & west to Prescott, AZ in 1869 . Operated Canyon Diablo - Flagstaff Stage in 1881 . First look at Grand Canyon while working for Hull brothers in 1883 . Claimed 160-acre homestead on unsurveyed public land east of Grandview Point in 1884 . Established first South Rim accommodations – Grand Canyon Hotel near spring . Prospected, built trails and regaled early tourists with outlandish tales . Died in 1919, in Flagstaff, in fact, same day as TR GRCA Photo John Hance

Circa 1890

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Hance Ranch Circa 1918 Trail Mix: Tanner-Hull-Hance

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. Born in 1849, Shelbyville, IN . Lived in NJ, worked on Erie Railroad as conductor and on New York City's elevated railroad as dispatcher . With deteriorating health, doctors urged him to live out his remaining months in Southwest . Spent early 1880s in southwestern NM & southern AZ, then Chihuahua, Mexico before finally settling near Williams in 1883 . Indians guided him to South Rim that same year . Homesteaded near Havasupai Point in 1884, built trails, prospected & established tourist enterprise (Bass Camp) . Married Ada Diefendorf, 1894, Williams, AZ, four children GRCA . Moved to Wickenburg, AZ in 1923 Photos . Died in 1933 in Wickenburg

Bill & Ada Bass William Henry Ashurst Rancher, Miner, Territorial Legislator

. Born in 1844, Macon, MO . Bill’s family journeyed west to California & settled in Sacramento Valley in 1856 . Bill gained valuable mining experience in the Bill & Sarah goldfields Circa 1890 . Married Sarah Bogard in 1871 in Red Bluff, CA, ten children . In 1873, Bill & Sarah set out for AZ, spending two years in transit . Son Henry born on trail in NV, later became ’s first U.S. Senator & sponsor of bill to create Grand Canyon National Park . In 1877, Bill homesteaded on Anderson Mesa southeast of Flagstaff . Served in Territorial Legislature in 1887 in Prescott . In 1890s, located mining claims with John Hance, John Marshall and others . Divorced in 1898 . Died in canyon rock slide in 1901 Cline Library Special Collections & Archives Cameron Brothers

Ralph H. Cameron

Niles J. Cameron

GRCA Photos Cameron Brothers Ranchers, Prospectors, Statesmen

. Ralph Henry Cameron born in 1863, in fishing village of Southport, ME . Worked as fisherman on schooners trawling the Grand Banks, then in a Boston department store . Rode rails to AZ, arriving in Flagstaff in 1883, Bill Hull introduced him to the Canyon . Older brother Niles joined Ralph in 1885 . Life of ranching, prospecting, dry goods business (Cameron & Lind) . Political career included territorial legislator in 1889, Coconino County Sheriff 1894-1898, US House Rep 1909-1911, US Senator 1921-1927 . Niles looked after their canyon holdings . Ralph married Ida May Spaulding, 1896, two children . Married Elizabeth Reese when he lost first wife in 1920s . Niles died in 1918 in San Diego, CA Cline Library . Ralph died in 1953 in Washington, DC Special Collections & Archives Trail Mix: Bass-Ashurst-Cameron

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Bass Ralph Peter D. Berry Prospector, Trailbuilder, Canyon Guide

 Born in 1858 in Cedar Falls, IA  Berry family relocated to MO, first Grundy County in 1863, then Jasper County in 1866  Pete joined brother John in "Silver Rush" in Gunnison County, CO in 1879  John moved to Flagstaff, married Mary Parker, & opened San Juan Saloon in 1883  Pete drawn to Flagstaff by brother’s shooting death in his own saloon in 1887  Became new proprietor, married John’s widow in 1888, one child  Began frequent prospecting trips to Canyon in 1889, eventually leading to divorce in 1894  Located Last Chance Mine, homesteaded near Grandview Point, opened Grandview Hotel  Married Martha Thompson in 1903  Died in 1932 at Grand Canyon GRCA Photo 1907 Peter D. Berry

Pete at River with Lady Tourists 1908

Martha & Pete at Grandview 1916

GRCA Photos Cline Library Special Collections & Archives John Auterson Marshall Rancher, Prospector, Manager

. Born in 1859 in Brookfield, Nova Scotia . Left family farm at age 16, boarded steamship, entered US at San Francisco . Lumberman at logging camps & sawmills in northern CA & NV . Journeyed eastward across southwestern UT & northern AZ, crossing Colorado River at Lee's Ferry . Settled briefly in Silver City, NM where he met Martha Allen . Traveled to AZ with Mormon immigrants, tended cattle at Mormon Lake . Married Martha in 1877, Prescott, AZ, two children 1898 . Rancher at Marshall Lake near Flagstaff . Throughout 1890s, prospected in Canyon with Bill Ashurst, John Hance, Tom Frier & Curtis McClure Cline Library . Developed Flagstaff water system in late 1890s, Special Collections & Archives superintendent 1906-1929 . Died in 1932 in Flagstaff William Owen “Buckey” O’Neill Journalist, Sheriff, Promoter, Soldier

. Born in 1860, St. Louis, MO . Raised & schooled in Washington, DC, worked as journalist in Tucson, AZ . Visited HI, CA & NM before settling in Prescott, AZ in 1881 . Worked as newspaper editor, probate judge, school superintendent, sheriff, assessor, Prescott mayor . Single-handedly captured notorious Diablo Canyon train robbers Buckey & Pauline O’Neill . Married Pauline Schindler in 1886, Prescott, AZ, one adopted child . Prospected in Canyon in 1890, built Buckey O’Neill’s Cabin on South Rim . Instrumental in bringing railroad to Grand Canyon . Joined TR’s Rough Riders in Spanish- American War . Killed in 1898, Kettle Hill, near Santiago, Cuba GRCA Photos Trail Mix: Berry-Marshall-O’Neill

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Cline Library Special Herb Babbitt, Loren Cress, Dan Hogan Joe Wilson, Jim Giddings Collections & Archives Only known photo of Dan Hogan Sanford H. Rowe Road Builder & Liveryman

 Born in 1853 in NY, ventured west, frontiersman, herding wild mustangs & hunting buffalo on the plains  Married Flora in 1889, two children  In 1890, located spring above Shaski Wash (Bright Angel Wash today)  Rowe’s Well served as local watering hole for early Village residents & canyon prospectors  In 1892, bought Bill Bass's livery business in Williams & ran freight wagons & stagecoaches to Canyon  Built many roads in Canyon region  Rowe’s Well, just three miles from Village, became automobile campground, with cabins for $1.00 per day Rowe’s Well Campground  Still hunting for photo of Rowe . Died in 1929 at Grand Canyon Louis D. Boucher Prospector, Trailbuilder, Canyon Guide

 French-Canadian from Sherbrooke, Quebec  Possibly spent some time in Sioux country  LDB  Worked as canyon guide on Hance Trail in 1891 & 1892  Lived at Dripping Springs, known as Hermit  Located Silver Bell Trail in 1902  Guided tourists on Bright Angel & Grandview trails  Tended toll gate leading to Indian Gardens  Disgruntled by Santa Fe takeover, left Canyon in 1909  By way of NM & CO, he journeyed to central UT where he went to work in coal mines near Mohrland  Returned to Canyon only once in 1912, visited Pete Berry at Grandview  We know little of his beginnings, nothing of his final years, died in obscurity

GRCA Photos Trail Mix: Hogan-Rowe-Boucher

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Hogan Five Babbitt Brothers Ranchers, Promoters & Businessmen

. William & David journeyed by train from Cincinnati, OH to Flagstaff in 1886 . Bought Cameron & Lind general store in Flagstaff, became Babbitt Brothers Trading Company . Charles, “CJ”, merchant & stockman, arrived next . George, frontier businessman, arrived after CJ . Edward, attorney, last to arrive, later returned to OH . Babbitts grubstaked many canyon prospectors . Three Babbitt brothers married three Verkamp sisters . Expanded into cattle ranching, real estate, mining, and a chain of trading posts Kolb Brothers Canyon Photographers & Explorers

1911 . Brothers came from Pittsburgh, PA . Ellsworth Kolb arrived first, in 1901 . Emery Kolb followed in 1902 . Set up photography business in tent on South Rim in 1903 . Kolbs operated studio on Cameron’s old Cape Horn Mining Claim where they photographed dudes at Bright Angel trailhead . Hauled water from Rowe’s Well for processing photographic plates . Ran Colorado River in 1911, retracing Powell expeditions, followed by motion picture, book & lecture tours . Ellsworth left Grand Canyon for Los Angeles; he died in 1960 at age 83 1914 . Emery died in 1976 at age 95

GRCA Photos Charles Jesse “Buffalo” Jones Frontiersman, Buffalo Hunter, then Protector

. Born in 1844 on Illinois prairie . Spent quarter-century as professional buffalo hunter . When buffalo gone, moved wife & two children to western KS, founded Garden City . To save remaining buffalo, went to Texas Panhandle in 1886 & rounded up 14 calves . Imported 70 head from Manitoba in 1888 . Appointed game warden at Yellowstone NP by TR, later returned to TX . In 1906, imported buffalo from Yellowstone & Goodnight Ranch in TX to North Rim . Immortalized in Zane Grey’s western novel, The Last of the Plainsmen . With Jim Owens, established buffalo ranch in House Rock Valley . By 1910 raising buffalo again on ranch near Las Vegas, NM Circa 1890s . Suffered heart attack & died in 1919

Courtesy Kansas State Historical Society James T. “Uncle Jim” Owens Frontiersman, Cowboy, Rancher

. Born in 1857 in San Antonio, TX . At age 11, ran away & worked on ranches & cattle drives in TX & OK, rode for Charles Goodnight . Knew many Old West characters, including John Chisum, Pat Garrett, Kit Carson & Bill Cody . Through Buffalo Jones, met TR in 1905 & hunted together in WY . Settled on North Rim in 1905, hunted mountain lion & wolves on Kaibab Plateau as game warden protecting cattle & deer . Inspired Zane Grey to write Riders of the Purple Sage . Tended House Rock Valley buffalo herd until 1929 . Died in 1936, in Afton, NM . Buried in Masonic Cemetery, Las Cruces, Uncle Jim Owens in 1926 NM, 100 feet from Pat Garrett Photo by Art Brown Trail Mix: Babbitt-Kolb-Jones-Owens

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CJ o Pioneer Trails “to” Grand Canyon Regarding & Arizona Statehood in 1912

“Why dad-blame it, Bill Cody hasn’t got anything on me. New Mexico’ll float into the Union along with Arizona and I’ll be blamed if I don’t think I’ll be traveling into Washington as Senator right alongside of Bill Cody.”

History proved otherwise Buffalo Bill Cody Happy Trails! Buffalo Jones Mining interests Ranching interests in Oracle, AZ in Las Vegas, NM Questions? Comments?