This single-volume encyclopedia examines the Grand Canyon in depth, from the native peoples who have survived there for centuries to the explorers who charted its vast expanses and to the challenges that Grand Canyon National Park faces.
The Grand Canyon is one of the most internationally recognized landscapes and symbols of nature in North America. In this one-volume encyclopedia, readers can dive into the many people, places, stories, and issues associated with the Grand Canyon as well as the scientific, religious, and social contexts of events that have made the Grand Canyon what it is.
At the front of the encyclopedia are thematic essays that examine the Grand Canyon's history, geography, and culture. Essays cover topics including John Wesley Powell, to whom the Grand Canyon "belongs," the Native Americans who live at the Grand Canyon, and the future of the Grand Canyon. Following the thematic essays are approximately 150 topical entries focusing on more specific aspects of the Grand Canyon, such as trails and camps, natural formations, and courageous heroes as well as shameless profiteers who have influenced the Grand Canyon's history. The encyclopedia is rounded out by a chronology of human history at the Grand Canyon, a Grand Canyon "at a glance" section, and multiple fact-based sidebars. Through the people, places, and stories explored in this work, readers will gain a better understanding of how the history of the Grand Canyon is relevant to the world today.
Table of Contents:
Preface
Acknowledgments
Introduction
Chronology of Human History at Grand Canyon
Grand Canyon at a Glance
Part I: Thematic Essays
Grand Canyon's Ancient Beginnings: The Proterozoic Eon
The "Postcard Rocks" of Grand Canyon: The Paleozoic Era
How the Colorado River Carved Grand Canyon
Grand Canyon's First People
Tribes That Call Grand Canyon Their Home
John Wesley Powell
Whose Canyon Is It?
Whose Water Is It?
The Colorado River's Historic Sites
Grand Canyon and Modern Christian Fundamentalism
The Future of Grand Canyon
Part II: Topical Entries
Airplanes and Helicopters
Akin, Louis
Antiquities Act of 1906
Bass, William and Ada
Bass Trails and Bass Camp
Berry, Peter
Birdseye, Claude
Boucher, Louis
Bridge Canyon Dam
Bright Angel Lodge
Bright Angel Trail
Bright Angels
Brighty, the North Rim Burro
Brown, Frank
Buggeln, Martin
California Condors
Cameron, Ralph
Cape Final and Cape Final Trail
Cape Royal and Cape Royal Trail
Cárdenas, García López de
Cattalo, Buffalo, and Pearl Gray
Civilian Conservation Corps
Clark, Georgie White
Colter, Mary Elizabeth Jane
Dellenbaugh, Frederick
Desert View
Dinosaurs
Domínguez and Escalante
Dutton, Clarence
Eddy, Clyde
El Tovar Hotel
Evolution
Fire Towers
Fish
Flavell, George
Frazier, Russell
Galloway, Nathan
Gannett, Henry
Garcés, Francisco Tomás
Gateways to Grand Canyon
Geology along the River
Goldwater, Barry
Grand Canyon Depot
Grand Canyon Museum
Grand Canyon Natural History Association
Grand Canyon Village
Grand Canyon West
Grandview Point
Grandview Trail
Great Deer Run
Hamblin, Jacob
Hance, John
Hance Trails
Harvey, Fred, and the Harvey Girls
Hatch, Robert "Bus"
Hermit Trail
Hermits Rest
Historic Sites Act of 1935
Hogan, Dan
Holmes, William Henry
Holmstrom, Haldane "Buzz"
Hopi House
Hopi Point
Hyde, Glen and Bessie
Ives, Joseph Christmas
James, George Wharton
Kaibab Plateau and Kaibab National Forest
Ken Patrick Trail
Kolb, Ellsworth and Emery
Kolb Studio
Lake Mead and Hoover Dam
Lake Powell and Glen Canyon Dam
Lava Falls Trail
Lees Ferry
Lipan Point
Little Colorado River
Litton, Martin
Loper, Bert
"Lost Worlds"
Marble Canyon
Marble Canyon Dam
Maricopa Point
Marston, Otis "Dock"
Mather, Stephen
Mather Point
Matthes, François
McKee, Edwin "Eddie"
Mission 66
Moran, Thomas
Moran Point
Motorboats in Grand Canyon National Park
Mules
Nankoweap Canyon
National Park Service
Navajo Bridge
Navajo Point
Nevills, Norman
Newberry, John Strong
North Kaibab Trail
North Rim
O'Neill, William Owen "Buckey"
Owens, James "Uncle Jim"
Parachuting into Grand Canyon
Patraw, Pauline "Polly"
Pattie, James
Phantom Ranch
Pima Point
Pioneer Cemetery and Other Gravesites
Place-Names in Grand Canyon
Point Imperial
Point Sublime
Postage Stamps
Powell Point
Railroad
Rapids
Reilly, Plez "P. T."
Religious Books and Scripture Plaques
Rim Trail
Roads
Roosevelt Point
Rowe, Sanford
Russell, Charles, and the Ross Wheeler
Shoshone Point
Sierra Club
Sipapu
South Kaibab Trail
Squirrels
Stagecoaches
Stanton, Robert
Stone, Julius
Strong, Harriet
Sturdevant, Glen
Supai and the Waterfalls of the Havasupai
Tanner Trail
Tillotson, Miner
Tiyo
Tonto Trail
Toroweap
Trail of Time
Tramways
Trans-Canyon Telephone Line
Transept Trail and Bridle Trail
Tusayan Museum and Ruins
Uncle Jim Trail
United States Geological Survey
Verkamp, John
Walhalla Overlook and Walhalla Glades Pueblo
Water at Grand Canyon
White, James
Widforss, Gunnar
Woolley, Edwin Dilworth "Uncle Dee"
Wylie Way Camps
Yavapai Point
Appendix: Geologic Time Scale
Glossary
Bibliography
Index
About the Author :
Randy Moore is H.T. Morse Distinguished Professor at the University of Minnesota in Minneapolis and St. Paul, MN. He is a member of several professional societies at the Grand Canyon, including the Grand Canyon Historical Society.
Kara Felicia Witt is a psychologist, researcher, and writer who has studied the Grand Canyon for many years. She has worked at Grand Canyon sites, ranging from Supai and Phantom Ranch to sites along both rims.
Review :
Written for junior high students through college undergrads, this volume is a fine addition to any reference collection with a biology, geology, nature, or national parks section.
Moore and Witt have written a fascinating physical and cultural geography of the Grand Canyon. . . . Students of the Southwest will find this work essential; it is an excellent case study of the geography of a specific region. Summing Up: Recommended. All readership levels.
The reader can open the book at any point and be intrigued. . . . Every library will find this book useful.
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