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

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.