146 * * * * * "Oh, Ranger!" 



GRAND CANYON NATIONAL PARK 



The feature of Grand Canyon National Park is a magnificent and breath 

 taking canyon, highly colored, a mile deep, thirteen miles wide, and many 

 miles long, flanked on both sides by spires, minarets, mesas, cliffs, in 

 fantastic designs the whimsical carvings of the most tumultuous of the 

 world's great rivers, the Colorado. Pushing its way across the great plain 

 between the Rocky Mountains and the Gulf of California, the Colorado has 

 carved its channel deep into the plateau, which ranges from four to eight 

 thousand feet in elevation. 



The Grand Canyon of Arizona, or of the Colorado, as it is more generally 

 called, is the world's supreme example of erosion. Happy it is that the 

 Canyon is a thing of rare beauty as well as a geological wonder. Its slopes 

 are tinted many colors, the tones of which change chameleon-like with the 

 movement of the sun and the clouds. The wanderer upon the rim looks 

 down upon miles and miles of pyramids and minarets carved from painted 

 depths. Miles away, and a mile below, he sees the tiny silver thread which 

 he knows is the giant in strength, the Colorado River. 



There are two trails down the cliffs to the river from the South Rim 

 and they can be negotiated safely on foot or on horse. They connect over a 

 long suspension bridge with trails leading to the North Rim, which is a 

 thousand feet higher. Unless he goes by trail from rim to rim the traveler 

 must take a long train or motor trip, going hundreds of miles to reach a 

 point thirteen miles away as the crow flies. These trail trips of Grand 

 Canyon Park are memorable adventures, and every visitor who can do so 

 should take one or more of them. Hundreds of mules are used daily down 

 the Bright Angel or Kaibab trails to the Colorado River, across a long sus 

 pension bridge, and up to the opposite rim. 



The South Rim is most easily reached by motor or via the Santa Fe 

 Railroad, which reaches the site of the El Tovar Hotel, situated right on the 

 rim of the Canyon. Here are seen in colorful costumes Hopi, Navaho, and 

 Havasupai Indians displaying their tempting wares baskets, bowls, bead 

 work, and other articles. Stores, campsites, and the headquarters for the 

 park are located here, in addition to the picturesque El Tovar Hotel. The 

 Phantom Ranch, a unique camp operated in the Canyon near the river for 

 the convenience of visitors, is most easily reached by trail from the South 

 Rim a great adventure to the visitor. 



The North Rim is accessible by motor or via a motor-stage line connect 

 ing with the Union Pacific system terminal at Cedar City, Utah. A distinc 

 tive modern lodge, operated by the railroad, is perched high on the North 

 Rim, offering a marvelous vista. The visit to the North Rim is often made 

 in conjunction with trips to Zion and Bryce National parks, described else 

 where and served by the same railroad connections. En route to the North 

 Rim, travelers pass through the Kaibab Forest, the largest virgin forest in 

 the United States, on a plateau 7,500 to 9,300 feet above sea level. Vast herds 

 of deer roam this area. In recent years they have become so numerous that 

 the problem of feeding them in the snowy season is a serious one. 



