A Plan for the Development of the 

 Village of Grand Canyon, Ariz. 



ON THE southern rim of the Grcnd Canyon of the Colorado 

 in Arizona stands the little village of Grand Canyon, the 

 terminus of the Grand Canyon Railway, a subsidiary of the 

 Atchison, Topeka & Santa Fe Railway, and the main gateway 

 to the wonderful scenery of the present National Monument. This 

 village has grown up under severe physical handicaps, serving the 

 single purpose of assisting tourists to reach the famous and unique 

 scenery of the canyon below and beyond. 



Like most villages this has had a fortuitous and largely undi- 

 rected growth. In the present instance, however, there have 

 been causes operating to discourage the customary organization 

 of local self-government, chief among them being the transient 

 character of the local ties and interests of a constantly changing 

 personnel. This lack of organization has kept away from Grand 

 Canyon even that small measure of official influence which usually 

 directs the affairs of new communities, including the problems of 

 physical growth, such as the location and improvement of streets, 

 the subdivision of land into building lots, etc. The case of Grand 

 Canyon is in many ways abnormal. 



NOTE. During the progress of this work I have received the most cordial assistance from many members 

 of the Forest Service. My grateful acknowledgements are due to all. and especially to Assistant Forester 

 E. A. Sherman, Assistant District Forester Frank C. W. Pooler, Assistant District Forester Don P. 

 Johnston, Forester Examiner Aldo Leopold, Forest Examiner Harrison D. Burrall, and Forest Supervisor 

 T. Earl Wylder in charge at Grand Canyon National Monument. 



Special mention should be made of the painstaking and illuminating study of Grand Canyon problems 

 anbodied in the " Grand Canyon Working Plan" (revised to Mar. 17, 1917) by Forest Supervisor Don P. 

 Johnston and Forest Examiner Aldo Leopold. I have found this report of substantial value in the prepa- 

 ration of the present plans. 





