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historicalmarkerproject/markers/HMQHJ_the-watchtower_Grand-Canyon-Village-AZ.html
Build a structure that provides the widest possible view of Grand Canyon yet harmonizes with its setting: this was architect Mary Colter's goal when the Fred Harvey Company hired her in 1930 to design a gift shop and rest area here at Desert View.…
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HMQH5_albright-training-center-history_Grand-Canyon-Village-AZ.html
The Horace M. Albright Training Center is a National Park Service facility for employee development. Established in 1963 and named for the National Park Service's second director, the training center serves as an educational program center for emp…
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HMQH3_horace-m-albright_Grand-Canyon-Village-AZ.html
Albright's contributions to the National Park Service can hardly be overstated. While working with the agency's first director, Stephen Mather, in the early years of the National Park Service, Horace Albright played a decisive role in guiding the …
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HMQGS_mission-66_Grand-Canyon-Village-AZ.html
Responding to mounting political and public pressure, Congress authorized a ten-year program in 1955 to regenerate and modernize the national parks dubbed "Mission 66" for the target date of 1966, the National Park Service's 50th anniversary. The …
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HMQGQ_mule-barns_Grand-Canyon-Village-AZ.html
The mule barn and the nearby livery stable were two of the most important building in the original Grand Canyon Village. In the early 1900's, when all travel within the village was by horse-drawn carriage, these huge barns were the center of all a…
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HMQGN_blacksmith-shop_Grand-Canyon-Village-AZ.html
In the early days of Grand Canyon Village, the blacksmith shop served as a focal point of activity. The blacksmith was a highly skilled craftsman who welded the machinery, sharpened the tools, built water tanks, repaired the wagon wheels and shod …
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HMQGD_verkamps-curios_Grand-Canyon-Village-AZ.html
John G. Verkamp rented a tent from the Bright Angel Hotel in 1898 and began selling curios and Indian crafts for Babbitt Brothers' Trading Company. After several slow weeks he closed and sold his stock to the hotel. But he sensed Grand Canyon's po…
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HMQGC_santa-fe-depot_Grand-Canyon-Village-AZ.html
"Won't you be one of the 25,000 visitors at the Grand Canyon of Arizona this summer? It is the world's scenic wonder - nothing like it."Santa Fe Railroad brochure, 1914.
The Santa Fe train whistle that was heard here on September 17, 1901, sign…
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HMQG8_bright-angel-lodge_Grand-Canyon-Village-AZ.html
The Bright Angel Lodge, as it is known today, began as a cabin and several tents on this site in 1896. The central unit designed by Mary Jane Colter, was built in 1935. This lodge contains some of the oldest buildings in the Grand Canyon Village, …
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HMQG6_bright-angel-trail_Grand-Canyon-Village-AZ.html
Each year thousands of hikers enter Grand Canyon on the Bright Angel Trail. They follow a tradition - and a trail route - established by prehistoric people. For centuries humans have used this route for two key reasons: water and access. Water eme…