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historicalmarkerproject/markers/HMQIO_mining-on-horseshoe-mesa_Grand-Canyon-Village-AZ.html
In 1890 prospector Pete Berry staked the Last Chance copper claim 3,000 feet below you on Horseshoe Mesa. The Last Chance Mine began a 17-year flurry of activity here at Grandview Point.
For a while the Last Chance Mine thrived. The ore was ric…
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HMQIL_grandview-1898_Grand-Canyon-Village-AZ.html
"No language can fully describe, no artist paint the beauty, grandeur, immensity and sublimity of this most wonderful production of Nature's great architect. [Grand Canyon] must be seen to be appreciated."C.O. Hall, Grand Canyon visitor, 1895.Repo…
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HMQHY_tusayan-ruin-trail_Grand-Canyon-Village-AZ.html
Allow about 30 minutes to tour Tusayan Ruin. The 0.1 mile loop trail through the main ruin is paved and wheelchair-accessible; the side loop to a prehistoric farming site is not. Signs along the way explain the site's features. An interpretive tra…
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HMQHW_tusayan-museum-and-ruin_Grand-Canyon-Village-AZ.html
Cohonina and ancestral Pueblo (Kayenta Anasazi) people lived in this area in prehistoric time. The ancestral Puebloans built Tusayan about AD 1185. A visit to the museum and a short walk through the remains of the village will furnish a glimpse of…
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 …