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2019 Grand Canyon History Symposium Contents

Frontmatter
Opening Remarks, Dave Mortenson
The 2019 Lee C. Albertson Award, Dave Mortenson and Wayne Ranney

Chapter 1: Hard Not to Panic, Ain’t It? The Story of Ron Mitchell, First to Hike through Marble Canyon, by Tom Myers

Chapter 2: The 1909 Townsend Expedition to The Grand Canyon And Rainbow Bridge, by Harvey Leake

Chapter 3: Otis Who? New Discoveries in an Old Collection, by Tom Martin

Chapter 4: History of Bison on the Kaibab Plateau, by Glenn Rink

Chapter 5: The Grand Canyon as an Icon of Modern Christian Fundamentalism, by Randy Moore

Chapter 6: Theodore Roosevelt Advocating for Something Grand, by Dick Brown

Chapter 7: “Boys Left Us”: From the Powell Memorial to the Plaques at Separation, by Richard D. Quartaroli

Chapter 8: Hance Trail Tells Hance Tales, by Shane Murphy

Chapter 9: 100 Years of Grand: The Grand Canyon National Park Centennial Project, by Robert Spindler, Ed Oetting, and Peter Runge

Chapter 10: Rock Art of the Grand Canyon Region: A Brief Overview, by Jerry Dickey

Chapter 11: Geology for the Proletariat: The Writing of Carving Grand Canyon and Ancient Landscapes of the Colorado Plateau, by Wayne Ranney

Chapter 12: Old Maps and Forgotten Trails in Grand Canyon, by Dennis Foster

Chapter 13: The 1967 Kennedy River Trip: Looking Back, by David A. Schaller

Chapter 14: An Eagle’s Eye View of The Grand Canyon: The Aerial Photos and Explorations of Charles and Anne Lindbergh, by Erik Berg

Chapter 15: One Hundred Thirty-Seven Years of Railroads To The Grand Canyon, by Al Richmond

Chapter 16: Representative Hayden and the Legislative Creation Of Grand Canyon National Park, 1916-1919, by Edward C. Oetting

Chapter 17: Louis Schellbach, III, AKA “Mr. Grand Canyon”: Life and Legacy, by Craig Schellbach and Traci Schellbach Wyrick

Chapter 18: The Politics of Souvenirs: A Century of Concessions Law, by Susie Verkamp

Chapter 19: Building and Rebuilding The Grand Canyon Lodge, by Paul E. Davis

Chapter 20: A Century of Grand Canyon Connections— Five Generations!  by Loie Belknap Evans

Chapter 21: Who Designed Hopi House?, by Fred Shaw

Chapter 22: Printmakers of The Grand Canyon, by Lindsay Leard-Coolidge

Chapter 23: U.S. Geological Survey Research at Grand Canyon National Park: A Century of Collaboration, by Helen C. Fairley

Chapter 24: The Other Lee’s Ferry: The Historic River Crossing at Pearce Ferry, 1876 to 1938, by Gary Cascio and Bryan Brown

Chapter 25: Creation of The Matthes-Evans Topographic Map Of The Grand Canyon, by Jonathan Upchurch

Chapter 26: Painting “My Odyssey”: Jimmie F. Jones, Grand Canyon Master, by James M. Aton

Chapter 27: A History of Mules At The Grand Canyon, by Harris Abernathy

Chapter 28: Interpreting 19th And Early 20th Century Photographs of The Grand Canyon: Religion, Science, Art History, and Tourism, by Lucy Bowditch

Chapter 29: Grand Canyon Conservancy: Ten Years of Growth, 2008–2018, by Theresa Bierer

Chapter 30: The 2012 Historic Restoration Of The Indian Watchtower At Desert View, by Barbara A. Matusik, PhD

Chapter 31: Depicting Grand Canyon’s Rock Layers: 150 Years of Visualizing and Interpreting Geology, by Karl Karlstrom and Laurie Crossey

Chapter 32: Kaibab Trail Suspension Bridge: A National Historic Civil Engineering Landmark, by Jonathan Upchurch

Chapter 33: In the Footsteps Of Giants: Retracing the Astronaut Training at Grand Canyon, by Kevin S. Schindler

Backmatter
Appendix A — Participants
Appendix B — 2019 Symposium Happenings
Appendix C — Program Schedule
Appendix D — Contributors
Index

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