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Compare with 1956
I found on eBay a 1956 National Park Service brochure for the
Grand Canyon.
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| A map of the Grand Canyon.
In the lower right portion, you can see the locations of several of the
viewing points along the road to Desert View. Some of us viewed
the sunset at Lipan Point. Click on the map to enlarge it. |
Enlargement of the inset on
the lower left of the map showing the South Rim area in relation to
Flagstaff and other nearby towns. Note Route 66 running along the
bottom. As noted elsewhere in the brochure, route 66 was the
route across northern Arizona at that time. No interstate highways
just yet! |
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| The Bright Angel Lodge in
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The back cover.
Note the prices! One dollar gets your carload a 15-day permit.
It's $20 today. |
On the South Rim Afterwards
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redder, the intrepid hikers make it out of the canyon. |
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| Some of the South Kaibab trail group, holding themselves together for a photo. |
What they really looked like
the moment the camera was turned away. |
Watching the Sun Set
To the east of Grand Canyon Village are several vantage points
where one can see the river as well as take in the sunsets, which can be
spectacular. The most notable such point is called Desert View, but there
are several other locations as well.
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packet I found in the antique store was this 1962 view of the
Watchtower at Desert
View. It still looks the same today. |
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| It was cold and windy at the
end of the day, and standing around shivering while waiting for the sun
to set was the order of the day. Photo on left taken at Desert
View. Photo on right taken at Lipan Point. |
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| Desert View is one of the places along
the rim where you can see the Colorado River. |
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| The sun, setting. |
The sun, set. |
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