Grand Canyon
Administrative History
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TABLE OF CONTENTS
Cover (HTML)
Contents/List of Illustrations (PDF)
Preface (PDF)
Acknowledgments (PDF)
Chapter One: (PDF)
Becoming a National Park, 1882-1919
Chapter Two: (PDF)
Foundations, 1919-1929
Chapter Three: (PDF)
Ironic Golden Years, 1930-1941
Chapter Four: (PDF)
World War and Its Wake, 1942-1955
Chapter Five: (PDF)
Infrastructural Last Hurrah, 1956-1975
Chapter Six: (PDF)
An End to Consensus, 1976-1999
Chapter Seven: (PDF)
Upshots and Prognosis
Appendix 1: (PDF)
Visitation Statistics
Appendix 2: (PDF)
Park Superintendents
Endnotes (PDF)
Index (PDF)
Front cover: Tour cars bumper-to-bumper from the Fred Harvey Garage
to the El Tovar Hotel, ca.1923. Traffic congestion has steadily worsened
at Grand Canyon Village since the automobile became park visitors'
vehicle of choice in the mid-1920s.GRCA 3552; Fred Harvey Company
photo.
Inset front cover photo: Ranger Perry Brown collects a one dollar
"automobile permit" fee at the South Rim,1931.GRCA 30.
Grand Canyon Association
P.O. Box 399
Grand Canyon, AZ 86023
www.grandcanyon.org
Grand Canyon Association is a non-profit organization. All proceeds
from the sale of this book will be used to support the educational goals
of Grand Canyon National Park.
Copyright © 2000 by Grand Canyon Association. All rights
reserved.
Monograph Number 11
Library of Congress Cataloging-in-Publication Data
Anderson, Michael F.
Polishing the jewel : an adminstrative history of Grand Canyon National
Park/by Michael F. Anderson
p. cm. -- (Monograph / Grand Canyon Association ; no. 11)
Includes bibliographical references and index.
ISBN 0-938216-72-4
1. Grand Canyon National Park (Ariz.)--Management-History. 2.Grand
Canyon National Park (Ariz.)--History. 3. United States. National Park
Service-History. I. Title. II. Monograph (Grand Canyon Association) ;
no. 11.
F788 .A524 2000
333.78'3'0979132--dc21
00-009110
Edited by L. Greer Price and Faith Marcovecchio
Designed by Kim Buchheit, Dena Dierker and Ron Short
Cover designed by Ron Short
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Last Updated: 01-Jun-2002
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