A Plan for the Development of the 
Village of Grand Can yon, Ariz. 
0      N Tl'I  southern1 rim of thle (,rcnd C:i1 voii of the Colorado 
in Arizona st-li's the little village of Grand Canyon, the 
terminus of the Grand Canyon Railway, a subsidiary of the 
Atchison, Topeka & Santa Fe Railway, and the main gateway 
to the wonderful scenery of the present National Monument. This 
village has grown up under severe physical handicaps, serving the 
single purpose of assisting tourists to reach the famous and unique 
scenery of the canyon below and beyond. 
Like most villages this has had a fortuitous and largely undi- 
rected growth. In      the present instance, however, there have 
been causes operating to discourage the customary organization 
of local self-government, chief among them being the transient 
character of the local ties and interests of a constantly changing 
personml. This lack of organization has kept away from Grand 
C anyon even that small meisure of official iniluenice wvhich usually 
directs lhe affairs of iiew coripiiunities, including the problems of 
physic d growth, such   cs the location and improvement of streets, 
the subdivision of land<l into hiuil(ling lots, etc.  'f he case of Grand

/LulVon is in many      V   }ihii)rnal. 
No i1-- i) iring the progress i  v-r.  r- I  fla ' r-ccived themost cordi.
a   i a ai  in ]LLany mernbers 
of thle o'rt  t Service.  My gratalu I  k-a~ 1 L aaig<.la  LLts are due
to all. a   I   ,fly  A  aistalt Iorester 
E. A.  lalhi  a ,l, Assistant Dis t  LV ,re t,.r Fr.ak  C. Wr. Pooler  As.
 a,,t ILL Vi Fore. ter aDon  P. 
J,ahaa L an  F, ,ter h xainincr Aldt L d. ,   For.t  Lxaminer tarrisjo  D.
Bturall, aaid Forest Supervisor 
T. Farl W lia r in charge at Grand Canyonl National Monument. 
i;aetial in, Lition should be ruade a) the painstaking and illuminating rtudy
of Grand Canyon problcms 
ciIl ied in the " rand Canyon Working  Plan ' rtvised to Mar. 17, 9)1,)
by Forest Sup rvijor ona  1a . 
Johnston and lForest Examiner Alao Leopold. I have found this report of substantial
value in the prepa- 
ration of the prment pims. 
 
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