INDIAN GARDENS
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BRIGHT ANGLE TRAILS - GRAND CANYON, ARIZONA
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In 1927, the NPS took legal possession of Indian Garden and began to revitalize the site.
NPS crews improved trails, built buildings, erected a trans-canyon telephone line,
and made several other improvements.
NPS crews improved trails, built buildings, erected a trans-canyon telephone line,
and made several other improvements.
A Trail needs to be
CREATED to the
KOLB STUDIO RUINS.
Then Google could
add it to Streetview.
CREATED to the
KOLB STUDIO RUINS.
Then Google could
add it to Streetview.
A THE RESERVOIR AREA
In 1901, where Garden Creek broke
out of Indian Gardens,
Ralph Cameron began building a
tourist camp in the area where
American Indians had taken
advantage of the Creeks water
for hundreds of years.
Cameron and his collagues had
mining claims since the 1880's.
They erected many buildings structures.
They IMPROVED the Indian Trail,
Nameing it the Bright Angle Trail.
In 1903, he operated the trail as
a Toll road.
The Tourist Camp had tent cabins,
meal service and a Telephone line
to the South Rim.
In 1902 Emery C. Kolb and his brother Eilsworth arrived at Grand Canyon.
In 1904, after TAKING PHOTOS in
the clear area; on a hill above
the creek, the Kolb's built
a Photographic Studio. It served
as their home for many years.
The Kolb crew took a
photo of their building in 1916
when Emery was 35 years old.
out of Indian Gardens,
Ralph Cameron began building a
tourist camp in the area where
American Indians had taken
advantage of the Creeks water
for hundreds of years.
Cameron and his collagues had
mining claims since the 1880's.
They erected many buildings structures.
They IMPROVED the Indian Trail,
Nameing it the Bright Angle Trail.
In 1903, he operated the trail as
a Toll road.
The Tourist Camp had tent cabins,
meal service and a Telephone line
to the South Rim.
In 1902 Emery C. Kolb and his brother Eilsworth arrived at Grand Canyon.
In 1904, after TAKING PHOTOS in
the clear area; on a hill above
the creek, the Kolb's built
a Photographic Studio. It served
as their home for many years.
The Kolb crew took a
photo of their building in 1916
when Emery was 35 years old.
In 1932; to support the prodigious supply of water in Indian Garden, the Santa Fe Railway built a water pumping system from Phantom Ranch that included a pipeline, two pump houses, and a water reservoir.
The pipe line continued all the way
to the top of the South Rim.
The pipe line continued all the way
to the top of the South Rim.
Emery - Age 35;
here on porch.
here on porch.
AREA ONE
AREA TWO
THIS 1ST TRAIL PHOTO
< LEFT COME FROM
GOOGLE -STREETVIEW
CAMERAS CARRIED HIGH
ON THE GOOGLE
EMPLOYEES BACK.
< LEFT COME FROM
GOOGLE -STREETVIEW
CAMERAS CARRIED HIGH
ON THE GOOGLE
EMPLOYEES BACK.
In 1985, because the 1932 six inch water line was breaking beyond repair, a hole was directionally drilled up through the rock and a new eight inch water line was placed within the hole from the Indian Garden North Power House to the South Rim. The DRILLING PROCESS was a pioneering technology.
The North Pump House, then received a new stone veneer as part of an acoustical treatment to isolate noise.
The South Pump House was too, renovated.
The North Pump House, then received a new stone veneer as part of an acoustical treatment to isolate noise.
The South Pump House was too, renovated.
In 1970, the parks TRANSCANYON Water Line was constructed from ROARING SPRINGS on the North Rim of Grand Canyon, down Bright Angel Canyon, across the Colorado River suspended from a pedestrian walkway, and up out of the 1,500-foot-deep inner gorge to the pumping station at Indian Gardens, 3,200 feet below the South Rim, all gravity flow.
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