1El Tovar Hotel opens( circa 1905) The El Tovar welcomed its first visitors in 1905, 14 years before congress made Grand Canyon a national park( it had been a national monument since 1908). Such an elegant hotel near the edge of the remote canyon became financially viable after a 65- mile railroad spur was completed to the South Rim. The upscale hotel had a coal-fired generator for electric power, hot and cold running water, and indoor plumbing with community bathrooms.( Public domain image)
2Dedication at Bryce Canyon Lodge in Bryce Canyon National Park( 1925) The site for Bryce Canyon Lodge was selected in 1923 and construction completed two years later. Now called“ The Lodge at Bryce Canyon,” this is the only remaining member of four lodges designed by Gilbert Stanley Underwood for the Utah Parks Company, a subsidiary of the Union Pacific Railroad( Zion Lodge, Grand Canyon Lodge and Cedar Breaks Lodge were the other three). The first two burned and the last was torn down.( NPS image, BRCA Archives)
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