Grand Canyon Grandeur

[Find a Grave®](?link=w4s4BY1Cey0p%2BYnukzh96g%3D%3D&linkid=2) [Find a Grave® Insider] [Find a Grave® Insider] [Grand Canyon Pioneer Cemetery](?link=w4s4BY1Cey0p%2BYnukzh96g%3D%3D&linkid=46) ?link=w4s4BY1Cey0p%2BYnukzh96g%3D%3D&linkid=46 Headstones and their inscriptions can provide clues, telling us more about the person, their interests, or their hobbies. Explore the Grand Canyon Pioneer Cemetery and you’ll find many who appreciated the grandeur of the Grand Canyon in the 19th and 20th centuries. Here are a few of their stories. John Hance was born in 1838 in Tennessee. After the Civil War he traveled west and settled at the Grand Canyon to try his hand at prospecting. When this didn’t work out, he became a trail builder, guide, and provided shelter for visitors to the Grand Canyon. Over time he became a legendary figure, telling stories of how he dug the canyon himself or how his horse could cross the canyon from rim to rim by galloping on the fog. His stories were implausible, but that was part of his charm, what was expected, and the added entertainment with him as a guide. He led Theodore Roosevelt, who affectionately called him “the greatest liar on earth,” down into the canyon in 1903. In the early 1900s he was housed by the Fred Harvey company in exchange for telling stories until they had a falling out in 1914. [Read More](?link=w4s4BY1Cey0p%2BYnukzh96g%3D%3D&linkid=46) [Interesting Monuments](?link=w4s4BY1Cey0p%2BYnukzh96g%3D%3D&linkid=47) [Interesting Monuments](?link=w4s4BY1Cey0p%2BYnukzh96g%3D%3D&linkid=47) Dewey Stuart [Pro Tips](?link=w4s4BY1Cey0p%2BYnukzh96g%3D%3D&linkid=48) [Pro Tips](?link=w4s4BY1Cey0p%2BYnukzh96g%3D%3D&linkid=48) Search Using Family Members [Need Help? Hire an expert](?link=w4s4BY1Cey0p%2BYnukzh96g%3D%3D&linkid=49) [Featured Podcast](?link=w4s4BY1Cey0p%2BYnukzh96g%3D%3D&linkid=49) Listen to an Interview about Find a Grave on The Genealogy Guys Podcast [Facebook](?link=w4s4BY1Cey0p%2BYnukzh96g%3D%3D&linkid=9) [Twitter](?link=w4s4BY1Cey0p%2BYnukzh96g%3D%3D&linkid=10) [Instagram](?link=w4s4BY1Cey0p%2BYnukzh96g%3D%3D&linkid=11) © 2022 Find a Grave®, All rights reserved. You are receiving this email because you have registered with Find a Grave using the email address: {EMAIL}. [Manage Notifications or Unsubscribe](?manage=w4s4BY1Cey0p%2BYnukzh96g%3D%3D&linkid=4). Find a Grave 1300 W Traverse Pkwy Lehi, UT 84043 United States