Grand Canyon's Tusayan Village

By Patrick Whitehurst

With the glamorous Grand Canyon as its backyard, Tusayan has a fascinating history. Dedicated just one year after the Grand Canyon National Park, the village of Tusayan had its humble beginnings in 1920 as a small sheep ranch operated by the Hull brothers. Tusayan quickly became a hub for the millions of travelers who made their way to the Grand Canyon each year. The two areas share a mutual school, a health care center, and other amenities. Other pioneers, such as R. P. Thurston, helped ensure the area's longevity with the addition of Highway 64 through the center of the village and the arrival of the Grand Canyon Airport, making Tusayan one of the most visited little towns in northern Arizona.

• Language: English
• Publisher: Arcadia Publishing
• Release date: Sep 18, 2012
• ISBN: 9781439624623

Patrick Whitehurst

Patrick Whitehurst is a journalist and author whose works include The Pacific Grove Museum of Natural History, Grand Canyon’s Tusayan Village, Williams, Monterey Noir and Monterey Pulp. He lives with his fiancée and four little dogs on the Central Coast, where he was born and raised. In the process of writing Haunted Monterey County, he visited nearly every site covered in the book, but he still has not seen a ghost himself. Visit him online at patrickwhitehurst.com.

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