People In The Park

A road trip Is about the journey, not the destination.

Returning to the Grand Canyon, this time as a queer thru-hiker, surfaced fears not of nature but of people.

Think the Grand Canyon is “wild”? Think again. People have been in this place for more than 10,000 years. Read about Havasupai, Hualapai, and Navajo lands at the Grand Canyon.

Turkeys, language and oral histories tell the story of the vanished people of Mesa Verde National Park, who, as it turns out, weren’t lost at all.

How a barber brought back the neon lights of Arizona’s Historic Route 66

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Uranium mining in the West, from Bears Ears to the Grand Canyon, threatens Indigenous and public lands.

Giving back to parks with thoughtful products.

Two of Grand Canyon’s search-and-rescuers share their stories and experience.

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Geoffrey Campbell, assistant general manager of Hacienda del Sol Guest Ranch Resort in Tucson, Ariz., shares insider tips on what to do and see in Tucson.

One Hualapai discovers the magic of his tribe’s traditions in an unlikely place.

The Infamous Flapjack Affair, an indie-folk band of four Oxford grads, journeyed on the Colorado River through national parks, making music as they went.

In the Grand Canyon, 296 miles of the Colorado River runs free, largely because of Martin Litton. He was a Grand Canyon river runner and environmental activist.

The Harvey Girls "well groomed and carefully trained young women in spotless, white and black uniforms" worked for Fred Harvey at his chain of restaurants in the late 1800s.

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Running the treacherous Colorado River in 1869 would be one of many historic firsts for explorer and scientist John Wesley Powell.

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The story of the complex character behind Lee's Ferry in the Grand Canyon and his part in killing 120 people

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