Thank you so much for these videos!! I was there 96-97, and worked the switchboard, El Tovar front desk, and Mather Campground! Thanks for so many memories!!!
I always assumed that most people who worked and lived in National Parks did did it primarily because they like being in close to nature and are outdoor-types. That was very informative. Keep up the good work on your videos.
hanks a lot for this video. It was very well done indeed. Have been to the Canyon quite a few times but haven't seen may of the places in your video. Very informative.
So THIS is where I prob. would have lived, had I taken that job my college adviser told us about! That was in 1995...rather wishing I'd had gone thru now. The isolation wouldn't bother me one bit! Hindsight is always 20/20 lol. THANKS for sharing this!
I got on the housing authority list there, but they told me I'd have to live there to be considered first for an apt. I need to find a roommate situation. someone who likes a cat:) oops, I mean Flagstaff, not Grand Canyon Village.
It depends on their job status. Ive seen low status workers with families live in studio apartments (way too small), to managers with families living in big houses, and everything in between. Again, it mostly depends on the parents' position with the company.
The NPS jeolously guards their turf. They control hundreds of miles of Colorado River banks, from below Hoover/Boulder Dam, up to Colorado, shared a little with BLM and the Indian nations. Page, AZ, was created by Dept. of the Interior, Bureau of Reclamation, starting in 1958, and incorporated as an Arizona municipality in 1976. Adjoining Big Water, UT was incorporated in 1976 from Glen Canyon City, an unincorpated county subdivision from 1958. The Grand Canyon residents should be allowed to form a municipal government, locally elected and representative. This helps deal with county, state and federal inter-govermental issues. Governments are formed by the informed consent of the governed, in the American model, not just imposed by land-owning interests. BLM complained bitterly about the Big Water incorporation, but this is ultimately a matter of state and not federal law. The people who work and live here deserve the right of local, self-government. Who speaks for the workers and residents of these federally held tourist meccas? NPS and their concession holders may run the show, but should they exclude democracy?
Thank you so much for these videos!! I was there 96-97, and worked the switchboard, El Tovar front desk, and Mather Campground! Thanks for so many memories!!!
Thanks Kelli
Thank you for making this video. I work in Yosemite and it was great seeing how another park's workers live.
Thank you
I always assumed that most people who worked and lived in National Parks did did it primarily because they like being in close to nature and are outdoor-types. That was very informative. Keep up the good work on your videos.
Thank you Michael.
hanks a lot for this video. It was very well done indeed. Have been to the Canyon quite a few times but haven't seen may of the places in your video. Very informative.
Thanks for watching. I just wanted to show folks that there is a human side to the park.
Very nice video. I worked up there briefly a few years ago.
Thank you.
The Grand Canyon is amazing! And the Village is awesome!
Hi! Time to make another video.. You have a great story voice:) best regards from Norway
Thanks Nicholas.
Great informative video!
So THIS is where I prob. would have lived, had I taken that job my college adviser told us about! That was in 1995...rather wishing I'd had gone thru now. The isolation wouldn't bother me one bit! Hindsight is always 20/20 lol.
THANKS for sharing this!
Thank you
So true! I worked at Grand Canyon for 3 winter seasons!
Thanks Heather.
Interesting. I did not know. Thanks!
Yavapi Lodge was still there when I worked there... long long time ago...
use to live there
awesome.. so you can drive through there and even spend the night at a hotel or rv park?
Yes you can.
What is the other church denomination?
There is a Catholic Church and a Community Church (protestant). LDS also keeps a separate office in the multi purpose community church building.
interesting. That building with the tractor parked looks like an old gas station .
Yes, I think they still use the gas pump for tractors.
All holiday destinations are places where other people live!
I got on the housing authority list there, but they told me I'd have to live there to be considered first for an apt. I need to find a roommate situation. someone who likes a cat:) oops, I mean Flagstaff, not Grand Canyon Village.
where do married couples with children live?
It depends on their job status. Ive seen low status workers with families live in studio apartments (way too small), to managers with families living in big houses, and everything in between. Again, it mostly depends on the parents' position with the company.
Looks like my grandson's college dorm.
I almost took a housekeeping job at grand canyon but im glad i didnt now. 😮😮😮😮🌵🌵🌵
The NPS jeolously guards their turf. They control hundreds of miles of Colorado River banks, from below Hoover/Boulder Dam, up to Colorado, shared a little with BLM and the Indian nations. Page, AZ, was created by Dept. of the Interior, Bureau of Reclamation, starting in 1958, and incorporated as an Arizona municipality in 1976. Adjoining Big Water, UT was incorporated in 1976 from Glen Canyon City, an unincorpated county subdivision from 1958. The Grand Canyon residents should be allowed to form a municipal government, locally elected and representative. This helps deal with county, state and federal inter-govermental issues. Governments are formed by the informed consent of the governed, in the American model, not just imposed by land-owning interests. BLM complained bitterly about the Big Water incorporation, but this is ultimately a matter of state and not federal law. The people who work and live here deserve the right of local, self-government. Who speaks for the workers and residents of these federally held tourist meccas? NPS and their concession holders may run the show, but should they exclude democracy?
Thank you for your comments, Gerald. These are very important points you bring up.