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Grand Canyon -
GRAND CANYON MAP AND INFO... |
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Grand Canyon
Map and Grand Canyon Information |
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How To Get To
Grand Canyon Ranch
By Road:
from Las Vegas, Grand Canyon Ranch is only 2½ hours
away. Follow US 95/93 toward Hoover Dam (32 mi.). Continue
past the dam for about 45 miles to Pierce Ferry Road. Turn
left on Pierce Ferry Road toward Dolan Springs and continue
through Dolan Springs. Please watch your speed as you travel
through town as 25 miles per hour is the maximum posted
speed. Continue for 27 miles, then through the Joshua Tree
Forest to Diamond Bar Road (unpaved). Turn right, continue
on for 7 miles. Watch for Grand Canyon Ranch Gate
Entrance on right.
By helicopter: Grand Canyon Ranch is only 45
minutes away. Once in Las Vegas you will be picked up at
your hotel and taken to McCarran Int'l
Airport's Atlantic Air Terminal where you will board your awaiting private luxury executive
helicopter operated by Heli USA Airways for a spectacular 45
minute flight via the Hoover Dam and Lake Mead through the Grand Canyon to the Ranch. |
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Grand Canyon Ranch - History: Canyon West
Ranch has a colorful history. The original ranch
headquarters is located next to Diamond Bar Springs, known
to Native Americans for the last 3,600 years. The oldest
inhabitants at the springs were the Cohina Indians whose
roasting pits have been carbon dated back to circa 1600 B.C.
The Indians called the springs "Tanyika Springs." Around
1860, after the Hualapai War, gold miners built a Stamp Mill
to crush ore for the King Tut Gold Mine. From the 1870s
onwards, the Mormons used the springs as a resting and
watering place for wagon trains. In May 1889, the Hualapai
Indian Tribes first Ghost Dance ritual was held at the
Springs. In 1904 the alleged gunfighter and cattle rancher,
"Tap" Duncan purchased the ranch to escape from his previous
"profession." He became one of the most widely respected
pioneer cattlemen. From 1915 onwards, an unknown cowboy
called Bruce Kisskadon worked for Tap. He wrote about the
ranch and in doing so started "Cowboy Poetry." |
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Preserving The Scenic Grand Canyon: Ranching
and nature working together! Grand Canyon Ranch only
raises Corriente cattle which are free to roam over 106,000
acres (165 sq. mi.) of mountainous terrain. The hardy
Corriente can be traced back to the first cattle brought to
the new world by the Spanish as early as 1493. Our policy is
to protect and preserve the wild animals and plants that are
indigenous to this beautiful southwest region of the United
States. Monitoring water resources and protecting this
beautiful and fragile desert habitat achieve this aim. The
ranch works closely with the Arizona Department of Game and
Fish and the Bureau of Land Management. |
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