Journeys in the Canyon Lands of Utah and Arizona, 1914-1916 »

George Corning Fraser (1872-1935) studied geology at Princeton, practiced commercial law on Wall Street, and made his home in Morristown, New Jersey. In addition to traveling in the Southwest, he invested in railroad and ranch properties in the region and was chairman of the Aztec Land and Cattle Company.

The travels of amateur geologist and cattle company owner Fraser (1872-1935) around Zion Canyon, the North Rim of the Grand Canyon, the high plateaus of Utah, Pine Valley Mountain, the Kaibab Plateau, Lees Ferry, and the northern Navajo Reservation in the period 1914 to 1916 are documented in this edited and abridged version of his voluminous diaries. Fraser spends much of the diaries describing the landscapes encountered, but often includes his observations on the local ranchers and other local inhabitants Annotation ©2004 Book News, Inc., Portland, OR