| OCR Text |
Show yopic Relates To i pfcwre Tropic, the I & 10 Bryce Canyon Naff Na-ff i' it wasin 1887 when lo west Valley. Bunch I f,!Ve and white grease-Bdte grease-Bdte floor and a solitary Hod in its midst on the south side of a small knoll. Everyone says that is used to snow a lot more in those days but you can never be sure since memory mem-ory does strange things. It snows enough in this small valley how t Bryce Canyon Park That first cabin in Tropic be EmL . nam?sake. bt descendants ofny other founders tw1, H5nsen was 1,16 founder of Tropic and its first LDS bishop It was he, together with many & whose names are still heard in the STnity' The en8ineered and built the canal that brought water from the East fork of the Sevier River (which is part of the Great Basin system) over the precipice into Tropic Valley where it became and still is a part of the Colorado Col-orado River drainage system. It was no small feat then and the same water today provides irrigation tor the crops and gardens grown where they have been growing since that day 90 years ago when water trom the canal first flowed into some of the same ditches still in use today. It was cause for celebration then as residents partied until daylight It is still cause for celebration and residents continue to remember that day with a special birthday party of their own each spring. Ebenezer Bryce's old cabin still stands at the south end of town alongside the highway. The early Tropic resident, for whom the jewel-like national park which dominates the western skyline was named, is remembered best in Tropic for his pragmatic description of the maze-like canyon "a hell of a place to lose a cow!" About 350 people live in Tropic which has two stores, a cafe and a sandwich shop, service station and garage, all with friendly owners eager ea-ger to help the visitor find his way to the most interesting places to see and the most exciting things to do. |
