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I Married a Ranger By: Dama Margaret Smith (1892-1973) |
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By Dama Margaret Smith ( Mrs. "White Mountain" )
STANFORD UNIVERSITY PRESS STANFORD UNIVERSITY, CALIFORNIA
LONDON: HUMPHREY MILFORD OXFORD UNIVERSITY PRESS
STANFORD UNIVERSITY PRESS STANFORD UNIVERSITY, CALIFORNIA
LONDON: HUMPHREY MILFORD OXFORD UNIVERSITY PRESS
THE MARUZEN COMPANY TOKYO, OSAKA, KYOTO, SENDAI
THE BAKER & TAYLOR COMPANY 55 FIFTH AVENUE, NEW YORK Copyright 1930 by the Board of Trustees of the Leland Stanford Junior
University All Rights Reserved Published 1930 PRINTED AND BOUND IN THE UNITED STATES OF AMERICA BY STANFORD UNIVERSITY
PRESS
This book is lovingly dedicated
to
White Mountain Smith
who has made me glad
I married a Ranger
FOREWORD
I Married a Ranger is an intimate story of "pioneer" life in a
national park, told in an interesting, humorous way, that makes it most
delightful. To me it is more than a book; it is a personal justification. For back
in 1921, when the author came to my office in Washington and applied for
the clerical vacancy existing at the Grand Canyon, no woman had been
even considered for the position. The park was new, and neither time nor
funds had been available to install facilities that are a necessary part
of our park administrative and protective work. Especially was the Grand
Canyon lacking in living quarters. For that reason the local
superintendent, as well as Washington Office officials, were opposed to
sending any women clerks there. Nevertheless, after talking to the author, I decided to make an
exception in her case, so she became the first woman Government employee
at the Canyon. I Married a Ranger proves that the decision was a happy
one. It is a pleasure to endorse Mrs. Smith's book, and at the same time to
pay a tribute of admiration to the women of the Service, both employees
and wives of employees, who carry on faithfully and courageously under
all circumstances. ARNO B. CAMMERER
Associate Director,
National Park Service
TABLE OF CONTENTS
CHAPTER PAGE I. " Out in Arizona, Where the Bad Men Are " 1 II. " This Ain't Washington! " 11 III. " I Do! " 21 IV. Celebrities and Squirrels 31 V. Navajo Land 42 VI. " They Killed Me " 56 VII. A Grand Canyon Christmas 67 VIII. The Day's Work 77 IX. The Doomed Tribe 89 X. Where They Dance with Snakes 104 XI. The Terrible Badger Fight 121 XII. Grand Canyon Ups and Downs 131 XIII. Sisters under the Skin 147 XIV. The Passing Show 158 XV. Fools, Flood, and Dynamite 170
[Illustration] Chapter I: "OUT IN ARIZONA, WHERE THE BAD MEN ARE"
"So you think you'd like to work in the Park Office at Grand Canyon?" "Sure!" "Where is Grand Canyon?" I asked as an afterthought. I knew just that little about the most spectacular chasm in the world,
when I applied for an appointment there as a Government worker. Our train pulled into the rustic station in the wee small hours, and
soon I had my first glimpse of the Canyon. Bathed in cold moonlight, the
depths were filled with shadows that disappeared as the sun came up
while I still lingered, spellbound, on the Rim. On the long train journey I had read and re read the Grand Canyon
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