Revision History for initial release through December, 1995

more recent revisions

December 23, 1995

The park is currently closed to access below the rim.

December 21, 1995

Added link to trip report from Dan Singleton.
More work on a Master Index page.
Added Fred Harvey logo to pages for Fred Harvey establishments and linked it to entry in the master index.
Added link from Fred Harvey entry in master index to lecture series and exhibit at the Heard Museum in Phoenix, Arizona
Other miscellaneous stuff.

December 20, 1995

Added a link for employment opportunities at the Canyon.
Other miscellaneous stuff.

December 16, 1995

Added more 3D maps of Grand Canyon. Check these out, they are fabulous!

December 15, 1995

Work on linking topics within the document.
Added a special version of the home page for viewing at 640 x 480 pixel resolution.
Added some new images to the Photo Gallery:
- Colorado River from River Trail (JPG, 64K)
- Colorado River, Silver and Kaibab suspension bridges, from River Trail (JPG, 72K)
- Inner Gorge, Colorado River, Granite Rapids, looking west from Tonto Trail just west of Salt Creek (JPG, 70K)
- Colorado River, Granite Rapids, beach (JPG, 62K)
- Colorado River just above Granite Rapids, driftwood, beach (JPG, 54K)
- Inner Gorge, Colorado River, looking west from Tonto Trail just east of Salt Creek (JPG, 61K)
- Tower of Set, Columbus Point, from Boucher Trail (JPG, 44K)
Changes to my home page.

December 11, 1995

More work on the random image stuff:
- Add links to follow in image caption.
- Provide link to larger image if one exists.
Added a link to Grand Canyon Visibility Transport Commission
Added J.D Green and Jim Ohlman's new book to reading list.

December 10, 1995

More work on the random image stuff.

December 8, 1995

Added the ability to load a random image from image database on the home page.
Added a page for some awesome 3D maps of Grand Canyon.
Added image size in pixels to master image index.
Added trip reports from Dick and Mike.
Work on linking topics within the document.

December 3, 1995

Fixed some problems with formatting on Powell Expedition.

December 2, 1995

GRAND CANYON SITE IS ONE YEAR OLD TODAY !

I would like to send a very special "Thank You" to everyone on the web who has helped me with this project. I don't have the time to answer all of the E-mail I get regarding the site, but all of the input, comments, suggestions and praise are greatly app reciated.

Update information on Kolb Studio.
Added information on Grand Canyon Association.
More work on a Master Index page.
Added a master image index for images used in the document.
Other miscellaneous cleanup.

November 28, 1995

Fix some other stuff that Netscape 2 doesn't like.

November 23, 1995

Fix a problem with the home page that Netscape 2 didn't like.
Fix some problems with links between trail descriptions and maps.
Added information on split twig figurines.
Added some more photos to my photo album.

November 21, 1995

Added info on the Powell Expedition, of 1869.
More work on a Master Index page.

November 20, 1995

The park has been reopened.

November 16, 1995

The park is closed.

November 13, 1995

Added photos to trip report from Matt & Gil.

November 8, 1995

More work on a Master Index page.
Additions to page for trip reports from fellow hikers.
Added trip report for February, 1995 from Bill, Doug & Dave.
Added trip report for January, 1994 from Doug & Bill.
Added trip report from October, 1994 Bill.

November 7, 1995

More work on a Master Index page.
Modifications to page containing General Info.
Added a page for the Colorado River.
Added a link to Grand Canyon IMAX Theatre home page from my page.

November 1-3, 1995

Started work on a Master Index page.

October 28, 1995

Added a page to link to other sites concerned about condtions at Grand Canyon and the Colorado Plateau in general.

October 26, 1995

Added link to trip report from Matt & Gil.
Changes to home page.

October 25, 1995

Added a page for trip reports from fellow hikers.
Other miscellaneous stuff.

October 24, 1995

General housekeeping and miscellaneous clean-up work.

October 5, 1995

After being closed for several months the North Kaibab Trail is now open again.
Additions to the FAQ regarding the Canyon in winter.
Other miscellaneous changes.

October 4, 1995

Finish up trip reports for the last vacation.
Added links for trails to page for Bryce National Park.
Changes to my home page.

September 30, 1995

More work on trip reports for the last vacation.
Added links for trails to page for Zion National Park.

September 28, 1995

Added more cat pictures to my cat page.
Added a friends & family photo page.
Started work on trip reports for the last vacation.

September 24, 1995

Updates to trail description for Old Bright Angel Trail
Added mnemonic to remember Grand Canyon rock layers.
Added dates for the THIRTEENTH SEASON of the Grand Canyon Chamber Music Festival.

September 23, 1995

Changed the image used for Bright Angel Point.
Changed the image used for Roaring Springs.
Added image for the Angel's Window.
Added image for Anasazi granary on Cliff Spring Trail.
Added image for Walhalla Overlook.
Added new images to Photo Gallery and Photo Gallery with thumbnails.
Updated text of north rim tour and added thumbnails for new images.

September 22, 1995

Changed the image on my home page.
Changed the image used for Mount Hayden.
Added image for Ponderosa Pine and Quaking Aspen.
Added image for Hoary Aster, Butterfly Weed, Cliffrose and Palmer Lupin.
Added image for Crinoid fossil.
Added image for Coyote, Kaibab Squirrel, Small Horned Lizard, Steller's Jay and Wild Turkey.

September 20, 1995

Fix some links to other sites.
Fix some typos.
Add image for Grand Canyon Rattlesnake.
Add image for Utah Agave and Banana Yucca.
Add image for Canyon De Chelly National Monument.
Added Canyon De Chelly National Monument to area map for Four Corners Area.

August 27, 1995

Fix some links to other sites.

August 21, 1995

Additions to the Services page.
Additions to the Backcountry page.
Added a page for Backcountry Use Areas.
Changed links to Arizona and Flagstaff.

August 20, 1995

Additions to the FAQ page.
Additions to the Special Alerts page.

August 19, 1995

Fix some typos.

August 8, 1995

Additions to the FAQ.

August 6, 1995

Updated link to Professor John Carroll
More work on trail descriptions for Tonto Trail. Completed sections between Hermit Camp and Boucher Creek and between Boucher Creek and Bass Canyon.

July 27, 1995

Added a link for current weather at Grand Canyon from weather page.
Added a link for more info on Mesa Verde National Park from Mesa Verde page.

July 22, 1995

Modifications to trail descriptions for Bright Angel Trail and South Kaibab Trail.
Additional info on Grand Canyon rock layers.

July 19, 1995

Added trail description for Clear Creek Trail.

July 17, 1995

Update to North Kaibab Trail closure alert.

July 16, 1995

Added a FAQ.

July 15, 1995

Added trail description for Widforss Trail.
Added trail description for Ken Patrick Trail.
Added trail description for North Kaibab Trail.
Added a link to Outside ON-LINE.

July 14, 1995

Added a link to Arizona Accommodations Reservations.
More changes to the home page.
Added trail description for Old Bright Angel Trail.
Added placeholders for other North Rim trails.
Added trail description for Transept Trail.
Added trail description for Uncle Jim Trail.

July 13, 1995

Redesigned the home page.
Added info on North Rim to General Information.
Added tour of North Rim to Guided Tour.
More modifications and additions to Services page for North Rim.

July 12, 1995

Had incorrect phone numbers listed for Quality Inn - Tusayan.
Found a toll free number for Best Western Grand Canyon Squire Inn - Tusayan.

July 11, 1995

Added info for Grand Canyon Caverns.
Added a link to Grand Canyon Association.

July 10, 1995

Put back link to Grand Canyon Trust.

July 9, 1995

More modifications and additions to Services page.
Additions to map of Grand Canyon Village and Hermit Road.

July 8, 1995

Added a page for What do to and see.
More modifications and additions to Services page.
Additions to map of Grand Canyon Village and Hermit Road.

July 7, 1995

Added map of Tusayan.
Added links from items on Services page to their respective maps.
Added map of North Rim lodge area.

July 6, 1995

More work on North Rim info.
Added a separate page for camping info.
Changes to page for General Info.
Complete more info on Services page.
Correct misspelling of Haydn on page for Grand Canyon Chamber Music Festival. Sorry Franz.

July 5, 1995

Added link to National Parks and Conservation Association from my homepage.

July 4, 1995

Corrections to page for Grand Canyon Chamber Music Festival.
Added link to Aerial*Zona from Other Cool Stuff.
Changed area codes for non-metro Phoenix numbers from 602 to 520.
Added a map for the north rim.
Started adding info on the north rim.

June 28, 1995

Added page for 1995 season of the Grand Canyon Chamber Music Festival.

June 26, 1995

Changed my mail address.

June 6, 1995

Correct numerous typos throughout the document.

May 30, 1995

Continue work on trail descriptions for various portions of the Tonto Trail.
Add place on home page for alerts.

May 27, 1995

Changes to page for Backcountry Trails.
Added trail description for the Deer Creek Trail.
More work on trail description for the Thunder River Trail.
Change layout of and begin work on trail descriptions for various portions of the Tonto Trail.
Added placeholder for trail description for the Royal Arch Route.
Added images to page for the Lowell Observatory.
Added a home page for The Museum of Northern Arizona.
Added a home page for the cats.

May 24, 1995

Added trail descriptions for the Bill Hall Trail and the Thunder River Trail.

May 23, 1995

Updates to trip report for May 1995 Bill Hall, Thunder River, Deer Creek hike.
Add images for: Wyoming Paintbrush (revised), Utah Snowberry, Hairy Fleabane, Hedgehog Cactus (revised), Brittlebush (revised), Arizona Stemless Hymenoxys, Wheeler Thistle, Prickly Pear cactus (revised), Longleaf Phlox, Sego Lily, Spreading Phlox, Buffaloberry, to Photo Gallery.
Updates to home page for Trails Illustrated.
Revise link to Malaysia Home Page from my home page.
Add trail map for Thunder River, Bill Hall and Deer Creek trails.

May 22, 1995

Added trip report for May 1995 Bill Hall, Thunder River, Deer Creek hike.

April 29, 1995

Add some more links at bottoms of pages for navigation.

April 26, 1995

Add some more links at bottoms of pages for navigation.

April 23, 1995

Add links at bottoms of pages for navigation.
Other miscellaneous clean-up.

April 22, 1995

Added info on Meteor Crater attraction.
Added info on Lowell Observatory in Flagstaff.

April 20, 1995

Put in links to the old temperature and precipitation tables in English and backcountry use.

April 13, 1995

Change tables used for weather statistics to use Netscape (HTML 3.0) <TABLE> definition.

April 12, 1995

Changed background on all pages.

March 28, 1995

Added trail description for Beamer Trail.

March 25, 1995

More work on home page for Trails Illustrated.

March 23, 1995

Added home page for Trails Illustrated, Evergreen, Colorado.

March 20, 1995

Trail maps are now back on-line thanks to the people at Trails Illustrated, Evergreen, Colorado.

March 19, 1995

Added area map for Four Corners Area.

March 18, 1995

Made maps of Desert View Drive and Hermit Road clickable. Park Service Map can also be clicked on in lower right to jump directly two either of the ot her two.

March 13, 1995

Added Park Service map for Grand Canyon National Park.
Added a new page to collect river running links.
Added link to Grand Canyon River Running, The Unofficial Guide to the Colorado River in The Grand Canyon, by Leonard Thurman.
Added link to The River That Flows Uphill, A Journey from the Big Bang to the Big Brain, by William H. Calvin
Added information on Natural Bridges National Monument.
Added information on Edge of the Cedars State Park.

March 11, 1995

Added [big] .JPG versions for some of the images in the Photo Gallery.

March 9, 1995

Added thumbnail images for new images in the Photo Gallery and "Other things...".

March 5, 1995

Added image for Montezuma's Well National Monument.
Added image for Rock Squirrel.
Added image for Prickly Pear cactus.
Added image for Hedgehog cactus.
Added image for Wyoming (Indian) Paintbrush.

March 4, 1995

Correct misspelling of Navajo - my apologies to the Navajo Nation.

March 1, 1995

Home page modifications.
Added image for Montezuma's Castle National Monument.
Added image for Sunset Crater National Monument.
Added image for Navajo National Monument.

February 26, 1995

Added information on Phantom Ranch.
Added information on Bright Angel Campground.
Added information on Mule Trips into the Grand Canyon.

February 25, 1995

Added hotel information for lodging located outside the park.
Added into on Tusayan Ruin and Museum.
Added into on Over The Edge Theatre.

February 22, 1995

Add link from my home page to The Moody Blues home page.

February 4, 1995

Updates to photographs.
Fix some typos.
More changes to my home page.

February 2, 1995

Redesign home page to make it load quicker.
Added a page of General Information about Grand Canyon.
Removed some text from Guided Tour page and placed it on the General Information page.
Added hotel information for lodging located in the park.
Updated page for Books, guides and other reference material.
Added links from my home page to other web sites.
Miscellaneous clean-up of some known problems and inconsistencies.

January 30, 1995

Added link from home page to weather page.
Additions to some other really cool stuff.

January 28, 1995

Added link from home page to some other really cool stuff.
Added some stuff to my own home page.

January 26, 1995

Added trip report for December 1994 Tanner, Beamer, Escalante hike.
Added link from Home Page to "visit" page.
Reformatting of Home Page.
Font changes on other pages.

January 14, 1995

Added thumbnail images to IMAGES page.

January 11, 1995

Fix some typographical errors.
Added link to pages for Sedona, Arizona.

December 23, 1994

Added links from trails to maps and vice versa.
Added placeholders for postcards.
Updated history.
Reformatting of Home Page.

December 21, 1994

Added copyright notice to maps and info on how to obtain actual copies.
Added directions for getting to Grand Canyon National Park.
Added links to Arizona and Flagstaff Home Pages.
Reformatting of Home Page.

December 20, 1994

Images from "Other Attractions" page are now uploadable.
Added trip report for December 1992 Red Canyon, Escalante, Tonto, Grandview hike.

December 19, 1994

Grand Canyon National Park - Images are now uploadable.
Added personal details page for the author of these pages.

December 12, 1994

Added trail description for Escalante Route.

December 11, 1994

Added trail description for Boucher Trail.
Added trail description for Dripping Springs Trail.
Added trail description for Red Canyon Trail.

December 7, 1994

Added trip report for December 1993 Grandview - Tonto - South Kaibab - Clear Creek - Bright Angel hike.

December 6, 1994

Chipmunk image was not a chipmunk but a Golden-mantled Ground Squirrel.

December 5, 1994

Changes to home page to reduce size and time required to load.
Added file sizes to image descriptions to give some idea of how long each would take to load.
Removed Grand Canyon rock layer graphic from "history" page and place it on a page of its own.
Added link from history page to new rock layer graphic page.
Changes to fonts on "services" page.
Added trail description for Hermit Trail.
Created "revision" page and added link from home page.

December 2, 1994

Initial release.

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