GRAND CANYON AREA; THE TUSAYAN LINE, SAGINAW AND MANISTEE 1928-1936 (Updated 11/21.)
THE TUSAYAN LINE 1928-1936 (Updated 11/21) COPYRIGHT; ALL RIGHTS RESERVED (5/10/22) Tusayan Area. In the center of the map is Highway 64; the Grand Canyon is just North of this location. Apex is designated on the map to the West. BLUE line designates approximate route of the line. The line as it heads Southeast, paralleling FR302. Satellite maps courtesy Google maps. The Saginaw and Manistee was facing a potential shortage of accessible timber to harvest. The ever-voracious mill hungered for the Ponderosa timber. Looking long-term, the company acquired the timber rights to 142 million board feet of timber in the Anita-Moqui (Tusayan) District in 1927 (1928 according to company records) (Stein,37.) This would spawn the Tusayan line, also referred to as the "Canyon tract" in Company records. This was located south of the Grand Canyon, starting at Apex Junction, then headed East along the Coconino Wash. Prior to the beginnin