A magazine, The Ol' Pioneer, containing stories of old time happenings at Grand Canyon written by members giving tales of Grand Canyon never found in history books. The Ol' Pioneer is sent to each member as a benefit of membership. Click here to be redirected to the Membership Page!
2017
Vol. 28 No. 1
Louis Schellbach's Log Books XIII
The Arizona Pioneer
Dick Brown
GC Mystery Redux
Vol. 28 No. 2
Uncle Jim Owens - Grand Old Man of the North Rim
Board Member Slim Woodruff
The Night the Kolb House Burned Down
2016
Vol. 27 No. 1
The Grand Canyon Like We've Never Seen It
And Then There Was Time
Swimming in Bright Angel Creek
Vol. 27 No. 2
The Men from Bass Station Again
Introducing William Dunn
Grand Canyon Mystery
Vol. 27 No. 3
Recollections
A Few Words from Cap'n Hance
The Voyage of the Driftwood
60th Anniversary Air Disaster
Vol. 27 No. 4
Louis Hinchliffe
Louis Schellbach's Log Books XII
Old Pipe Creek Cabin
Old Hance Trail
Vintage Harvey Car
Oral History Program
2015
Vol. 26 No.1
Recollections
The Men from Bass Station vs. Glen Canyon Dam
Vol. 26 No. 2
The 1919 Trans-Canyon Aerial Tramway Survey
Vol. 26, No. 3
Horse Feathers
Louis Schellbach's Log Books XI
Bil Vandergraff Retires
Annual Picnic
About that Dinosaur in Havasu Canyon
Vol. 26, No. 4
Eighty Pounds of Bronze
The Court-Martial of William Hawkins
Where in the World is the Grand Canyon
2014
Vol. 25 No.4
Trapping the Midwest’s Deadly Bandits
Louis Schellbach’s Log Books X
Steam Car Replica run
Vol. 25 No.3
A Record
Louis Schellbach's Log Books IX
Spot Fire
58th Anniversary
National Historic Landmark Dedication
Vol. 25 No.2
Some Things Change
Sam W. Stockton
Haunted By Time
Vol. 25 No.1
Louis Schellbach’s Log Books VIII
Le Conte Plateau
No Time for the River
2013
Vol. 24 No.4
Schellbach’s Log books VII
Panda Tracks in the Grand Canyon: Tales of the Ancient Chinese
Vol. 24 No.3
Extripation of the Havasupai from Indian Garden
Schellbach’s Log books VI
Schoolhouse at 100
Vol. 24 No.2
Bright Angel Tavern?
Who Named the Grand Canyon?
Vol. 24 No.1
Citizen Kane-yon (Part Two)
2012
Vol. 23 No. 4
Citizen Kane-yon (Part One)
Vol. 23 No. 3
Devoted Member of the Grand Canyon Historical Society Passes On
The Life, Death, and Afterlife of Brighty
Vol. 23 No. 2
That's One Small Step…in the Grand Canyon
Park Naturalist Louis Schellbach's Log Books, Part 5
Vol. 23 No. 1
Pop Go the Egyptians
The Impeachment of John Wesley Powell
2011
Vol. 22 No. 4
Hopi Indian Dances circa 1947-1956: A Boyhood Recollection
Lost in the Grand Canyon
Book Review: Shadows of the Canyon
Park Naturalist Louis Schellbach's Log Books, Part 4
Vol. 22 No. 3
The Great Grand Canyon Pigeon Races
Park Naturalist Louis Schellbach's Log Books, Part 3
These Infinities of Beauty and Terror: Poets and Writers Discover the Grand Canyon, Park 2
Vol. 22 No. 2
Book Review: The Butterflies of Grand Canyon
These Infinities of Beauty and Terror: Poets and Writers Discover the Grand Canyon, Park 1
Park Naturalist Louis Schellbach's Log Books
Vol. 22 No. 1
An Anecdote: Shorty Yarborough
The Tail That Wagged The President
2010
Vol. 21 No. 4
The First Fiberglass Kayak Run Through Grand Canyon, 1960
"There will never come an end to the good that he has done:" Stephen Mather Memorial Plaques
The Demise of The Lost Orphan Mine
Roger Miller Update
Vol. 21 No. 3
Park Naturalist Louis Schellbach's Log Books, Part 2
Tall Cliffs and Tall Tales: The Origins of John Hance
Vol. 21 No. 2
Mules: A Dying Species at Grand Canyon
The Yellow Brick Road
Vol. 21 No. 1
School Days: The Race is On!
Park Naturalist Louis Schellbach's Log Books, Part 1
The Visible Boundary Between the Forests of Kaibab National Forest and Grand Canyon National Park
With God and Teddy at El Tovar
2009
Vol. 20 No. 3
Archaeological Expedition on the Second Scientific Expedition to Shiva Temple, 1972
GCHS Presentation
On the Rim of Creation
Vol. 20 No. 2
"Looks Like a Mulhatton Story:" The Origins of the Grand Canyon Egyptian Cave Myth
Vol. 20 No. 1
Letters
Tropic of Canyon
Grand Canyon Book Club
2008
Vol. 19 No. 2
Five Generations Down the Bass
King of the Road
Dave Rust: A Life in the Canyon
A Hardy Welcome
Historic Boats Tour
It Happened at Grand Canyon
Vol. 19 No. 1
Through the Grand Canyon…
John H. Riffey
Last Words Before the Launch
Grand Canyon Celebrates CCC Anniversary
2007
(Please note that in 2007, there were only two OP's, and the second "should have" been Vol. 18 No.2 but was mislabeled No. 3.)
Vol. 18 No. 3
Cowboys, Indians and the Grand Canyon
The 1864 Explorations of Octavius D. Gass and Company
A Note About William Chesley Richmond
Hats Off to Bishop Leithead
Harvey and Tom
Feedback from the 2007 Grand Canyon History Symposium
Vol. 18 No. 1
Life at River Mile Zero by Traci Wyrick
2007 History Symposium Abstracts
2006
Vol. 17 No. 4
Ruth Stephens Baker by Betty Leavengood
Grand Canyon Entertainment Circa 1931 by Beverly Brown Wilson
Vol. 17 No. 3
Witch Pool by John S. Azar
Memories of Dad at the Canyon in 1941-1946 by Barbara Stephens Odderstol
Centennial Celeration a Tribute to a Family's Strength by Jacie Brown
Vol. 17 No. 2
Early Arizona Camerons by Alex W. and Burton W. Cameron
The Grand Canyon Bridge by Harriet Chalmers Adams
This Day in History;
The Painted Canyon by Todd R. Berger
Grand Canyon Association Opening Event at Book Festival
Vol. 17 No. 1
coming soon
2005
Vol. 16 No. 4
coming soon
Vol. 16 No. 3
Bert Lauzon Gets His Man by Jeanne Schick
The Family Next Door by Gale Burak
A Historic Landmark or an Eyesore?
Orphan Mine by Nancy Green
Vol. 16 No. 2
A Dream Realized by Two Brothers (Kolbs) by Bill Suran
The Other El Tovar by Al Richmond
That Rim Connection by Traci Wyrick
Toll Roads & Trails by Mike Anderson
Vol. 16 No. 1
Greenlaw Photo Collection
How Pipe Creek Received its Name by Ranger Naturalist Hugh H. Waesche
Big Events Remembered by Gale Burak
The Old Geezer Hike by John S. Azar;
A 75th Birthday Celebration by Lee Albertson;
Padre Garces' "Puerto de Bucareli" by Jim Knipmeyer
2004
Vol. 15 No. 4
Family Treasurers
A Pioneer in the Canyon by Merrel Clubb
Georgie -- As A Climber by Bob Cates and John Ripley
Vol. 15 No. 3
Cheyava Falls by Emery Kolb
Great-Granddaughter Proud of Kolb Legacy by Jackie Brown
Ross Wheeler Update by Richard Quartaroli
No Boat Left Behind? by Grand Canyon Historic Boat Project Advisory Committee;
Move the Boats;
The Future of the Canyon's Boats by Brad Dimock & Tom Moody;
American History with Fire in its Eye Presentation by Dr. Stephen Pyne by Nancy Green;
Writing Down the River: Into the Heart of the Grand Canyon by Nancy Green
Vol. 15 No. 2
A Time to Live in Grand Canyon by Traci Wyrick
The Westering Star of Jack Sumner by Don Lago
Back in the Early Days by Bill Suran
Excerpts from "Personal Impressions of the Grand Canyon" submitted by Gale Burak
Vol. 15 No. 1
Kolb Studio: Images of the Past
First View by John Oesdean
Andy Hall by Michael Ghiglieri;
Ode to the Canyon by Sibyl Suran
1996
Vol. 07 No. 10
Footprints, Hooray for the Red White and Blue by Gale Burak
Scrapbook of Memories
Around and About
A Walk Through Flagstaff
Dear Editor
Memo on Monte Video
Santa Is Just Around the Corner
The Ol'Pioneer Goes Hi-tech
Special Program for October 19th
Vol. 07 No. 07
Around and About
On Being a Hermit Ranger by Gale Burak
A Wild and Woolly Town
Pioneer Footprints, A Brave Adventuresome Woman
Dear Editor
Something Special
Can Anyone Help? (Monte Video) by Gene Wendt
It Happened Again
1996 Meetings
Vol. 28 No. 1
Louis Schellbach's Log Books XIII
The Arizona Pioneer
Dick Brown
GC Mystery Redux
Vol. 28 No. 2
Uncle Jim Owens - Grand Old Man of the North Rim
Board Member Slim Woodruff
The Night the Kolb House Burned Down
2016
Vol. 27 No. 1
The Grand Canyon Like We've Never Seen It
And Then There Was Time
Swimming in Bright Angel Creek
Vol. 27 No. 2
The Men from Bass Station Again
Introducing William Dunn
Grand Canyon Mystery
Vol. 27 No. 3
Recollections
A Few Words from Cap'n Hance
The Voyage of the Driftwood
60th Anniversary Air Disaster
Vol. 27 No. 4
Louis Hinchliffe
Louis Schellbach's Log Books XII
Old Pipe Creek Cabin
Old Hance Trail
Vintage Harvey Car
Oral History Program
2015
Vol. 26 No.1
Recollections
The Men from Bass Station vs. Glen Canyon Dam
Vol. 26 No. 2
The 1919 Trans-Canyon Aerial Tramway Survey
Vol. 26, No. 3
Horse Feathers
Louis Schellbach's Log Books XI
Bil Vandergraff Retires
Annual Picnic
About that Dinosaur in Havasu Canyon
Vol. 26, No. 4
Eighty Pounds of Bronze
The Court-Martial of William Hawkins
Where in the World is the Grand Canyon
2014
Vol. 25 No.4
Trapping the Midwest’s Deadly Bandits
Louis Schellbach’s Log Books X
Steam Car Replica run
Vol. 25 No.3
A Record
Louis Schellbach's Log Books IX
Spot Fire
58th Anniversary
National Historic Landmark Dedication
Vol. 25 No.2
Some Things Change
Sam W. Stockton
Haunted By Time
Vol. 25 No.1
Louis Schellbach’s Log Books VIII
Le Conte Plateau
No Time for the River
2013
Vol. 24 No.4
Schellbach’s Log books VII
Panda Tracks in the Grand Canyon: Tales of the Ancient Chinese
Vol. 24 No.3
Extripation of the Havasupai from Indian Garden
Schellbach’s Log books VI
Schoolhouse at 100
Vol. 24 No.2
Bright Angel Tavern?
Who Named the Grand Canyon?
Vol. 24 No.1
Citizen Kane-yon (Part Two)
2012
Vol. 23 No. 4
Citizen Kane-yon (Part One)
Vol. 23 No. 3
Devoted Member of the Grand Canyon Historical Society Passes On
The Life, Death, and Afterlife of Brighty
Vol. 23 No. 2
That's One Small Step…in the Grand Canyon
Park Naturalist Louis Schellbach's Log Books, Part 5
Vol. 23 No. 1
Pop Go the Egyptians
The Impeachment of John Wesley Powell
2011
Vol. 22 No. 4
Hopi Indian Dances circa 1947-1956: A Boyhood Recollection
Lost in the Grand Canyon
Book Review: Shadows of the Canyon
Park Naturalist Louis Schellbach's Log Books, Part 4
Vol. 22 No. 3
The Great Grand Canyon Pigeon Races
Park Naturalist Louis Schellbach's Log Books, Part 3
These Infinities of Beauty and Terror: Poets and Writers Discover the Grand Canyon, Park 2
Vol. 22 No. 2
Book Review: The Butterflies of Grand Canyon
These Infinities of Beauty and Terror: Poets and Writers Discover the Grand Canyon, Park 1
Park Naturalist Louis Schellbach's Log Books
Vol. 22 No. 1
An Anecdote: Shorty Yarborough
The Tail That Wagged The President
2010
Vol. 21 No. 4
The First Fiberglass Kayak Run Through Grand Canyon, 1960
"There will never come an end to the good that he has done:" Stephen Mather Memorial Plaques
The Demise of The Lost Orphan Mine
Roger Miller Update
Vol. 21 No. 3
Park Naturalist Louis Schellbach's Log Books, Part 2
Tall Cliffs and Tall Tales: The Origins of John Hance
Vol. 21 No. 2
Mules: A Dying Species at Grand Canyon
The Yellow Brick Road
Vol. 21 No. 1
School Days: The Race is On!
Park Naturalist Louis Schellbach's Log Books, Part 1
The Visible Boundary Between the Forests of Kaibab National Forest and Grand Canyon National Park
With God and Teddy at El Tovar
2009
Vol. 20 No. 3
Archaeological Expedition on the Second Scientific Expedition to Shiva Temple, 1972
GCHS Presentation
On the Rim of Creation
Vol. 20 No. 2
"Looks Like a Mulhatton Story:" The Origins of the Grand Canyon Egyptian Cave Myth
Vol. 20 No. 1
Letters
Tropic of Canyon
Grand Canyon Book Club
2008
Vol. 19 No. 2
Five Generations Down the Bass
King of the Road
Dave Rust: A Life in the Canyon
A Hardy Welcome
Historic Boats Tour
It Happened at Grand Canyon
Vol. 19 No. 1
Through the Grand Canyon…
John H. Riffey
Last Words Before the Launch
Grand Canyon Celebrates CCC Anniversary
2007
(Please note that in 2007, there were only two OP's, and the second "should have" been Vol. 18 No.2 but was mislabeled No. 3.)
Vol. 18 No. 3
Cowboys, Indians and the Grand Canyon
The 1864 Explorations of Octavius D. Gass and Company
A Note About William Chesley Richmond
Hats Off to Bishop Leithead
Harvey and Tom
Feedback from the 2007 Grand Canyon History Symposium
Vol. 18 No. 1
Life at River Mile Zero by Traci Wyrick
2007 History Symposium Abstracts
2006
Vol. 17 No. 4
Ruth Stephens Baker by Betty Leavengood
Grand Canyon Entertainment Circa 1931 by Beverly Brown Wilson
Vol. 17 No. 3
Witch Pool by John S. Azar
Memories of Dad at the Canyon in 1941-1946 by Barbara Stephens Odderstol
Centennial Celeration a Tribute to a Family's Strength by Jacie Brown
Vol. 17 No. 2
Early Arizona Camerons by Alex W. and Burton W. Cameron
The Grand Canyon Bridge by Harriet Chalmers Adams
This Day in History;
The Painted Canyon by Todd R. Berger
Grand Canyon Association Opening Event at Book Festival
Vol. 17 No. 1
coming soon
2005
Vol. 16 No. 4
coming soon
Vol. 16 No. 3
Bert Lauzon Gets His Man by Jeanne Schick
The Family Next Door by Gale Burak
A Historic Landmark or an Eyesore?
Orphan Mine by Nancy Green
Vol. 16 No. 2
A Dream Realized by Two Brothers (Kolbs) by Bill Suran
The Other El Tovar by Al Richmond
That Rim Connection by Traci Wyrick
Toll Roads & Trails by Mike Anderson
Vol. 16 No. 1
Greenlaw Photo Collection
How Pipe Creek Received its Name by Ranger Naturalist Hugh H. Waesche
Big Events Remembered by Gale Burak
The Old Geezer Hike by John S. Azar;
A 75th Birthday Celebration by Lee Albertson;
Padre Garces' "Puerto de Bucareli" by Jim Knipmeyer
2004
Vol. 15 No. 4
Family Treasurers
A Pioneer in the Canyon by Merrel Clubb
Georgie -- As A Climber by Bob Cates and John Ripley
Vol. 15 No. 3
Cheyava Falls by Emery Kolb
Great-Granddaughter Proud of Kolb Legacy by Jackie Brown
Ross Wheeler Update by Richard Quartaroli
No Boat Left Behind? by Grand Canyon Historic Boat Project Advisory Committee;
Move the Boats;
The Future of the Canyon's Boats by Brad Dimock & Tom Moody;
American History with Fire in its Eye Presentation by Dr. Stephen Pyne by Nancy Green;
Writing Down the River: Into the Heart of the Grand Canyon by Nancy Green
Vol. 15 No. 2
A Time to Live in Grand Canyon by Traci Wyrick
The Westering Star of Jack Sumner by Don Lago
Back in the Early Days by Bill Suran
Excerpts from "Personal Impressions of the Grand Canyon" submitted by Gale Burak
Vol. 15 No. 1
Kolb Studio: Images of the Past
First View by John Oesdean
Andy Hall by Michael Ghiglieri;
Ode to the Canyon by Sibyl Suran
1996
Vol. 07 No. 10
Footprints, Hooray for the Red White and Blue by Gale Burak
Scrapbook of Memories
Around and About
A Walk Through Flagstaff
Dear Editor
Memo on Monte Video
Santa Is Just Around the Corner
The Ol'Pioneer Goes Hi-tech
Special Program for October 19th
Vol. 07 No. 07
Around and About
On Being a Hermit Ranger by Gale Burak
A Wild and Woolly Town
Pioneer Footprints, A Brave Adventuresome Woman
Dear Editor
Something Special
Can Anyone Help? (Monte Video) by Gene Wendt
It Happened Again
1996 Meetings