I MARRIED A RANGER ***
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I Married a Ranger
_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?"
