“Glen and Bessie Hyde
were newlyweds who disappeared while attempting to run the rapids of the
Colorado River through Grand Canyon, Arizona in 1928. Had they succeeded, Bessie would have been
the first documented woman in history to do so.”(Wikipedia)
Glen Rollin Hyde was born on December 9, 1898 in Twin Falls,
Idaho. He was a farmer and on occasions would
go river rafting on the Salmon and Snake Rivers in Idaho. While traveling on a passenger ship to
California in 1927, he met Bessie.
Bessie Louise Haley was born on December 29, 1905 in West Virginia. She was an art student, worked in a bookstore
and loved to write poetry. When they met,
Bessie was still married to her first husband.
The day after her divorce was final, April 12, 1928, the two got
married.
Even though Bessie had never done any river rafting and Glen
was a semi-pro at it, he wanted them to spend their honeymoon traveling down
the Colorado River inside the Grand Canyon in his homemade twenty foot wooden racing
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Never got out of the airport. Maybe I'll stop over next time
ReplyDeleteI participated in one of those as the first mayor's wife. It was hilarious. An airplane overhead interrupted my speech and I looked up from beneath my bonnet and exclaimed, "what are those bird machines?" Hee hee (hey 6 years of acting made staying in character easy)
ReplyDeleteSucio; maybe next time you can spend more time here. There is lots to see.
ReplyDeleteSis; I wish I would have seen you in your bonnet. That must have been a hoot. I have to see what is going on to see if I can make it.
is this for real?
ReplyDeletecoolblogger; yes, I believe they do this every year but don't know how long it has been going on.
ReplyDeleteThis is the 3rd year for the Historic Walk in the Cemetery. We do it once in March and once in October.....
ReplyDeleteSuch FUN! This March the KAOS FUNERAL CARS will be there along with the ARIZONA GHOSTBUSTERS....