Lee’s Ferry and Into the Depths of the Grand Canyon. ... Then Navajo bridge was constructed in 1930's which cut that to about 280 miles and this one, about 250 miles.

Young sent his loyal lieutenant John D. Lee to establish the ferry in 1872 and today the site, Lees Ferry, bears his name. After Lee, many subsequent ferry operators were dispatched by the Church ...

Arizona's governor has intervened in a dispute between the Navajo Nation and a uranium mining company about ore trucks traveling across the reservation. The Navajo Nation has vowed to stop them.