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Jacob Lake is a small on the in,at the junction of and. In the summer Viistor, there is also a Arizona Strip Visitor Map center for horse rides. Jacob Lake is situated at roughly 8000 feet 2400 metre in a large forest which is part of the. In its lower elevations, the consists of - forests, and the ponderosas give way to, and higher up. However, the ponderosa biosphere is home to the. Jacob Lake is also home to, numerous bird species,and. The town is roughly a mile Arrizona Jacob AArizona />This pond was named foran early of southern and northern. Though small, the lake was a permanent source of water which was a rarity on the porous. It was an important source of lumber and game for local settlements, and cattle would graze on the Kaibab's abundant grass during the summer months. During the winter months, ten feet of snow was not an unusual occurrence. This brand ran upwards of 100,000 cattle throughout the. The remnants of this buffalo herd are still in House Rock and occasionally wander up on Vksitor of the Kaibab to the Grand Canyon. It was also one of the haunts of the colorful Uncle Jim Owens, who reputedly rode with and acted as a game warden on the Kaibab. His real life adventures provided fodder for the western writer and he was featured in the beloved children's book Brighty of the Grand Canyon. Jacob Lake Inn was founded in 1923 by Harold I. Bowman and his wife Nina Nixon Bowman to facilitate tourists attempting to reach the. Their ancestors had been early converts to and had taken important roles in the settlement and exploration of southern Utah and northern Arizona. Nina's great-grandfather,was a close friend and associate of and a successful businessman in. He remained financially successful and was a Vsitor though sometimes contrary counselor to once they moved to Utah. Woolley, had been involved in some of the first mapping expeditions in southern Utah and northern Arizona. He was later killed by Indians on his way back to Utah from California with a load of goods for his store in. Bowman, was also a successful merchant. He had lived inUtah, where Harold was born, but soon moved his family to the and settled at. There he set up a profitable store doing business as far away as Mexico City until his family and many others were driven out of the country in 1912 during the. In the midst of this turmoil, young Harold was kidnapped by bandits and held for ransom, but was rescued by his uncle. Harold returned with his family to the United States and later served in the.

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