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The remote Grand Canyon lodge hit by flash floods has a storied past

By Salt Lake Tribune · August 31, 2026 · 1 min read
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Phantom Ranch, the only lodge within the Grand Canyon, has drawn adventurers and dignitaries, including Theodore Roosevelt, for more than a century. Now one person is dead and more are missing after a flash flood.

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