64 (D-67) Ebenezer / Tropic

64 (D-67) Ebenezer Bryce (1830-1913) was a ship’s carpenter who converted his faith to the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter Day Saints, commonly called the Mormon Church. He left Scotland for Utah when he was 17 years old (in 1847).
In Utah, Ebenezer Bryce with other Mormon pioneers worked to divert water from the plateau top into the valley below by digging a 10-mile (16 km) long irrigation ditch through the forests and rocky cliffs. (The area later became the park.) Their efforts made the dry valleys below the cliffs of Bryce suitable for agriculture, and gave them reason to name the town of Tropic, Utah. People started to call the amphitheater where the road terminated, “Bryce’s Canyon.” Ebenezer Bryce and his family moved to Arizona in 1880, but the Bryce’s Canyon name stayed. We will spend the night in Tropic.

Jane
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My students know another Ebenezer?.....Ebenezer Scrooge!