Walhalla Overlook, Grand Canyon North Rim

The Walhalla overlook in the Grand Canyon National Park is located on the park's North Rim. It has in recent years been of great interest to scientists and of course many tourists who take its famous tour, hoping that maybe they will be the next person to make an exciting discovery.

There is no surprise that the Grand Canyon National Park's North Rim has become so famous. Not only is its scenery incredible, but its varied outlooks, most especially the Walhalla, have hidden secrets that attract many visitors for many different reasons. However, the site is the location of one of the park's many interesting and educational tours.

The wonderment of the Walhalla begins literally at the same time in two very different time periods. Though this is not normally possible, these time periods came together one fine day many years ago, on a ranger tour, when tourists were taking time to rest. One woman left the trail to find a washroom spot and discovered one of the park's most important sites and historical facts. Thanks to her find it was discovered that this site had been home to human beings for some ten thousand years. In fact the site's occupation had dated back to eight thousand BC.

As time went on the local natives developed their culture and means of survival. Between six thousand BC and one AD, they began doing basket making. They were also hunters of bison, moos, huge beavers and sloths, mastodons and mammoths. They also made dolls out of willow branches. Arrowheads were carefully designed, making them the area's first hunter-gatherers.

From twenty-five hundred to three thousand BC, the ancient peoples started developing art, farming and burial routines. Examples of this at the Walhalla include a burial site and a granary. Rock art can be found all over the site and in many other Grand Canyon locations in the form of pictographs.

From the first year AD to the fourteenth century, these ancient people had become more skillful. Baskets and sandals were found at the site that had been made from the leaves of a yucca. Homes were dug into the ground. Darts were the weapon of choice. Spears were extremely deadly, but their food consumption greatly lacked in large amounts of meat. However, as time went on, homes became more advanced pueblo style, bows and arrows were the new hunting and war tools. Pottery replaced baskets. Naturally growing cotton was furnished into clothing. In fact, over 100 farms were discovered at the overlook.