Ebenezer Bryce

Ebenezer Bryce (November 17, 1830 – September 26, 1913) was a Mormon pioneer, best known as the person for whom Bryce Canyon National Park was named.

Bryce Canyon is named after Ebenezer Bryce who homesteaded nearby

Early life

Bryce was born in the town of Dunblane in the then unitary council area of Perth and Kinross, which is today located in the Stirling council area of Scotland. He became a ship's carpenter, converted his faith to The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints, and left Scotland for Utah at the age of seventeen.[1] Ebenezer was the only member of his family to convert to The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints, and was disowned by his father.[2]

Pine Valley
The Pine Valley Chapel in 1968, designed by Bryce 100 years earlier

Bryce married Mary Park in Salt Lake City in 1854. They moved to southern Utah by 1862, and settled in Pine Valley where Bryce was responsible for designing and overseeing the building of the Pine Valley Chapel in 1868, the oldest chapel still in continuous use by The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints. The chapel is unique in that it was built like an upside down ship using a technique that Bryce acquired as a shipbuilder in Scotland. The chapel is well maintained and is listed on the U.S. National Register of Historic Places.

Bryce Canyon
Early home of Ebenezer Bryce

Soon after, the family moved a short distance to the Paria Valley, south of Bryce Canyon,[1] which became a National Monument in 1923 and a full-fledged National Park in 1928.[3][1]

Arizona

In 1880, Bryce moved his large family to an area of Arizona, about two miles north of Pima, where the settlement of Bryce, Arizona is named in his honor. It was there that he died and is buried in a local cemetery.[1]

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References
  1. "Ebenezer Bryce bio". Gazetteer for Scotland. Retrieved 2010-02-22.
  2. Bryce family history and journals kept by Ebenzer
  3. "Bryce Canyon National Park Management". National Park Service. Retrieved 2010-02-22.
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