Ebenezer Bryce
Ebenezer Bryce (born November 17, 1830 in Dunblane , Scotland , † September 26, 1913 in Bryce , Arizona ) is the namesake of the Bryce Canyon .
Bryce, a member of The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints , trained as a shipbuilder . Like many of his fellow believers, he left his Scottish homeland for Utah in North America at the age of seventeen . Here, in Salt Lake City , he married Mary Park in 1854. With her he moved to Pine Valley in Washington County in southern Utah in 1862 and built a chapel there in the shape of an upturned ship's hull. Today the Pine Valley Chapell is the longest continuously-used Mormon church .
A little later, Bryce and his wife left the Pine Valley via the Paria Valley in Clifton in the direction of the Henderson Valley in New Clifton . Here Bryce helped build a seven mile long irrigation system and a road into the Pink Cliffs . The road should provide access to the woods and the removal of wood. The local residents called the ancient theater- like rock formation at which the road ended, Bryce's Canyon . He saw the natural wonder more from the practical side and described it as "a hell of a place to lose a cow" .
Ebenezer Bryce and his family moved to Arizona in 1880 to a settlement that now bears his name. Ebenezer Bryce died in Bryce in 1913. He is buried there in Bryce Cemetery.
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| SURNAME | Bryce, Ebenezer |
| BRIEF DESCRIPTION | Bryce Canyon named after him |
| DATE OF BIRTH | November 17, 1830 |
| PLACE OF BIRTH | Dunblane |
| DATE OF DEATH | September 26, 1913 |
| Place of death | Bryce , Arizona |