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Lake Powell Virtual Rality Project - Ticaboo Canyon

Ticaboo Canyon - Lake Elevation 3558'ish This canyon has always intrigued me. Somewhere in it, beneath the waters of Lake Powell, lies "Hosteen Pish-la-ki" AKA - Cass Hite's old homestead along with his grave and that of another old codger who wanted to be buried there with him. Cass Hite is a fascinating figure in the history of Glen Canyon. Even more so than John W. Powell in some ways, at least to to me. For example, after studying him and his life in Glen Canyon in depth, I believe him and his partner were actually the first white men to see Rainbow Bridge decades before it was officially discovered. He was so obsessed with finding a lost Navajo silver mine the Navajo Chief Hoskininni named old Cass "Hosteen Pish-la-ki," which I'm told means “Mr. Silver.” He and his partner at the time prospected all the canyons south of the San Juan searching for that mine and their inscriptions from the 1880's were found in Forbidding canyon (which Bridge Canyon is a tributary of). After not finding that lost silver mine, Mr. Silver convinced Chief Hoskininni to show him where to find gold on the Colorado River and Chief Hoskininni lead him to the river near Hite via White Canyon. Old Cass set up a homestead on Ticaboo Bar and Mr. Silver became Mr. Gold. He called Ticaboo Bar “The Bank of Ticaboo” because of how much placer gold he was apparently extracting from it. It was here that he and his kin were reportedly the first to use old carpet in their sluices to trap the gold dust, which would mean they pretty much invented miner's moss. But, like many good entrepreneurs, old Cass quickly realized it's much easier to extract gold from the pockets of wannabe investors than the river and in an 1800's version of a ponzi scheme filed claims on several other less-profitable sites in Glen Canyon and set out to selling them to those wanting to get rich quick on Colorado River gold. Eventually, his relatives joined him in his ponzi scheme and together they basically kicked off the entire Glen Canyon Gold rush selling worthless claims to those willing to invest. Lol, he even got into a shoot out with and killed a few people trying to set up as competition up the river from him. He spent some time in Prison, but had enough influence through his rich investors to get himself off on murder charges. On his way out of prison, he conn'd his cellmate into revealing a map for a lost Mormon gold mine (which was later found) then let his cellmate be executed instead of using his influence to get the kid a new lawyer as he had promised as his part of the deal to get the kid to give him the map. Like I said, "Hosteen Pish-la-ki," “Mr. Gold,” “King of the Colorado,” or Cass Hite, no matter what you call him, he was a VERY interesting figure in the history of Glen Canyon and he lies buried somewhere below my Whaler in this video... Maybe this winter, I'll spend a few day camping up Ticaboo canyon, Maybe I'll hike up it in Hite's footsteps out of the park boundary, Maybe I'll even take my own prospecting gear and see if I can't make a small withdrawal out of the “Bank of Ticaboo.” Enjoy! Cap'n Scott