125 years ago1895: Last Thursday a visitor from Connecticut, Blakely Porter, was killed by lightning at the Grand Canyon. He and his party left the Colfree Camp to visit the point where Moran made his famous painting. Upon reaching the point they decided to continue their walk on toward Bissell Point, which they thought to be only a short distance off. In reality it is another 4 miles of dealing with high, thick underbrush, and the trail is very dim. In the meantime, it began to rain, and as the thunder and lightning storm developed they sought shelter under a large rock, lightning flashing around them.

Source: Daily Sun August 09, 2020 17:03 UTC