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Louis Boucher, otherwise known as the "Hermit," lived in the Grand Canyon in the late 1800s and is responsible for the construction of the entire network of tails within Hermit Basin.
- Boucher's Pack Saddle
Description: Partial wooden pack saddle with metal reinforcements and leather straps. Found on the Boucher (Hermit) Trail in 1948 by Merrill Clubb, who noted: "This must undoubtedly be L[oius] B[oucher]'s very own pack saddle. It was about half way between the bottom of the Redwall and his cabin -- right by his trail. This should be the Kaabab (sic) of all trail men. B's trail is almost incredible as the work of one man." Dimensions: Unknown. Collection: Grand Canyon National Park (Catalog No. GRCA 20841). - Boucher's Pack Saddle, Alternate View
Description: Partial wooden pack saddle with metal reinforcements and leather straps. Found on the Boucher (Hermit) Trail in 1948 by Merrill Clubb, who noted: "This must undoubtedly be L[oius] B[oucher]'s very own pack saddle. It was about half way between the bottom of the Redwall and his cabin -- right by his trail. This should be the Kaabab (sic) of all trail men. B's trail is almost incredible as the work of one man." Dimensions: Unknown. Collection: Grand Canyon National Park (Catalog No. GRCA 20841). - Boucher's Pack Saddle, Alternate View
Description: Partial wooden pack saddle with metal reinforcements and leather straps. Found on the Boucher (Hermit) Trail in 1948 by Merrill Clubb, who noted: "This must undoubtedly be L[oius] B[oucher]'s very own pack saddle. It was about half way between the bottom of the Redwall and his cabin -- right by his trail. This should be the Kaabab (sic) of all trail men. B's trail is almost incredible as the work of one man." Dimensions: Unknown. Collection: Grand Canyon National Park (Catalog No. GRCA 20841). - Boucher's Pack Saddle, Alternate View
Description: Partial wooden pack saddle with metal reinforcements and leather straps. Found on the Boucher (Hermit) Trail in 1948 by Merrill Clubb, who noted: "This must undoubtedly be L[oius] B[oucher]'s very own pack saddle. It was about half way between the bottom of the Redwall and his cabin -- right by his trail. This should be the Kaabab (sic) of all trail men. B's trail is almost incredible as the work of one man." Dimensions: Unknown. Collection: Grand Canyon National Park (Catalog No. GRCA 20841).