Not a trace of the newlyweds has ever been found...hmmm.
Glen Hyde, an Idaho farmer, and his wife, Bessie, were last seen on November 18, 1928. The two newlyweds were rafting down the Colorado River in the Grand Canyon. It was their honeymoon trip in a homemade built wooden boat. Bessie's goal was to become the first woman ever to raft down the Colorado!
And now the history mystery: about a month later, in December, their wooden boat was found drifting in calm waters. Their supplies were intact, but the couple had disappeared, without a trace!
Urban tales abounded!
Interested, on your own, for delving further into the history mystery? Two newer books have been out for 7 years or so, 2001: the novel "Grand Ambition" (Lisa Michaels) and Brad Dimock's "Sunk Without A Sound". Dimock is a river guide. I have not perused either book but will soon.
Oh, in 1971 an unidentified elderly woman was on a rafting trip and, some say, told the group around the campfire that she indeed was Bessie Hyde---that in 1928 she had killed her husband and hiked out of the canyon. She then began her life anew.
In my honest opinion, without having talked with her, the story is pure bunk!
Think...newlweds!
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