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When Hermit Road opened in 1912, travelers would have used horse or buggy rather than a shuttle. The Santa Fe Railway and U.S. Forest Service built the buggy road to give early visitors another way to experience the canyon. Before that, the easiest way to enter the canyon was Ralph Cameron's trail, today's Bright Angel Trail, which charged a one-dollar toll, equal to about twenty dollars today. Hermit Road let visitors reach the Hermit Trail, where they could hike into the canyon or stay overnight at Hermit Camp.
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