A big bronze statue of a donkey named Brighty the Burro has been recovered from the charred rubble of the Grand Canyon Lodge ...

The statue was missing an ear and two front legs, but it was mostly intact when crews recovered it from the Dragon Bravo fire ...

The statue is modeled after a real donkey who helped some of the Grand Canyon North Rim's first settlers establish camp.

An iconic piece of the Grand Canyon’s North Rim survived the Dragon Bravo Fire and is being moved to the national park’s ...

Missing an ear and his front legs detached, Brighty the Burro certainly has seen better days. The 600-pound bronze statue ...

Brighty was known to migrate up and down the canyon as the seasons changed. He’d help haul water to a summer camp on the North Rim in exchange for pancakes and would give children rides.

The bronze statue of Brighty the burro at the Grand Canyon's North Rim survived the Dragon Bravo Fire but sustained heavy damage. The Grand Canyon Lodge, where the statue resided, was destroyed in the ...

The iconic statue of a famous burro housed in the Grand Canyon Lodge on the North Rim, thought to be lost forever due to the ...

Brighty was a real donkey who helped some of the Grand Canyon North Rim's first settlers establish camp by carrying water through rugged terrain, said Crockett, an author and Grand Canyon historian.

Brighty, a bronze statue of a famous burro, was housed in the Grand Canyon Lodge for decades before the Dragon Bravo Fire destroyed the lodge and about 100 other structures.