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The known human history of the Grand Canyon area stretches back 10,500 years, when the first evidence of human presence in the area is found. Native Americans have inhabited the Grand Canyon and the area now covered by Grand Canyon National Park for at least the last 4,000 of those years.
The Grand Canyon [a] is a steep-sided canyon carved by the Colorado River in Arizona, United States.The Grand Canyon is 277 miles (446 km) long, up to 18 miles (29 km) wide and attains a depth of over a mile (6,093 feet or 1,857 meters).
Location: Coconino and Mohave counties, Arizona, United States: Nearest city: Fredonia, Arizona (North Rim) Tusayan, Arizona (South Rim): Coordinates: 2]: Area: 1,217,262 acres (4,926.08 km 2) [3]: Established: January 11, 1908 () as a national monument February 26, 1919 () as a national park: Visitors: 4,733,705 (in 2023) [4]: Governing body: National Park Service: Website: nps.gov /grca ...
National Register of Historic Places in Grand Canyon National Park (24 P) Pages in category "Grand Canyon history" The following 15 pages are in this category, out of 15 total.
Grand Canyon along the Bright Angel and North Kaibab Trails from the South Rim to Roaring Springs and the South Kaibab Trail to Tipoff 36°06′36″N 112°05′34″W / 36.11°N 112.092778°W / 36.11; -112.092778 ( Trans-Canyon Telephone Line, Grand Canyon National
When Fletcher conducted the trip in 1963, the National Park did not encompass the entire length of the canyon, the park was later expanded to include the entire Canyon. The first person to walk the entire length of the Grand Canyon was Kenton Grua in 1977. He was inspired by Fletcher's book but set out to "do it right" by walking from end to ...
The Grand Canyon Park Operations Building was built in 1929 on the South Rim of the Grand Canyon in Grand Canyon National Park.It is significant as an example of a National Park Service building designed to blend harmoniously with the natural surroundings, in the National Park Service Rustic style.
The Grand Canyon National Park Act, 65th Congress, was the U.S. federal law that established Grand Canyon National Park as the nation's seventeenth national park. It was signed into law on February 26, 1919, by President Woodrow Wilson .