THE GRAND CANYON BECOMES A NATIONAL PARK
Washington, D.C. (JFK+50) On February 26, 1919, President Woodrow Wilson signed the legislation which made the Grand Canyon* a national park. The Nation's Henry T. Finck visited the park in 1893 and described it as "the most sublime of earthly spectacles."
Mr. Finck went on to say that although you might have "read a dozen descriptions...and seen a hundred photographs" of the Canyon, the view in real life is simply "astonishing."
*Grand Canyon is located in Arizona & is carved by the Colorado River. It is 277 miles long & up to 18 miles wide. It ranges to a depth of 1 mile. President Theodore Roosevelt visited the GC many times & was a major proponent of its preservation.
SOURCE
"February 26, 1919: The Grand Canyon Becomes a National Park," by Richard Kreitner, February 26, 2015, The Nation, www.thenation.com/
Grand Canyon
from Pima Point
Photo by Chensiyuan (2010)
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