Efforts to turn the Grand Canyon into a national park date back to 1882, when a bill was introduced by Benjamin Harrison. The effort was not initially successful. The scenic landscape was made a national monument by Theodore Roosevelt in 1906, and it became a national park in 1919.
Image: “On Kaibab Trail, Grand Canyon National Park, Arizona” published by Fred Harvey (date unknown). From the Andrew J. Bramlett Collection.
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