Grand Canyon of Arizona

Grand Canyon of Arizona
Adopted by
Kristen Lynn Hoskins and Kami Marie Hoskins
in memory of our grandmother Helen Marie Mayer
on February 28, 2017
Grand Canyon of Arizona title page

Grand Canyon of Arizona : being a book of words from many pens, about the Grand Canyon of the Colorado River in Arizona

[S. l.]: Passenger Dept. of the Santa Fe, 1906.

This 1906 volume features essays written by notable travelers who visited the West, including John Wesley Powell (who was the first director of the Smithsonian's Bureau of Ethnology and whom the Smithsonian's Anthropology Library is named after), artist Thomas Moran, geologist R.D. Salisbury, poet Harriet Monroe, and others. It is illustrated with many black and white photographs, showing the beauty and majesty of the Grand Canyon. Written for the Atchison, Topeka, and Santa Fe Railway, its aim was to promote tourism to the area, so it also includes a section with advice for tourists on hotels, trails, and even what to pack.

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