"Do nothing
to mar its grandeur for the ages have been at work upon it and
man cannot improve it. Keep it for your children, your children's
children, and all who come after you..."
- Theodore Roosevelt
Special
For Hike For Discovery
Published: January
2007
Walking Connection -
Grand Canyon History!
Grand Canyon History - Archaeological Discoveries
A woman who wandered off a trail
at the Grand Canyon to find a private place to relieve herself,
made a discovery that tells us that people were in the Grand Canyon
10,000 years ago. ...Learn
More Here!
A Grand History!
"The Paiutes call it Kaibab, or "Mountain
Lying down." In 1872 John Wesley Powell dubbed it the "Grand
Canyon." No matter what name it is known by, Grand Canyon
is as awe-inspiring today as it must have been to the first people
to stumble upon it."
Native Americans
"More than 11,000 years ago, paleo-hunters
wandered the Southwest chasing big game. They left few signs of
their passage. In time, these mysterious travelers were followed
by hunter-gatherers of the Desert Archaic culture, who inhabited
the Grand Canyon region until about 1000 b.c. Evidence of their
presence at the Canyon was found in 1932. Small animal hunting
fetishes made from willow twigs were discovered secreted away
in hard-to-reach crannies in the Redwall Limestone cliffs of the
Inner Gorge. Radiocarbon dating has revealed the figurines to
be approximately 4,000 years old." ...Learn
more here.
This is an excellent page
that provides a good chronological view of humans at the Grand
Canyon. From Natives to the Spanish to modern day, this will help
give you a good understanding of the human history of the Canyon.
10,000 Years Ago - 1994.
Begin with the Paleoindians ten thousand years ago
and follow this bulleted time line of The Grand Canyon. This page
makes it easy to follow human history from the Anasazi's to the
development of the National Park Service Website. ...Learn
more here.
Land Use History (From current research projects
to issues of the day).
One of the most spectacular natural features in
North America and perhaps the world, the Grand Canyon of the Colorado
River extends for hundreds of miles across a portion of the southwestern
Colorado Plateau. Here the river winds it way through a network
of huge amphitheatres, spectacular tributary canyons, and isolated
plateaus and mesas. The vertical drop to the river from the vast
plateaus surrounding the canyon is more than 2000 meters, spanning
more life zones than exist within any other U.S. national park.
Atop the North Rim, which is an average 600 meters
greater in elevation than the South Rim, are lush forests of spruce,
aspen, pine, and fir. The lower South Rim is drier, warmer and
more open and includes forests of ponderosa pine and Gambel oak
mixed with pinyon pine and Utah juniper woodlands. Below the rim
much of the vegetation in the inner canyon is semi-arid scrub
dominated by drought-resistant shrubs and cacti, while the Colorado's
riparian corridor includes thickets of willow and introduced tamarisk.
The Grand Canyon's ecological and geological complexity and its
interesting human history make it a major scientific research
site on the Colorado Plateau.
From prehistoric human occupation to today, this
Northern Arizona University page offers a grand overview of The
Canyon and man's impact on it. Here you can learn about some of
the reseach that is being conducted and how some of the issues
of the day are being debated and decided. ...Learn
more here.
The Walking Connection, The Grand Canyon &
Hike For Discovery - History - Future!
The Walking Connection's experience in the Grand
Canyon began more that 20 years ago with the first personal visit
to the Canyon by owners Gene and Jo Ann Taylor. Since 1989 our
company has been leading great hikes in some of the most exciting
destinations in the world. From The Great Wall of China to the
Inca Trail, From New Zealand's North and South Islands to mountains
of Central America, the fjords of eastern Iceland to the islands
of Indonesia -- none have been more beautiful,
exciting or important than the Grand Canyon!
In 2003 we conceived the idea of Conquer The Canyon
and Hike For Discovery and since then have been leading small
hiking groups to this magnificent place. We are proud of our history
with both The Grand Canyon and the Leukemia and Lymphoma Society
and look forward to sharing the Hike For Discovery adventure with
YOU!
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