Grand Canyon National Park

P.O. Box 129
Grand Canyon, AZ 86023
Phone: 928-638-7888

Grand Canyon National Park is one of the United States' oldest national parks and is located in Arizona. Within the park lies the Grand Canyon, a gorge of the Colorado River, considered to be one of the major natural wonders of the world. The park covers 1,902 square miles of unincorporated area in Coconino County and Mohave County.

1. Although first afforded Federal protection in 1893 as a Forest Reserve and later as a National Monument. When did it become a National Monument?

• January 11, 1908
• January 11, 1909
• January 11, 1910

2. Grand Canyon did not achieve National Park status until 1919, It was three years after the creation of the National Park Service that it became a National Park. What was the date it achieved the status?

• February 26, 1917
• February 26, 1918
• February 26, 1919

3. Today Grand Canyon National Park receives 4,413,668 (in 2007) visitors each year. What was the visitation in 1919?

• 44,173
• 144,173
• 444,173

4. When it because a National Park, there were no utilities other than those of the Santa Fe Railroad, which were antiquated and inadequate, and a rickety, 30-mile-long telephone system inherited from the forest service. There were no automotive roads inside park boundaries or within a 200-mile radius other than the National Old Trails Highway (U.S. 66) 70 miles to the south and the Arrowhead Highway (U.S. 91) more than 100 miles to the northwest.

• True or False?

5. The El Tovar Hotel, also known simply as El Tovar, is a former Harvey House situated just 20 feet from the south rim of the Grand Canyon in Arizona. The hotel was designed by Charles Whittlesey, Chief Architect for the Atchison, Topeka, and Santa Fe Railway and in the chain of hotels and restaurants owned and operated by the Fred Harvey Company in conjunction with the Atchison, Topeka and Santa Fe Railway (Santa Fe). When did the hotel open?

• 1905
• 1910
• 1915

6. Bucky O'Neill Cabin was built during the 1890s by William Owen O'Neill. He built the cabin because of a copper deposit that was nearby. This cabin is the longest continually standing structure in the South Rim.

• True or False?

7. Desert View Watchtower is a 70-foot-high stone building located on the South Rim of the Grand Canyon within Grand Canyon National Park in Arizona, United States. The four-story structure, completed in 1932. Who designed Desert View Watchtower?

• Jean Peterson
• Mary Colter
• Mary Harvey

8. The Bright Angel Trail is a hiking trail located in Grand Canyon National Park. What is the length of the trail?

• 8.1 miles
• 16.2 miles
• 24.4 miles

9. Who was the first European known to have viewed the Grand Canyon was from Spain, who arrived in 1540.

• Garcia Lopez de Cardenas
• Wayne Fontana
• Francisco Vazquez de Coronado

10. In 1869, a one-armed Civil War veteran, made the first recorded journey through the canyon on the Colorado River. Powell referred to the sedimentary rock units exposed in the canyon as "leaves in a great story book." Who was the Civil War veteran?

• Major John Wesley Powell
• Major John Wesley Harden
• Lt. Virgil Earp

Grand Canyon National Park
[Answers]

1. January 11, 1908
2. February 26, 1919
3. 44,173
4. True
5. 1905
6. True
7. Mary Colter
8. 8.1 miles
9. Garcia Lopez de Cardenas
10. Major John Wesley Powell

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