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103-Year-Old Junior Ranger After first hearing this on NPR, I had to share this wonderful, uplifting story. While Grand Canyon National Park is celebrating its centennial this year, Rose Torphy one-upped the park by celebrating her 103rd …
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Happy 100th Birthday Grand Canyon! It is Grand Canyon's 100th Birthday today! Although President Theodore Roosevelt declared Grand Canyon a national monument on January 11, 1908, it was President Woodrow Wilson that gave the park its protective …
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Finally some great news from the Department of the Interior. Christine “Chris” Lehnertz will resume her duties as superintendent of Grand Canyon National Park following the completion of an investigation by the Office of the Inspector General (OIG). …
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Unless cooler heads prevail in the nation’s capital, Grand Canyon National Park will begin its Centennial year with a whimper due to the partial government shutdown that began on December 22. Though the South Rim is open to visitation (including …
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Take a fresh two inches of winter powder, add an exquisitely sculpted cloud bank, and throw a few rays of pinprick sunlight on the signature rock formations, and…voila! You have a valentine greeting from the canyon that would be hard to top. The …
Continue Reading about Move over Godiva: Canyon Serves up a Visual Valentine
