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" The Grand Canyon : "
Randy Moore and Kara Felicia Witt.
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BL
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854331
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Moore, Randy
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The Grand Canyon : : an encyclopedia of geography, history, and culture /\ Randy Moore and Kara Felicia Witt.
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Santa Barbara, California :: ABC-CLIO,, [2018]
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1 online resource (xliii, 391 pages)
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1610698401
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: 9781610698405
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9781610698399
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Includes bibliographical references and index.
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Cover; Title Page; Copyright; Dedication; Contents; Preface; Acknowledgments; Introduction; Chronology of Human History at Grand Canyon; Grand Canyon at a Glance; Part I: Thematic Essays; Grand Canyon's Ancient Beginnings: The Proterozoic Eon; The "Postcard Rocks" of Grand Canyon: The Paleozoic Era; How the Colorado River Carved Grand Canyon; Grand Canyon's First People; Tribes That Call Grand Canyon Their Home; John Wesley Powell; Whose Canyon Is It?; Whose Water Is It?; The Colorado River's Historic Sites; Grand Canyon and Modern Christian Fundamentalism; The Future of Grand Canyon.
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Desert ViewDinosaurs; Domínguez and Escalante; Dutton, Clarence; Eddy, Clyde; El Tovar Hotel; Evolution; Fire Towers; Fish; Flavell, George; Frazier, Russell; Galloway, Nathan; Gannett, Henry; Garcés, Francisco Tomás; Gateways to Grand Canyon; Geology along the River; Goldwater, Barry; Grand Canyon Depot; Grand Canyon Museum; Grand Canyon Natural History Association; Grand Canyon Village; Grand Canyon West; Grandview Point; Grandview Trail; Great Deer Run; Hamblin, Jacob; Hance, John; Hance Trails; Harvey, Fred, and the Harvey Girls; Hatch, Robert "Bus; Hermit Trail; Hermits Rest.
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Historic Sites Act of 1935Hogan, Dan; Holmes, William Henry; Holmstrom, Haldane "Buzz; Hopi House; Hopi Point; Hyde, Glen and Bessie; Ives, Joseph Christmas; James, George Wharton; Kaibab Plateau and Kaibab National Forest; Ken Patrick Trail; Kolb, Ellsworth and Emery; Kolb Studio; Lake Mead and Hoover Dam; Lake Powell and Glen Canyon Dam; Lava Falls Trail; Lees Ferry; Lipan Point; Little Colorado River; Litton, Martin; Loper, Bert; "Lost Worlds; Marble Canyon; Marble Canyon Dam; Maricopa Point; Marston, Otis "Dock; Mather, Stephen; Mather Point; Matthes, François; McKee, Edwin "Eddie.
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Mission 66Moran, Thomas; Moran Point; Motorboats in Grand Canyon National Park; Mules; Nankoweap Canyon; National Park Service; Navajo Bridge; Navajo Point; Nevills, Norman; Newberry, John Strong; North Kaibab Trail; North Rim; O'Neill, William Owen "Buckey; Owens, James "Uncle Jim; Parachuting into Grand Canyon; Patraw, Pauline "Polly; Pattie, James; Phantom Ranch; Pima Point; Pioneer Cemetery and Other Gravesites; Place-Names in Grand Canyon; Point Imperial; Point Sublime; Postage Stamps; Powell Point; Railroad; Rapids; Reilly, Plez "P. T.; Religious Books and Scripture Plaques; Rim Trail.
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Part II: Topical EntriesAirplanes and Helicopters; Akin, Louis; Antiquities Act of 1906; Bass, William and Ada; Bass Trails and Bass Camp; Berry, Peter; Birdseye, Claude; Boucher, Louis; Bridge Canyon Dam; Bright Angel Lodge; Bright Angel Trail; Bright Angels; Brighty, the North Rim Burro; Brown, Frank; Buggeln, Martin; California Condors; Cameron, Ralph; Cape Final and Cape Final Trail; Cape Royal and Cape Royal Trail; Cárdenas, García López de; Cattalo, Buffalo, and Pearl Gray; Civilian Conservation Corps; Clark, Georgie White; Colter, Mary Elizabeth Jane; Dellenbaugh, Frederick.
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This encyclopedia examines the Grand Canyon and the native peoples who have survived there for centuries, the explorers who charted its vast expanses and the challenges that Grand Canyon National Park faces. Describes people, places, stories, and issues associated with the Grand Canyon as well as the scientific, religious, and social contexts of events that have made it what it is. Includes a chronology of human history, an "at a glance" section, and fact-based sidebars.
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HISTORY-- United States-- State Local-- General.
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Grand Canyon (Ariz.), Encyclopedias.
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Grand Canyon National Park (Ariz.), Encyclopedias.
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Arizona, Grand Canyon National Park.
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Arizona, Grand Canyon.
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979.1/32003
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F788.M66 2018
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Witt, Kara Felicia
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