Grand Canyon is a steep-cliff ravine, carved by the Colorado River, in northern Arizona. This gulf is one of the Seven Wonders of the World
and mostly located in the Grand Canyon National Park; one of the first national parks in the United States. President Theodore Roosevelt is one of the main supporters of the Grand Canyon area, visiting on numerous occasions to hunt mountain lion and enjoy the incredible natural scenery.
Grand Canyon was first seen by Europeans in 1540, García López de Cárdenas from Spain. The first scientific expedition to the canyon was led by U.S. Major John Wesley Powell in the late 1870s. Powell pointed to the sedimentary rocks exposed in the gap as "leaves in a great story book". However, long before that time, the region has been inhabited by Native Americans who built the residence in the walls of the ravine.
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