A reprint of a newspaper article detailing initial studies of the land surrounding Grand Canyon and a nearby petrified forest to determine if the land is suitable to be made into a national park. The study, directed by the Department of the Interior, would protect these Arizona lands from the future “relic hunter.”

Collection

Grand Canyon National Park

Creation Date

1898-10-29

Creator(s)

Unknown

Language

English

Period

(1919-present) Theodore Roosevelt and Public Memory

Page Count

1

Production Method

Printed

Record Type

Image

Resource Type

Newspaper article

Citation

Cite this Record

Chicago:

Study begins to make Grand Canyon into national park. [October 29, 1898]. Grand Canyon National Park.
https://www.theodorerooseveltcenter.org/digital-library/o311166. Theodore Roosevelt Digital Library. Dickinson State University.

MLA:

Unknown. Study begins to make Grand Canyon into national park. [29 Oct. 1898]. Image.
Grand Canyon National Park. Theodore Roosevelt Digital Library. Dickinson State University. August 3, 2026. https://www.theodorerooseveltcenter.org/digital-library/o311166.

APA:

Unknown., [1898, October 29]. Study begins to make Grand Canyon into national park.
Grand Canyon National Park. Theodore Roosevelt Digital Library. Dickinson State University.
Retrieved from https://www.theodorerooseveltcenter.org/digital-library/o311166.

Cite this Collection

Chicago:

Grand Canyon National Park. https://www.theodorerooseveltcenter.org/collection/grand-canyon-national-park. Theodore Roosevelt Digital Library. Dickinson State University.

MLA:

Grand Canyon National Park. Theodore Roosevelt Digital Library. Dickinson State University. August 3, 2026. https://www.theodorerooseveltcenter.org/collection/grand-canyon-national-park.

APA:

Grand Canyon National Park. Theodore Roosevelt Digital Library. Dickinson State University. Retrieved from https://www.theodorerooseveltcenter.org/collection/grand-canyon-national-park.