West rim

Grand Canyon events

By ConnorCM10
  • Grand Canyon begins to form.
    1 BCE

    Grand Canyon begins to form.

    EDIT. SIX MILLION TO FIVE MILLION YEARS BC. This website says that is an invalid date, but that is the time. This date can not be confirmed, it is a general idea.
  • Period: 500 to 1500

    Anasazi live in Canyon

  • Period: 1200 to

    Havasupai tribe inhabit Canyon

    Relative date.
  • Europeans discover Colorado River
    1539

    Europeans discover Colorado River

  • First Europeans Reach Grand Canyon
    1540

    First Europeans Reach Grand Canyon

    Spanish explorers are the first Europeans to explore the Canyon
  • Grand Canyon Becomes National Forest

    Grand Canyon Becomes National Forest

    Grand Canyon receives federal defense as a national forest via proclamation from Benjamin Harrison
  • Theodore Roosevelt makes Grand Canyon a National Monument

    Theodore Roosevelt makes Grand Canyon a National Monument

    He visited it in 2003 and thought it was really something special
  • Made into a National Park

    Made into a National Park

  • Grand Canyon Skywalk construction begins

    Grand Canyon Skywalk construction begins

  • Grand Canyon Skywalk opens to tourists

    Grand Canyon Skywalk opens to tourists

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