More than 800 million years ago, an upheaval in the earth’s crust began forming the circular shaped Colorado Plateau. Six million years ago, the Colorado River carved a path through the plateau creating a gigantic gorge” (“Grand Canyon National Park”). Who would have thought that a huge gorge could become into a beautiful national park? When people saw the Grand Canyon’s beautiful and historic scenery, they though it was amazing. Do you want to know how it became a national park? The United States twenty- sixth, “President Theodore Roosevelt first visited The Grand Canyon in 1903. Teddy Roosevelt proclaimed it “one of the great sights that every American should see. The Grand Canyon was classified “as a national monument by Roosevelt in 1908 and became a national park in 1919” (“Grand Canyon National Park”). There were many national parks before The Grand Canyon in the United States. This monument “was the seventeenth national park to be established in the United …show more content…
However, this monument “was the seventeenth national park to be established in the United States” (“Grand Canyon Fun Facts for Kids”). You are probably astonished by The Grand Canyon’s history, already. You are probably very studious and eager in knowing the fortunate, lucky, and blessed owner who gets to have this monument right beside them. Do not feel somber or disappointed that you cannot have this national park right beside you, because we should be very thankful and appreciated that The Grand Canyon is in our very own state. The Grand Canyon is located in the U.S. state, Arizona. Furthermore, the age of the Grand Canyon is pretty unclear. Although, it started forming little by little millions and billions of years ago, the age is still not accurate. Researchers still try to prove theories and give explanations, but they all state something different. Some say it was billions of years ago, while others say it was only a few million years ago. The Grand Canyon’s length “is 277 miles or 446 kilometers, its width is 18 miles or 29 kilometers across, its narrowest point is 4 miles or 6.4 kilometers across, and its depth is 6000 feet or 1,800 meters (“Grand Canyon Facts for