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- All Subjects: Eakin, John Ross, 1879-1946
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- Member of: 100 Years of Grand: The Grand Canyon Centennial Project
- Status: Published
Amendments to the bill establishing the Grand Canyon a National Monument. Circa 1908.
Travel statistics for Grand Canyon National Park.
Press release comparing visitor attendance to the park by year. A 26 percent increase from 1923 to 1924 is noted.
Letter from Carl Hayden to W. W. Bass concerning the passing of the national park bill. Hayden states that he will try to make the bill as advantageous to Arizona miners and farmers as possible, but the land will either remain as a national monument or become a national park. A postscript is added concerning the land allocated for the Havasupai Tribe.
Letter from W. W. Bass to Carl Hayden requesting the boundaries of the park be reconsidered as a large portion of the land is suitable for mining and farming.
Letter from Carl T. Hayden to J. R. Eakin regarding changes to the Grand Canyon National Park boundaries and the purchase of lands from William Randolph Hearst.
Letter from J. R. Eaking to the National Park Service director about changes to the Grand Canyon National Park boundaries, and access to water near the Buggeln property on Desert View road.
Press release from J. R. Eakin about construction of Desert View Road.