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ContributorsBass, W. W. (Author)
Created1918-09-22
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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.

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ContributorsPage, John H. (Author)
Created1917-02-03
Description

Letter from John Page to Carl Hayden concerning the future of property ownership within the proposed boundaries of the national park.

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ContributorsBass, W. W. (Author)
Created1917-04-30
Description

Letter from W. W. Bass to Carl Hayden concerning the mining of asbestos in the Grand Canyon.

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ContributorsBass, W. W. (Author)
Created1917-09-22
Description

Letter from W. W. Bass to Carl Hayden urging him to visit the Grand Canyon in order to see what effect the National Park bill would have on the farmers and miners of the Grand Canyon. Bass urges Hayden to "correct a threatening evil" and the monopoly such a proposal

Letter from W. W. Bass to Carl Hayden urging him to visit the Grand Canyon in order to see what effect the National Park bill would have on the farmers and miners of the Grand Canyon. Bass urges Hayden to "correct a threatening evil" and the monopoly such a proposal would give to the Santa Fe Railway line, includes newspaper clipping.

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ContributorsCroaff, Thomas J. (Author)
Created1917-02-06
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Letter from attorney Thomas J. Croff to Carl Hayden informing him of the Atchison, Topeka, and Santa Fe railroad company's ownership of land inside the proposed national park boundaries.

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ContributorsHayden, Carl T. (Author)
Created1917-02-23
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Letter from Carl Hayden to C. T. Woolfolk thanking him for his support on the proposed bill. Hayden writes that the bill will not be introduced into the current session of Congress as any new legislation would be impossible to pass, but he is optimistic over the bill's future.

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ContributorsCameron, Ralph H. (Author)
Created1917-12-08
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Letter from Ralph H. Cameron to Carl Hayden requesting a delay on the introduction of the Grand Canyon bill until he can meet with himself and Senator Ashurst in Washington.

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Created1935
DescriptionBlack and white print Benjamin and Lillie Freye at overlook.
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Created1935
DescriptionBlack and white print Harriet and Benjamin Freye at overlook.
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ContributorsVan Bradt, Denver, Co. (Photographer)
Created1935
DescriptionBlack and white print of Lillie and Harriet Freye riding mules below Elephant's Feet landform.