The Grand Canyon
One of the oldest national parks in the United States is the Grand Canyon National Park. Amongst famous people have a great love for this natural heritage site was Theodore Roosevelt who spent a lot of free time in this part of the country with hiking and hunting past times and was responsible for focusing the nation’s awareness to protect and safeguard the magnificent panorama of The Grand Canyon. Major John Wesley, the Civil War veteran with one arm, fearlessly explored the canyon and the Colorado River. Amongst the first inhabitants of the canyon were Native American tribes that used to live in the canyon’s many caves. Although Garcia Lopez de Cardenas (of Spanish descent) was the first European to see the canyon in 1540, actual exploration of the canyon only occurred during the mid to late 19th century.