GRAND CANYON
Circular of General Information
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Rules and Regulations

THE following summary of rules is intended as a guide for all park visitors. You are respectfully requested to facilitate the best in park administration by carefully observing the regulations. Complete regulations may be seen at the office of the Superintendent.

Preservation of Natural Features
The first law of a national park is preservation. Disturbance, injury, or destruction in any way of natural features, including trees, flowers, and other vegetation, rocks, and all wildlife, is strictly prohibited. Penalties are imposed for removing fossils and Indian remains, such as arrowheads, etc.

Camps
Camp or lunch only in designated areas. All rubbish that will burn should be disposed of in camp fires. Garbage cans are provided for noninflammable refuse. Wood and water are provided in all designated camp grounds.

Fires
Fires are absolutely prohibited except in designated spots. Do not go out of sight of your camp, even for a few moments, without making sure that your fire is either out entirely or being watched.

Dogs, Cats, or other Domestic Animals
Such animals are prohibited on Government lands within the park except as allowed through permission of the Superintendent, secured from park rangers at entrances.

Automobiles

The speed limit of 35 miles an hour is rigidly enforced. Park drives are wide and smoothly surfaced. It should always be remembered that each driver's own carefulness and responsibility to others is the greatest safety factor involved. The fee for an automobile permit is $1.

Extreme caution should be taken while driving along the park roads. Squirrels are tame and their existence is imperiled by fast driving. Many deer range the forest and sometimes the highways, and care should be taken not to hit them.

Trail Travel
Hikers and riders shall not make short cuts, but shall confine themselves to the trails at all times. Saddle animals have the right-of-way over pedestrians. The latter will take the outer side of the trail whenever possible and shall stand quietly until animals have passed.

Hunting
Hunting within the park boundaries is prohibited. No firearms are allowed except as provided for through permission of the Superintendent, secured from park rangers at entrances.

Fishing
From June 1 to September 30, inclusive, fishing is allowed in certain park streams. A State of Arizona license is required.

Park Rangers
Park rangers are public servants. They are here to answer your questions and otherwise help you in every possible way. Help them to serve you better by observing these regulations.

Carelessness breeds destruction—Take no chances.



Events
OF HISTORICAL IMPORTANCE
1540Don Lopez de Cardenas, with a party of 12 men, members of Coronado's expedition from Mexico, discovered the Grand Canyon.
1776Father Garces and Father Escalante, Spanish padres, led exploring parties into the Grand Canyon region.
1826First Americans visited the Grand Canyon. James O. Pattie, beaver trapper, and his father followed the South Rim from west to east.
1858First Government exploring party visited the Grand Canyon region. Lieutenant Ives and party from the War Department traveled by steamboat up the Colorado River to Black Canyon (in which Boulder Dam is located), thence overland along the south side of Grand Canyon.
1869Maj. J. W. Powell made the first successful boat trip down the Colorado River.
1890-91The Bright Angel Trail, following an old Indian route, was constructed by a group of prospectors.
1892Capt. John Hance built a cabin east of Grand View. It was the first house on the rim of Grand Canyon.
1897Grand View Hotel opened. A stage using three changes of horses brought visitors from Flagstaff, 72 miles distant, in 12 hours.
1898Bucky O'Neil, one of Colonel Roosevelt's Rough Riders, built a cabin at Rowe Well, 3 miles west of Grand Canyon village. The cabin still stands.
1900The Bright Angel Hotel was established. One cabin and tents.
1901September 18, first passenger train to the Grand Canyon.
1903-4F. E. Matthes made the United States Geological Survey map of the Bright Angel section of Grand Canyon and named many of the temples and buttes.
1904Hotel El Tovar was built.
1905Uncle Jimmy Owens came into the Kaibab Forest as a lion hunter. In following years Uncle Jimmy killed several hundred lions along the North Rim.
1908Theodore Roosevelt, as President of the United States, made Grand Canyon a national monument.
1919Grand Canyon created a national park by act of Congress.
1921The old Dave Rust aerial tram, across the Colorado River at the mouth of Bright Angel Creek, was replaced by a suspension bridge. This structure was later (1928) replaced by the present bridge.
1924Fossil footprints were discovered in the Grand Canyon.
1928The Kaibab Trail was opened to the public on May 21.
1929Navajo Bridge, across the Colorado River, 7 miles downstream from Lee's Ferry, was built.
1935New Navahopi Road to Cameron completed.

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