“Now we have to, because of the Escalade.” When Teddy Roosevelt declared the Grand Canyon a national monument, in 1908, he famously said: “Leave it as it is. You cannot improve on i ...

Despite losing four men and two boats, the expedition was a success and brought the Grand Canyon to national attention. The canyon, (Theodore) Roosevelt said, is "the one great sight which every ...

It will take all of us to tell Trump to take a hike … in Utah, Arizona, Colorado or really anywhere in the U.S. where the value of these parks is apparent the moment you pass the entrance sign. As ...

As a sickly young boy in New York City, Theodore Roosevelt learned taxidermy ... create 18 national monuments, including the Grand Canyon; set aside 51 federal bird sanctuaries, four national ...

now part of the Grand Canyon National Park. Former President Theodore Roosevelt rides a horse in the Grand Canyon in Arizona in 1903. | Underwood & Underwood via the Library of Congress The ...

President Theodore Roosevelt leveraged the Antiquities Act of 1906 to proclaim the Grand Canyon as ...