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Grand Canyon
 Websites presented in alphabetical order Grand Canyon Association 
 This organization "supports education, research, and visitor services at Grand Canyon National Park." Its site features a virtual tour of the Grand Canyon and an extensive bibliography of materials about "the Grand Canyon of Arizona and the lower Colorado River corridor between Glen Canyon Dam, Arizona, and the Colorado River delta in Mexico." Also includes images from exhibits held at the Kolb Studio and material about early 20th century photographs by the Kolb brothers. http://www.grandcanyon.org Topics: National Parks & Forests Last updated Jun 8, 2006 Grand Canyon National Park
Detailed information for the traveler to this national park, including maps, lodging, camping, transportation, ranger programs, hiking, mule trips, air tours, weather, sunset and sunrise times, news releases (such as about rescue operations), and more. Provides fact sheets on the Hualapai Tribe and Skywalk, and on the Havasupai Indian Reservation. From the National Park Service. http://www.nps.gov/grca/index.htm Topics: Geography, Geology, National Parks & Forests Last updated Oct 9, 2009 Grand Canyon Skywalk: The Glass Bridge at Grand Canyon
Official website for this glass deck over the rim of the Grand Canyon. It is "the first-ever cantilever shaped glass walkway to suspend more than 4,000 feet above the canyon's floor and extend 70 feet from the canyon's rim." Includes images of construction, a comparison of the length of the skywalk with the height of tall structures, and visitor information. Available in several languages. The skywalk is operated by the Hualapai tribe. http://www.grandcanyonskywalk.com Topics: National Parks & Forests Last updated Apr 28, 2008 Kolb Brothers: Grand Canyon Pioneers
Companion to an Arizona State University television documentary about "Emery and Ellsworth Kolb [who] established and ran a photography business on the South Rim of the Grand Canyon that endured and prospered from 1903 until 1976." Includes a timeline, a map of the Grand Canyon with associate passages from the the Kolbs' writings, and a few Kolb photos of mule parties and the Grand Canyon. Also includes a short bibliography. http://www.azpbs.org/kolb/ Topics: National Parks & Forests, Notable People: Arts & Humanities, Photography Last updated Nov 14, 2006 |
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