Grand Canyon National Park Act Explained

Shorttitle:	Grand Canyon National Park Act
Longtitle:	An Act To establish the Grand Canyon National Park in the State of Arizona.
Enacted By:	65th
Introducedin:	House
Signedpresident:	Woodrow Wilson
Signeddate:	February 26, 1919

The Grand Canyon National Park Act, 65th Congress, was the U.S. federal law that established Grand Canyon National Park as the nation's seventeenth national park. It was signed into law on February 26, 1919, by President Woodrow Wilson.^[1]

See also

• List of national parks of the United States
• National Park Service
• United States Department of the Interior

External links

• U.S. Statutes at Large, Vol. 40, Part 1, Chap. 44, pp. 1175-78. "An Act To establish the Grand Canyon National Park in the State of Arizona." S. 390, Public Act No. 277

Notes and References

1. Book: Anderson, Michael F. . 2000 . Becoming a National Park: 1882-1919 . http://www.nps.gov/grca/learn/historyculture/upload/chapter1.pdf . Polishing the Jewel: An Administrative History of Grand Canyon National Park . Grand Canyon Association . March 8, 2015.