Bright Angel Arizona 1:48,000 Topo - May 1906, Reprinted Nov. 1912
The 1:48,000 Bright Angel USGS Topo - edition of May 1906, November 1912.

A November 1912 reprint of a 1906 edition this map covers some of the most frequently visited areas of what will become Grand Canyon National Park.

Compared to previous larger scale USGS Topo maps of the area there are many more named features that will be familiar to modern visitors - but overall there is relatively little shown on the map compared to even the 1927 Reprint (and this is incredibly empty compared to a 2000s era map of this area...).

The Grand Canyon Forest Reserve was declared in 1893, the Grand Canyon Game Preserve in November 1906, the Grand Canyon National Monument n 1908 and Grand Canyon National Park was created in February 1919.

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Created and Updated by Charles Miles on 10/19/2020.