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History Of The Grand Canyon

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The Grand Canyon is one of the most famous and popular tourist attractions in North America. This canyon is a part of the Grand Canyon National Park in Arizona. The canyon brings in loads of profit for the government, but it is not the only one of its kind. In Lumpkin, Georgia, there is also a canyon. This land form is called Providence Canyon. Locals from around the area knew of this beautiful, sandstone formation and decided to name it, "Little Grand Canyon." This beauty of nature brought in many locals and through time began to attract national attention. Since this canyon was attracting so much attention, local government officials saw the opportunity to make a profit off the canyon and there by request to turn it into …show more content…

In the early 1800s, farmers moved into the area and started growing the time period's most profitable crop in the southern area of the country, cotton. They moved in, cut down the trees, and started plowing and planting their seeds in long straight lines. Of course, the farmers did not realize at the time, that their methods of farming were damaging the property. These traditional farming methods were initiating a string of events that would drastically change the landscape. Had the farmers known about land preservation techniques such as rotating the crops in the field every year, growing cover crops to protect the soil, and plowing the soil with the contour method, the landscape would have never been altered and the canyon would not be there today. However, these methods were not fully developed until 100 years later, and so the farmers just used the best knowledge they had at the time. In 1933, the government made a decision not to make Providence Canyon a national park. I believe that the government should have had a different vote. Since the canyon is only a state park, many people have never heard of it, and do not even know that it even exists. Providence Canyon is a beautiful sight and more people should be able to experience its breathing views and form. By making it a national park, the federal government could have turned Providence Canyon into the next big attraction in

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