Continuing my sharing of
some amazing photos of the Grand Canyon, taken recently by my friends Tom and
Laura Barreras from Bend, Oregon, we thank Almighty God for giving us such
beauty on our planet. While some aspects about the history of
incision of the canyon are debated by geologists, several
recent studies support the hypothesis that the Colorado River established its
course through the area about 5 to 6 million years ago. For thousands of years, the area has been
continuously inhabited by Native Americans,
who built settlements within the canyon and its many caves. The Pueblo people considered the Grand Canyon a holy site,
and made pilgrimages to
it. The first European known to have viewed the Grand Canyon was Garcia Lopez de Cardenas from
Spain, who arrived in 1540.
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