Five Things to Know:
1. The Grand Canyon was first discovered by Spaniards who were looking for a city of gold. This was eighty years before the Pilgrims- around 1540.
2. When the Spanish got to the Grand Canyon, they saw the bottom of the canyon with water in it. From above they thought it was six feet across but it was really fifty times that wide..
3. In 1869, an explorer named Major Powell who only had one arm went down the Colorado River with three boats and nine men.
4. During the voyage, three of the men wanted to get off because of the danger but when they got to the top of the canyon, Indians found them and put them to death.
5. The Grand Canyon is a mile deep, 18 miles wide and 277 miles long. It is located in the state of Arizona.
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