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Ranger Minute - Yavapai Museum (wmv)

Ranger Minutes are short audiocasts or videocasts in which a park ranger shares interesting stories and information about Grand Canyon National Park.
 
Yavapai Observation Station, May 2007
Yavapai Observation Station

September 2007 - 3:10

The Yavapai Point Trailside Museum was created in 1928 for the observation and understanding of Grand Canyon geology. In this Ranger Minute, Ranger Paul Mayer takes us on a virtual tour of the museum's new exhibits and shows some of the interesting features that can been seen through the building's large picture windows.
 
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Geology Exhibits at Yavapai Observation Station.
 
View pictures and read more about the May 24, 2007 rededication of the historic Yavapai Observation Station.

Learn more about Interpretive Ranger Programs this fall at Grand Canyon National Park. September 4 - November 30, 2007. Includes North and South Rims, Desert View and Phantom Ranch. 

Did You Know?

THEODORE ROOSEVELT AT THE GRAND CANYON

President Theodore Roosevelt said of Grand Canyon, "Leave it as it is. The ages have been at work on it, and man can only mar it. What you can do is to keep it for your children, your children's children, and for all who come after you, as one of the great sights which every American should see."