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Grand Canyon National Park Act
Great Seal of the United States
Long titleAn Act To establish the Grand Canyon National Park in the State of Arizona.
Enacted bythe 65th United States Congress
Legislative history
  • Introduced in the House as S. 390
  • Signed into law by President Woodrow Wilson on February 26, 1919

The Grand Canyon National Park Act, 65th Congress, was the U.S. federal law that established Grand Canyon National Park as the nation's seventeenth national park. It was signed into law on February 26, 1919, by President Woodrow Wilson.[1]

  1. ^ Anderson, Michael F. (2000). "Becoming a National Park: 1882-1919" (PDF). Polishing the Jewel: An Administrative History of Grand Canyon National Park. Grand Canyon Association. Retrieved March 8, 2015.

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