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| Above, the Desert View Watchtower. Photo by Armand Vaquer. |
Back in 1983, I took a solo trip into the Four Corners region of the U.S. One of my stops was at the South Rim of the Grand Canyon National Park.
While there, I stopped at the Desert View Watchtower. At the time, it housed a gift shop and I bought myself a leather belt that lasted ten years.
I visited it again during my 2016 Metropolis, Illinois trip.
Today, it is to be made a cultural site.
According to the San Francisco Chronicle:
GRAND CANYON NATIONAL PARK, Ariz. (AP) — Officials at the Grand Canyon say they're expanding programming at a historic watchtower where visitors can learn about Native American culture.
The National Park Service's Intermountain Region signed off on the plan last month.
The Desert View Watchtower near the east entrance of Grand Canyon gives visitors expansive views of the painted desert and the Little Colorado River Gorge. It had housed a gift shop up until 2015 when the Park Service turned it into a cultural heritage site.
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| Above, a view of the Watchtower from one of the Grand Canyon overlooks. Photo by Armand Vaquer. |
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