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	Grand Canyon National Park 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

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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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? In Grand Canyon, the broad, sandy expanse on the north bank of the Colorado River is Unkar Delta, composed of rock debris carried from the North Rim by Unkar Creek. Prehistoric Pueblo people occupied numerous sites on Unkar Delta and along Unkar Creek for about 350 years (A.D. 850 to A.D. 1200)

Last Updated: September 11, 2007 at 17:43 EST