THE ORIGIN OF AMERICAN STATE NAMES 



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Photograph from X. H. Darton 



THE GRAND CANYON OF THE COLORADO 



Joaquin Miller, the poet, said of this scene : "Looking down more than half a mile into 

 this i5-by-2i8-mile paint pot, I continually ask, 'Is any fifty miles of Mother Earth that I 

 have known as fearful, as full of glory, as full of God?'" 



