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How did the Grand Canyon get it's name?
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How did the Grand Canyon get it's name?

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it was named by Powell its foot at the entrance of Nonnow valley and its length of 238 miles he named it the grand canyon on his first trip
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The grand canyon got his name from from John Wesley Powell.
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