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Letter from Carl Hayden to L. H. McEllherren detailing the funeral of Hon. M. P. Kinkaid, Chairman of the Committee on Irrigation of Arid Lands as well as Hayden's travel plans for the summer.

Contributors

Hayden, Carl T., Mcellherren, L. H.

Created Date

1922-07-07

Establishment of Grand Canyon National Park

Contributors

Hayden, Carl T., Johns, A.A.

Created Date

1917-03-09

Letter from Ralph H. Cameron asking to speak to Carl Hayden concerning a matter relevant to the bill granting National Park status to the Grand Canyon.

Contributors

Cameron, Ralph H., Hayden, Carl T.

Created Date

1917-12-04

Letter from Carl Hayden to Ralph H. Cameron responding favorably to a request to meet in regards to the bill granting National Park status to the Grand Canyon.

Contributors

Hayden, Carl T., Cameron, Ralph H.

Created Date

1917-12-07

Letter from Ralph H. Cameron to Carl Hayden requesting a delay on the introduction of the Grand Canyon bill until he can meet with himself and Senator Ashurst in Washington.

Contributors

Cameron, Ralph H., Hayden, Carl T.

Created Date

1917-12-08

Letter from Ralph H. Cameron to Carl Hayden thanking him for forwarding Senate Bill No. 390 with the report of March 31st, 1918, and expressing interest in their upcoming meeting in Washington.

Contributors

Cameron, Ralph H., Hayden, Carl T.

Created Date

1918-03-25

Letter from Charles H. Akers to Carl Hayden expressing his support for the National Park bill.

Contributors

Akers, Charles H., Hayden, Carl T.

Created Date

1918-05-21

Letter from Governor George W. P. Hunt to Carl Hayden expressing his support for legislation that would grant National Park status to the Grand Canyon.

Contributors

Hunt, George W. P, Hayden, Carl T.

Created Date

1916-05-25

Letter from Carl Hayden to Governor George W. P. Hunt asking the governor to submit the idea of a national park near the rim of the Grand Canyon to the state legislature during the special session. Hayden mentions the state of Arizona would be charged about $28,800 for the land at $1.25 an acre. W. W. Bass and Bass Camp are also included in the letter.

Contributors

Hayden, Carl T., Hunt, George W. P.

Created Date

1918-04-18

Letter from The Camp Fire Club of America urging Carl Hayden to introduce a bill that would grant National Park status to the Grand Canyon.

Contributors

Gaines, John W., Hayden, Carl T.

Created Date

1914-12-04

Letter from Carl Hayden to the Flagstaff Board of Trade concerning a resolution passed to change the Grand Canyon from a monument to a National Park. Hayden expresses interest in the idea while taking care to protect the water power and mineral resources that are derived from the canyon.

Contributors

Hayden, Carl T., Borg, Willis E.

Created Date

1915-01-03

Letter from Carl Hayden to Tom L. Rees detailing Rees opposition to the establishment of the Grand Canyon as a National Park. Hayden states that he is waiting on a response from Mr. Woolfolk regarding the matter.

Contributors

Hayden, Carl T., Rees, Tom L.

Created Date

1916-05-25

Document outlining Senator Hayden's proposal for national park status. Addresses the issue of miner's and land owner's rights while touting the benefits of tourism. Circa 1915.

Letter from C. T. Woolfolk to Carl Hayden expressing his support for the national park bill.

Contributors

Woolfolk, C.T., Hayden, Carl T.

Created Date

1917-01-06

Letter from Carl Hayden to C. T. Woolfolk thanking him for his support on the proposed bill. Hayden writes that the bill will not be introduced into the current session of Congress as any new legislation would be impossible to pass, but he is optimistic over the bill's future.

Contributors

Hayden, Carl T., Woolfolk, C. T.

Created Date

1917-02-23

Letter from Carl Hayden to Hugh E. Campbell with an enclosed outline map of the proposed boundaries of Grand Canyon National Park.

Contributors

Hayden, Carl T., Campbell, Hugh E.

Created Date

1917-01-27

Letter from attorney Thomas J. Croff to Carl Hayden informing him of the Atchison, Topeka, and Santa Fe railroad company's ownership of land inside the proposed national park boundaries.

Contributors

Croaff, Thomas J., Hayden, Carl T.

Created Date

1917-02-06

Letter from W. W. Bass to Carl Hayden protesting the development of the Grand Canyon into a National Park based on the grounds that the canyon belongs to the people of Arizona and not the federal government. Newspaper clipping of an opinion piece placed in a Wickenburg newspaper by Bass is included.

Contributors

Bass, W. W., Hayden, Carl T.

Created Date

1917-07-16

Letter from W. W. Bass to Carl Hayden urging him to visit the Grand Canyon in order to see what effect the National Park bill would have on the farmers and miners of the Grand Canyon. Bass urges Hayden to "correct a threatening evil" and the monopoly such a proposal would give to the Santa Fe Railway line, includes newspaper clipping.

Contributors

Bass, W. W., Hayden, Carl T.

Created Date

1917-09-22

Letter from W. W. Bass to Carl Hayden opposing the Grand Canyon National Park bill in its current form.

Contributors

Bass, W. W., Hayden, Carl T.

Created Date

1918-03-04

Letter from W. W. Bass to Carl Hayden opposing the Grand Canyon National Park bill in its current form.

Contributors

Bass, W. W., Hayden, Carl T.

Created Date

1918-03-08

Letter from Carl Hayden to W. W. Bass on the recent amendments made to the national park bill.

Contributors

Hayden, Carl T., Bass, W. W.

Created Date

1918-03-26

Letter from W. W. Bass to Carl Hayden arguing for a delay in the national park bill proceedings.

Contributors

Bass, W. W., Hayden, Carl T.

Created Date

1918-04-07

Letter to W. W. Bass from Carl Hayden's secretary informing him of a vote on the national park bill will not be held until December.

Contributors

Bass, W. W., Hayden, Carl T.

Created Date

1918-10-21

Letter from W. W. Bass to Carl Hayden opposing the Grand Canyon National Park bill in its current form.

Contributors

Bass, W. W., Hayden, Carl T.

Created Date

1919-01-27

Letter from Franklin K. Lane to Carl T. Hayden expressing his support for bill S.390 in establishing the Grand Canyon as a National Park.

Contributors

Lane, Franklin K., Hayden, Carl T.

Created Date

1916-02-26

Letter from T. E. Pollock to Carl Hayden expressing his dissatisfaction with the proposed boundaries in the national park bill.

Contributors

Pollock, T. E., Hayden, Carl T.

Created Date

1916-04-13

Letter from T. E. Pollock to Carl Hayden asking his opinion on the proposed boundary lines.

Contributors

Hayden, Carl T., Pollock, T. E.

Created Date

1916-05-25

Letter from W. W. Bass to Carl Hayden requesting a meeting at his camp to discuss the proposed park boundaries when he is attending the Arizona Good Roads Association conference.

Contributors

Bass, W. W., Hayden, Carl T.

Created Date

1915-10-09

Letter from Carl Hayden to W. W. Bass informing Bass that he will not be able to go north to attend the Arizona Good Roads Association conference; however, he assures Bass that his rights as a land owner and miner will be protected.

Contributors

Hayden, Carl T., Bass, W. W.

Created Date

1915-10-12

Letter from Carl Hayden to W. W. Bass asking his opinion on the proposed boundaries of the National Park. GC National Park written on the letter in red pencil.

Contributors

Hayden, Carl T., Bass, W. W.

Created Date

1916-03-17

Letter from Carl Hayden to W. W. Bass asking his opinion on the proposed boundaries of the National Park. GC Natl Park written on the letter in blue pencil.

Contributors

Hayden, Carl T., Bass, W. W.

Created Date

1917-01-27

Letter from W. W. Bass to Carl Hayden stating his vehement opposition to the National Park bill. Bass's concerns include a monopoly by the Santa Fe Railway and a clash between the Native Americans and the Department of the Interior.

Contributors

Bass, W. W., Hayden, Carl T.

Created Date

1917-02-12

Letter from W. W. Bass to Carl Hayden concerning the mining of asbestos in the Grand Canyon.

Contributors

Bass, W. W., Hayden, Carl T.

Created Date

1917-04-30

Letter from Carl Hayden to W. W. Bass concerning the passing of the national park bill. Hayden states that he will try to make the bill as advantageous to Arizona miners and farmers as possible, but the land will either remain as a national monument or become a national park. A postscript is added concerning the land allocated for the Havasupai Tribe.

Contributors

Hayden, Carl T., Bass, W. W.

Created Date

1917-06-28

Letter from W. W. Bass to Carl Hayden lamenting the new regulations placed on his business.

Contributors

Bass, W. W., Hayden, Carl T.

Created Date

1917-07-03

Letter from A. F. Potter to Carl Hayden regarding W. W. Bass's livery permit. Bass's fee to maintain the roads has been reduced to $50 per year, but he will still need to keep his business at least a hundred feet from the Grand Canyon rim so as not to disturb visitors.

Contributors

Potter, A. F., Hayden, Carl T.

Created Date

1917-08-03

Letter from Carl Hayden to W. W. Bass informing him that his contribution for maintaining the roads at the Grand Canyon has been reduced to $50 per year. Hayden also notes that no further action on national park status will be taken until December 1917 during the regular session of congress.

Contributors

Hayden, Carl T., Bass, W. W.

Created Date

1917-08-11

Letter from W. W. Bass to Carl Hayden requesting the boundaries of the park be reconsidered as a large portion of the land is suitable for mining and farming.

Contributors

Bass, W. W., Hayden, Carl T.

Created Date

1918-09-22

Letter from Sanford Rowe and W. W. Bass to Carl Hayden requesting a re-examination on the proposed park boundaries as they are disadvantageous to current land owners surrounding the canyon.

Contributors

Rowe, Sanford, Bass, W. W., Hayden, Carl T.

Created Date

1919-02-12

Letter from W. W. Bass to Carl Hayden written on Bass Camps and Trails stationary. Bass urges Hayden to consider the implications to his farming and mining rights if the bill is passed.

Contributors

Bass, W. W., Hayden, Carl T.

Created Date

1918-10-07

Letter from W. W. Bass to Carl Hayden on the proposed park boundaries which he deems "outrageous' and the effect such a bill could have on Hayden's reelection chances.

Contributors

Bass, W. W., Hayden, Carl T.

Created Date

1918-09-21

Letter from Grand Canyon Postmaster L. L. Ferrall to Carl Hayden regarding the proposed national park bill. Ferrall states that nearly all those who live in the canyon are against it as it gives a monopoly to the railway and hopes that the bill does not start "a war" for Arizona.

Contributors

Ferrall, L. L., Hayden, Carl T.

Created Date

1917-02-13

Letter from Carl Hayden to L. L. Ferrall on the favorable conditions for creating a national park and the prospect of the United States entering WW I.

Contributors

Hayden, Carl T., Ferrall, L. L.

Created Date

1917-02-13

Newspaper article outlining plans for the development of the Grand Canyon into a national park including the building of roads and railways for easier access. The article mentions that grazing, mining, and the development of water power will still be in effect.

Contributors

Tombstone Prospector

Created Date

1917-02-03

Report to accompany S 8250. Calendar No.967; 64th Congress 2nd Session

Contributors

Myers, H. L.

Created Date

1917-02-20

Report to accompany S 390. HR. 65th Congress, 2nd Session Rpt 832. House of Representatives bill for the formation of Grand Canyon National Park with requested amendments.

Contributors

Hayden, Carl T.

Created Date

1918-10-18

Possible press release from Carl Hayden detailing the Grand Canyon National Park bill. Circa 1916.

Letter from C. D. Dawson to Carl Hayden urging him to consider the rights of miners and farmers when drawing up the boundaries for the proposed park.

Contributors

Dawson, C. D., Hayden, Carl T.

Created Date

1916-04-18

Letter from Carl Hayden to Stephen T. Mather regarding certain amendments to the national park bill. Rights regarding the Havasupai Tribe are mentioned.

Contributors

Hayden, Carl T., Mather, Stephen

Created Date

1918-07-03