Where, when and from whom did the Grand Canyon get it's name?

Answer 1

Nobody really knows for certain who used the term 'Grand Canyon' for the first time, but it was explorer John W. Powell who pushed the name into common usage.

Prior to the arrival of Europeans, there were a number of Native American tribes in the area with different place names. Many of them did not have a name for the whole canyon itself, but rather specific names for specific places in and around the canyon. Powell noted that the Pah Ute indians on the North Rim referred to the area as 'Kaibab' which means 'mountain lying down'.

In the 1770s, the Spanish missionary and explorer, Garces named it 'Puerto de Bucareli' after a Spanish official. Early American explorers called it 'Big Canyon' and 'Great Canyon'. The first known published use of the term 'Grand Canyon' was on an 1868 survey report by Willam J. Palmer and Samuel Bowles.

In 1969, Major John Wesley Powell made the first documented successful trip through the canyon by river. In 1875, he published a widely-read report entitled "The Exploration of the Colorado River and Its Canyons" in which he frequently refers to the canyon as the Grand Canyon (or Grand Canon). The name pretty much stuck after that and was later made 'official' by the United States Geographical Board.

Answer 2

The grand Canyon is not the wonder you are looking for. You are not smart enough to compete. Throw your book in the trash!!

Answer 3

The native Americans named it. Loosely translated it's name means upside down mountain.