“He then offered one of the most infamous pronouncements that has ever been made about the Grand Canyon: ‘Ours has been the first, and will doubtless be the last, party of whites to visit this profitless locality. It seems intended by nature that the Colorado River, along the greater portion of its lonely and majestic way, shall be forever unvisited and undisturbed.’” In October of this year, (2022) I was able to go on a rafting trip down the upper section of the Grand Canyon. […]