Peter Thompson Home & Blacksmith Shop

Historical marker location:

Springerville, Arizona

( Marker is on North Papago Street, 0.2 miles north of Apache Street, on the right when traveling north.)

Marker installed: 2002

The Grand Canyon was not always a national park: The Grand Canyon was first designated a national monument by President Theodore Roosevelt in 1908, and it was not until 1919 that it became a national park. Today, the Grand Canyon is one of the most popular tourist destinations in the world.