Welcome historians and
Grand Canyon enthusiasts !


The Grand Canyon Historical Society is a non-profit corporation under IRS Code 501(c)(3), whose mission is to study and preserve the history of sites, historical photographs and artifacts of Grand Canyon and surrounding areas; and to support the restoration of sites and buildings at Grand Canyon National Park.

The Grand Canyon Historical Society was founded in 1984 in Flagstaff. Originally called the Grand Canyon Pioneers Society, the name was changed in 2002.

__About the GCHS

Membership
Membership is open to any person interested in the historical, educational, and charitable purposes of the Grand Canyon Historical Society. Online payments accepted... You can start or renew your membership and/or make a Scholarship donation online! Go to Membership page to see how.

Outings/Programs Calendar
Members meet monthly for a program or to visit a historic site. The Grand Canyon Historical Society is an informal and congenial group who has fun and learns about the area at the same time. 

Publications
The Grand Canyon Historical Society publishes and preserves information concerning upcoming and past events of the group along with letters and articles written by members; and stories of old time happenings at Grand Canyon written by members giving tales of Grand Canyon never found in history books.

Scholarship 
The Grand Canyon Historical Society awards a $1,000 scholarship to a graduate student at Northern Arizona University for use in research of the Grand Canyon area.

Awards
Grand Canyon Pioneer Award is presented by the Grand Canyon Historical Society. Grand Canyon Hall of Fame Award for Community Service is presented by the Grand Canyon Historical Society and the National Park Service Grand Canyon. 

Collections & Restoration Projects
The Grand Canyon Historical Society has established a collection of historical materials in the "Special Collections" area at the Northern Arizona University's Cline Library in Flagstaff, Arizona, where letters, papers and photographs are cataloged and stored archivally for research. 

The Grand Canyon Historical Society organizes clean up projects or provides support to members who work on the restoration/preservation of sites and buildings.

_2017 History Symposium
The 4th Grand Canyon History Symposium in 2017? Remember, it only takes 6 weeks for this event to sell out! So, come back in early 2016 to be considered as a presenter, and in October 2016 to register for the event. You won't want to miss it, again. [All dates are estimates at this time.]


GC Events, Social Media & Lectures

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Friend Us On Facebook
The GCHS is on Facebook... posting historical trivia and information on upcoming events at or about the Grand Canyon and its pioneers.

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Grand Canyon History Forum on Yahoo! 
Join other Grand Canyon history buffs online by joining the Grand Canyon History Forum on Yahoo! Groups.
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Grand Canyon Community Lecture Series 
The Grand Canyon Association and Grand Canyon Field Institute host a wide-range of events for members, class participants, and the general public. The Community Lecture Series Events are held in Flagstaff, Prescott, and Glendale.

GCHS Store Front

Shop for CGHS Gear

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_We are pleased to announce that GCHS t-shirts and other logo gear are available and ready for purchase. We have created a GCHS online store front on CafePress (the leading print-on-demand merchandise site) with gear using our new Desert View watchtower and Canyon of Books images that James Hayford generously created for us.
_Links 
Links of interest to Grand Canyon and history buffs, including a link to the best Grand Canyon reference site: Bibliography of the Grand Canyon and Lower Colorado River for materials published between 1540 and the present.

FAQs 
The most frequently asked question we receive is...