The Grand Canyon, Arizona Territory, 1872. White explorers first came upon this canyon of the Colorado river in the 1500s. But Americans ignored it for centuries, seeing it merely as a useless hole in the ground. Then, in 1869, explorer John Wesley Powell made the first journey through the Canyon on the Colorado River. He wrote a riveting account of the expedition and turned the nation’s eyes to the canyon. Suddenly it was not useless, but majestic! It had become the Grand Canyon!

"’Morning, chap! I hear you're looking for me. I'm W.H. Holmes. You must be tired. After all, the Grand Canyon is mighty big. I imagine it took some effort to find me!

"So you want to be an artist.... It was just a few years ago that I studied to be an artist, but I now combine my artistic inclinations with other interests of mine—geology, archaeology, and anthropology."

I want to go to art school!
Where did you study?