However, the President won handily, 219 electoral votes to 49 for Clay, 11 for Floyd, and 7 for Wirt. Van Buren would follow Jackson to the presidency four years later, but he would have to deal with Jackson's bank stance, which caused the economic Panic of 1837. Citations Address of the National Republican Convention to the People of the United States, Baton Rouge Gazette, January 21, 1832, 2.
Credit: National Park Service. View full size image. The Grand Canyon is indeed a very big hole in the ground. It is 277 miles (446 km) long, up to 18 miles (29 km) wide and more than a mile (6,000 feet / 1,800 meters) deep. It is the result of constant erosion by the Colorado River over millions of years.t is 277 miles (446 km) long, up to 18 miles (29 km) wide and more than a mile (6,000 feet / 1,800 meters) deep. It is the result of constant erosion by the Colorado River over millions of years.
By that standard, Grand Canyon is 277 miles (446 km) long. It begins at Lees Ferry (mile 0)-and ends at the Grand Wash Cliffs (mile 277 (km 446). The Colorado River is longer, of course (1450 miles (2333 km) long) from the Rocky Mountains of Colorado to the Gulf of California in Mexico.Grand Canyon is only one of many beautiful canyons which the river has carved.he Colorado River, which flows through the canyon, drains water from seven states, but the feature we know as Grand Canyon is entirely in Arizona. Most of Grand Canyon lies within Grand Canyon National Park and is managed by the National Park Service.