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National parks, monuments, natural reserves, historic sites of Arizona. Pages with photos are indicated with (pictures).
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Chinle
Casa Grande Ruins (pictures)
Coolidge
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Willcox
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Hereford
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Willcox
Grand Canyon (pictures)
Grand Canyon
Hohokam Pima
Coolidge
Hubbell Trading Post (pictures)
Ganado
Juan Bautista De Anza National Historic Trail
Nogales, AZ to San Francisco, CA
Lake Mead (pictures)
Mojave Desert
Montezuma Castle (pictures)
Camp Verde
Navajo (pictures)
Tonalea
Organ Pipe Cactus (pictures)
Ajo
Petrified Forest (pictures)
Petrified Forest National Park
Pipe Spring (pictures)
Fredonia
Rainbow Bridge
Page
Saguaro
Tucson
Sunset Crater Volcano (pictures)
Flagstaff
Tonto (pictures)
Roosevelt
Tumacácori
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Chiricahua National Monument pictures
Willcox, AZ
Twenty seven million years ago a volcanic eruption of immense proportions shook the land around Chiricahua National Monument. One thousand times greater than the 1980 eruption of Mount St. Helens, the Turkey Creek Caldera eruption eventually laid down two thousand feet of highly silicious ash and pumice. This mixture fused into a rock called rhyolitic tuff and eventually eroded into the spires and unusual rock formations of today.
The monument is a mecca for hikers and birders. At the intersection of the Chihuahuan and Sonoran deserts, and the southern Rocky Mountains and northern Sierra Madre in Mexico, Chiricahua plants and animals represent one of the premier areas for biological diversity in the northern hemisphere.
Of historic interest is the Faraway Ranch, a pioneer homestead and later a working cattle and guest ranch. It is a significant example of human transformation of the western frontier from wilderness to the present settlement. Faraway Ranch offers glimpses into the lives of Swedish immigrants Neil and Emma Erickson, and their children. The house is furnished with historic artifacts which not only give us reminders of our youth and our ancestors, but one can also trace the development of technology during the first half of the twentieth century. Acreage: 12,000 acres.
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