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A large portion of cattle were moved through Arizona en route to California in the 1850s. Permanent herds were not present until the Civil War. [7]During the Civil War era in Arizona, Native American Pima and Maricopa tribes would grow crops such as wheat, corn, beans, melons, and pumpkins by the millions of pounds due to newly acquired technology.
AZNPS began in 1977, when nursery owners, landscapers, and professionals created the non-profit society dedicated to educating Arizonans about the state's native plants, as well as other xeric landscape plants, including many new horticultural imports.
Maricopa County (/ ˌ m ær ɪ ˈ k oʊ p ə /) is a county in the south-central part of the U.S. state of Arizona.As of the 2020 census the population was 4,420,568, [1] or about 62% of the state's total, making it the fourth-most populous county in the United States and the most populous county in Arizona, and making Arizona one of the nation's most centralized states.
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Rio Verde is located in northeastern Maricopa County. By road it is 28 miles (45 km) northeast of the historic center of Scottsdale and 37 miles (60 km) northeast of downtown Phoenix . According to the United States Census Bureau , the CDP has a total area of 4.3 square miles (11 km 2 ), all land. [ 1 ]
The town is bordered to the south and east in Pinal County by the unincorporated community of San Tan Valley (population 99,894). According to the United States Census Bureau , the town of Queen Creek has a total area of 42.130 square miles (109.12 km 2 ), of which 0.028 square miles (0.07 km 2 ), or 0.07%, are water.
Lake Pleasant Regional Park is a large outdoors recreation area straddling the Maricopa and Yavapai county border northwest of Phoenix, Arizona. The park is located within the municipal boundaries of Peoria, Arizona, and serves as a major recreation hub for the northwest Phoenix metropolitan area. It is operated by the Maricopa County Parks and ...
The following are approximate tallies of current listings in Arizona on the National Register of Historic Places. These counts are based on entries in the National Register Information Database as of April 24, 2008 [2] and new weekly listings posted since then on the National Register of Historic Places web site. [3]