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Maker education is an offshoot of the maker movement, which Time magazine described as "the umbrella term for independent innovators, designers and tinkerers. A convergence of computer hackers and traditional artisans, the niche is established enough to have its own magazine, Make, as well as hands-on Maker Faires that are catnip for DIYers who used to toil in solitude". [3]
Casa Grande was founded in 1879 during the Arizona mining boom, specifically due to the presence of the Southern Pacific Railroad. In January 1880, the community of Terminus, meaning "end-of-the-line," was established despite consisting of just five residents and three buildings. [7]
This is a list of private and independent high schools in the state of Arizona. For a full list of high schools in the state, see List of high schools in Arizona . Apache County
The Casa Grande Valley Historical Society was founded in 1964 to preserve and exhibit the history of the Casa Grande region. [4] The city has numerous historic properties which have been listed either in the National Register of Historic Places (NRHP) or have been identified as historical by the Casa Grande Historic Preservation Program. The ...
Buildings and structures in Casa Grande, Arizona (1 C, 15 P) P. People from Casa Grande, Arizona (29 P) Pages in category "Casa Grande, Arizona"
1694 – Kino explores Arizona, discovers the ruins of Casa Grande. [19] 1732 – Mission San Xavier del Bac founded by Jesuits near present-day Tucson. [23] 1736 – Silver discovered on the ranch of the Basque settler, Bernardo de Urrea , near the Guevavi mission. The name of Urrea's ranch was Arizona, meaning "the good oak tree". [24]
The gymnasium was added in 1936. It is Arizona's only adobe gymnasium. $12,000 was used to build the structure ($7,200 of it came from the Depression-era Works Progress Administration). The adobe was locally made with on-site earth; manufacturing it provided much-needed jobs during the Depression in hard-hit Casa Grande.
Vista Grande High School is a high school in Casa Grande, Arizona started in 2009. It is part of the Casa Grande Union High School District.. It was opened to relieve continuing enrollment growth at Casa Grande Union High School, which had swelled to over 3,300 students and become Arizona's largest single-campus high school during the mid-2000s as the town it served exploded in population.