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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. [5]
In 1891, the monument underwent repairs supervised by Cosmos Mindeleff of the Bureau of American Ethnology, until funds ran out.Proclaimed Casa Grande Reservation on June 22, 1892 by Executive Order 28-A of President Benjamin Harrison, 480 acres around the ruins became the first prehistoric and cultural reserve in the United States. [9]
The Building at 121 North Florence Street – was built in 1923 and is located at 121 N. Florence St. It was listed in the NRHP in 2002, reference #02000737. The Casa Grande Woman's Club Building – was built in 1924 and is located at 407 N. Sacaton St. NRHP listed in 1979, reference #79000425.
The Great House at the Casa Grande Ruins National Monument. Hohokam (/ hoʊhoʊˈkɑːm /) was a culture in the North American Southwest in what is now part of south-central Arizona, United States, and Sonora, Mexico. It existed between 300 and 1500 CE, with cultural precursors possibly as early as 300 BCE. [1]
The Hohokam Pima National Monument is an ancient Hohokam village within the Gila River Indian Community, near present-day Sacaton, Arizona. The monument features the archaeological site Snaketown 30 miles (48 km) southeast of Phoenix, Arizona, [6] designated a National Historic Landmark in 1964. [3] The area was further protected by declaring ...
The history of Arizona encompasses the Paleo-Indian, Archaic, Post-Archaic, Spanish, Mexican, and American periods. About 10,000 to 12,000 years ago, Paleo-Indians settled in what is now Arizona. A few thousand years ago, the Ancestral Puebloan, the Hohokam, the Mogollon and the Sinagua cultures inhabited the state.
Pinedale, Arizona: Ruins of a multistoried pueblo of 200–250 rooms, AD 1275–1325 (late Pueblo III Era and/or early Pueblo IV Era). Betatakin: Ancestral Pueblo Kayenta: Navajo Reservation: Grand house Ruins located at the Navajo National Monument. Box Canyon Ruins: Flagstaff Ruins located in the Wupatki National Monument. Canyon Creek Ruins ...
Saint Anthony's Church is a Roman Catholic religious complex on Picacho Street in Casa Grande, Arizona. The church, along with the associated rectory, was listed in the National Register of Historic Places in 1985. [1] The church is built of adobe covered with stucco and has Spanish Colonial Revival influence. It was built in 1935.