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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. [7]
The building now serves as the Casa Grande City Hall. NRHP listed in 1986, reference #86000821. The Casa Grande Garage – was built in 1922 and is located at 117 N. Sacaton St. it is listed in the Casa Grande Historic Register. The Pioneer Market – was built in 1922 and is located at 119 N. Florence St. It was listed in the NRHP in 1985 ...
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]
From 1984 to 2002, the Francisco Grande operated as a destination golf resort. The course was 5,224 yards from the front tees and a long 7,545 yards from the championship tees. In 2003, the resort was closed for renovations which cost approximately $8.5 million.
This story suggests the people of Casas Grandes joined the Pueblos on the Rio Grande in New Mexico. [24] Other theories are that the Casas Grandes people migrated west to Sonora and joined or became the Opata whom the Spaniards found in the mid 16th century living in "statelets," small but well-organized city states. It is also possible that ...
The attack targeting the synagogue of La Grande-Motte, a popular seaside resort town along the southern French coast some 90 miles west of Marseille, at approximately 8 a.m. on Saturday, was under ...
The suffix "-ville," from the French word for "city" is common for town and city names throughout the United States. Many originally French place names, possibly hundreds, in the Midwest and Upper West were replaced with directly translated English names once American settlers became locally dominant (e.g. "La Petite Roche" became Little Rock ...
Casa Grande, home of the New Almaden Quicksilver Mining Museum. The New Almaden Quicksilver Mining Museum is located in the Casa Grande (big house) in New Almaden. La Casa Grande, an 1854 revival-style mansion designed and built by architect Francis Myers, was the official residence and office of the mine superintendents, as well as a country ...