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In 1932, the Church stated they could no longer afford to support the college financially and would close it unless the local valley could support it. In 1933, the residents of Graham County passed an initiative funding the school. The state of Arizona took over the school, changing the name to Gila Junior College of Graham County.
English: Map of the Gila Trail—Southern Emigrant Trail. A 19th century westward expansion route/wagon trail for Euro-American immigration into southwestern North America (1849 - 1860s). In present day Southwestern United States and Northwestern Mexico.
Peterman's Station is a historic locale, site of a ranch and stage station located along the Gila River.It was first established by a man named Peterman, in 1857 along the route of the San Antonio-San Diego Mail Line, later a station of its successor, the Butterfield Overland Mail, 19 miles east of Filibuster Camp, 12 miles west of Griswell's Station.
The Gila Group is a group of geologic formations found along the upper tributaries of the Gila River in Arizona and New Mexico. [1] Radiometric dating of lava flows within the group yields an age of Miocene to Quaternary .
Gila Wilderness was designated the world's first wilderness area on June 3, 1924. [1] Along with Aldo Leopold Wilderness and Blue Range Wilderness , the 558,014 acre (225,820 ha) (872 sq. mi.) wilderness is part of New Mexico's Gila National Forest .
Hank’s will join a burgeoning number of bars in downtown Shawnee. Sober-curious cocktail bar Wild Child opened nearby at 11022 Johnson Drive earlier this year, as did brewery Friction Beer Co ...
Gila Mountains (Yuma County), Arizona; Gila River, a Colorado River tributary in New Mexico and Arizona; Gila, New Mexico, a census-designated place; Gila National Forest, New Mexico; Gila Wilderness, New Mexico, the world's first wilderness area; Gila Desert, the informal name of Sonoran Desert, United States and Mexico
The name "Gila" refers to the Gila River Basin in the U.S. states of Arizona and New Mexico, where the Gila monster was once plentiful. [7] Heloderma means "studded skin", from the Ancient Greek words helos (ἧλος), "the head of a nail or stud", and derma (δέρμα), "skin".