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Gila Bend (/ ˌ h iː l ə ˈ b ɛ n d /; O'odham: Hila Wi:n), founded in 1872, is a town in Maricopa County, Arizona, United States.The town is named for an approximately 90-degree bend in the Gila River, which is near the community's current location. [4]
26000 W Gila Bend Hwy., Casa Grande, Arizona, US, 85193: Coordinates Opening: 1959: Website; franciscogrande.com ... There are two restaurants within the hotel ...
Gila Bend is home to the iconic 1961 vintage Space Age Lodge, a motel with an outer space theme sporting a fake alien spaceship on its roof. The oldest remaining building in Gila Bend, the former Stout Hotel, is also located on former US 80 in town. [1] [2] [6] US 80 turned north towards Phoenix, leaving Pima Street at Old Highway 80.
Wranglers Roost Stagecoach Stop is located in New River, Maricopa County, Arizona.It was a stagecoach stop for a short time in the late 1800s. In 1930, Carl Jesse Myers (called himself Chief Myers) built WR in the 1930s as a dude ranch.
In 1960, the Army Corps of Engineers completed construction of the Painted Rock Dam on the Gila River. Flood waters impounded by the dam periodically inundated approximately 10,000 acres (40 km 2) of the Gila Bend Reservation. [3] The area lost by the tribe contained a 750-acre (3.0 km 2) farm and several communities.
The Fort Apache Indian Reservation is an Indian reservation in Arizona, United States, encompassing parts of Navajo, Gila, and Apache counties. It is home to the federally recognized White Mountain Apache Tribe of the Fort Apache Reservation (Western Apache language: Dził Łigai Si'án N'dee), a Western Apache tribe.
The two highways split, with the business loop heading towards the southeast and SR 85 heading northeast providing access to Gila Bend Municipal Airport [1] [3] SR 85 continues north from Gila Bend towards the Phoenix Metropolitan Area. The mileposts north of Gila Bend reflect the mileage of old US 80 in proximity to the California state line. [4]
Eastern and Southern Pacific Railroad Restaurant/YMCA – The structure was built in 1817 and is located at 230 South Broad St. [10] Holy Angels Church – The church was built in 1918 and is located at 231 South Broad Street. It was listed in the National Register of Historic Places on December 1, 1983, Ref. #83003448.