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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]
She became mayor of Casa Grande in 1927, a first for a woman in Arizona. Gaar lived in the house until her death in 1971. NRHP listed in 1985, reference #85000890. [10] The BeDillions House – built in 1917 and located at 800 Park Ave. It is listed in the Casa Grande Historic Register.
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]
People from Casa Grande, Arizona (29 P) Pages in category "Casa Grande, Arizona" The following 17 pages are in this category, out of 17 total.
Most of the Arizona Sun Corridor is in the Sonoran Desert. To the south of the region is the border between the United States and Mexico, and to the north and east is the Arizona transition zone and the Mountains of Arizona. The Southern California Megaregion is to the west and is the nearest other Megaregion to the Arizona Sun Corridor.
Now unsigned for the rest of its length, SR 84 continues south on 2nd Street and Casa Grande Avenue. At a traffic circle with Main Street in downtown Casa Grande, unsigned SR 84 heads southeast on Jimmie Kerr Boulevard and Casa Grande-Picacho Highway. The route continues through Arizola past I-10 Exit 198 into Toltec and Eloy.
The southeast of Arizona, with New Mexico, northwest Chihuahua and northeast Sonora contain insular sky island mountain ranges, (the Madrean Sky Islands), or smaller subranges in association. There are also numerous Sonoran Desert ranges, or Arizona transition zone ranges. Northern and northeast Arizona also has scattered ranges throughout.
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.