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 in Eastern Arizona encompasses Canyon de Chelly, Canyon del Muerto, and Monument Canyon. De Chelly is in the middle of the Navajo nation and is the heart of their land. This image, taken at the White House Overlook off the South Rim Drive, takes in a view of the canyon floor, which remains green and fertile all year round, and the barely distinguishable White House Ruins which are just left of center. A trail to the ruins begins at the overlook and can be taken without a Navajo guide. These ruins date from about 1200 and are some of the oldest in the canyon.'))
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 del Bac is situated in the Santa Cruz Valley nine miles south of Tucson, Arizona. The Tohono Oodham settlement in which the Mission is located was called Bac, place where the water appears, because the Santa Cruz River, which ran underground for some distance, reappears on the surface nearby. Father Eusebio Francisco Kino, first visited Bac in 1692 and laid the foundations of the first church, some two miles north of the present site of the Mission, in 1700. The present church was built from 1783 - 1797 by Franciscans Juan Bautista Velderrain and Juan Bautista Llorenz. Little is know about the actual labor of the construction of the church, who was the architect, who were the artisans, but many believe it was the Tohono Oodham who fufilled these roles. Its brick walls are six feet thick in some places and are coated with a limestone-based plaster with a formula that includes the juice from prickly pear cactus pads. Why the one tower was never completed is still a mystery. San Xavier del Bac is a magnet to those that appreciate art, statues, sculptures and paintings of its original times. The interior is filled with brightly painted carvings of apostles and saints and ornate statues that are actually draped in real clothing.'))
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 in southern Arizona. To separate the gold water is required, but, the streams of the Santa Rita Mountains were dry. Miners hauled sacks of dirt to the few running streams in the area or packed water to their claims on the backs of burros. By 1886 most rich deposits were worked out and many miners moved on. In 1902 a mining engineer, James Stetson, had an idea to solve the water problem. He planned to channel seasonal runoff into a reservoir that would hold enough water to keep a mine in operation. Stetson and George McAneny, a wealthy Californian investor, formed the Santa Rita Water and Mining Company. A mining site was established in Boston Gulch and headquarters was set up at Kentucky Gulch. The water system was completed and hydraulic mining was in progress at Kentucky Camp in 1904 . The operation was abandoned following the death of Stetson in 1906. Today there are five century-old adobe buildings at the site. The ten room headquarters building is one of the largest surviving adobe buildings of its era.'))
 in southern Arizona. To separate the gold water is required, but, the streams of the Santa Rita Mountains were dry. Miners hauled sacks of dirt to the few running streams in the area or packed water to their claims on the backs of burros. By 1886 most rich deposits were worked out and many miners moved on. In 1902 a mining engineer, James Stetson, had an idea to solve the water problem. He planned to channel seasonal runoff into a reservoir that would hold enough water to keep a mine in operation. Stetson and George McAneny, a wealthy Californian investor, formed the Santa Rita Water and Mining Company. A mining site was established in Boston Gulch and headquarters was set up at Kentucky Gulch. The water system was completed and hydraulic mining was in progress at Kentucky Camp in 1904. The operation was abandoned following the death of Stetson in 1906. Today there are five century-old adobe buildings at the site. The ten room headquarters building is one of the largest surviving adobe buildings of its era.'))
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 perched on a plateau one level down from the mountain\'s 10,877 feet summit. There are old-growth stands of Engleman spruce and Douglas and white fir as well as Aspen in the adjacent Escudilla Wilderness Area. Escudilla Mountain is the third highest peak in Arizona and is located along the Arizona-New Mexico border near the community of Alpine.'))
 perched on a plateau one level down from the mountain\'s 10,877 feet summit. In addition to the Aspen, there are old-growth stands of Engleman spruce and Douglas and white fir in the adjacent Escudilla Wilderness Area. Escudilla Mountain is the third highest peak in Arizona and is located along the Arizona-New Mexico border near the community of Alpine.'))
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