Archive for September, 2009

The world’s largest kachina is a 39-footer that stands guard over the Tonto Hills subdivision about sevel miles north of downtown Carefree. This giant Hopi legend weighs 14.5 tons and took four months to complete. E.V. Graham, the subdivision’s developer, had it built as an inducement to get his wife to move onto the property, which at that time was way out in the country.

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