Tag: indian reservation
Pick Mining for Peridot on the San Carlos Apache Reservation
PERIDOT -- Several roads lead to the world's largest deposit of peridot but less than half of them actually lead to the mine itself. They do, however, lead to roads that might lead to the mine. But once there, there's no actual mine...Bell Tower Still Stands at Old Mission on Gila River Indian Reservation
SACATON -- Back in the 1950s, St. Michael's Mission served members of the Gila River Indian Reservation as a place of worship and a gathering site. But the roof leaked during the infrequent rains, and because the building was made of adobe, it began deteriorating so badly that those in charge decided to knock it ...The Out-of-Place Teepees Near Sacaton
More than 80 years ago, the federal government erected a series of stone teepees on the Gila River Reservation near Sacaton. There was probably a reason for it at the time, but today nobody knows for certain why they were built.
