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  • Casa Grande Ruins National Monument
    Dose of HistoryOdd ObservationsSmall Town Scene
    By Sam Lowe
    August 28, 2015
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    Protecting the Protector of the Casa Grande Ruins National Monument

    COOLIDGE – The center of attraction at the Casa Grande Ruins National Monument is a four-story caliche and adobe structure that was built around AD 1300. The building has held up fairly well, considering it sat outdoors under the blistering sun and limited rainfall for more than seven centuries before anyone decided it was worth ...
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  • Dose of HistoryNorthern Arizona
    By Andrea Aker
    March 17, 2013
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    Step Back in Time at Tuzigoot National Monument

    CLARKDALE – Around 1,000 AD many of these stones were first put into place by the Sinagua, an ancient Native American tribe of agriculturists that once frequented today’s Verde Valley. Now called Tuzigoot (Too-zee-goot), this remarkable 110-room village is nearly intact.
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  • Natural SurroundingsNorthern Arizona
    By Andrea Aker
    June 7, 2012
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    Montezuma’s Well Boasts Unique Eco-System, Ancient Indian Ruins

    VERDE VALLEY – Montezuma’s Well is a lesser known part of the Montezuma Castle National Monument, 11 miles north of the uber-popular Montezuma’s Castle. Upon arrival, it’s easy to see why the natural limestone sinkhole is sacred to ancient Native American cultures. It seemingly appears out of nowhere – a massive well in the middle ...
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  • Dose of HistoryRecreationValley of the Sun
    By Andrea Aker
    March 29, 2012
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    Walk in the Path of Ancient Hohokam at Sears-Kay Ruin

    Just east of Carefree, the Sears-Kay Ruin offers a peek into the lifestyles of ancient Hohokam Indians, ancestors of today’s Pima Indians and the Valley’s first residents. A 1-mile loop trail guides visitors along a series of 40 rooms along a hilltop in four different compounds.
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  • Dose of HistorySmall Town Scene
    By Sam Lowe
    February 3, 2012
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    Besh-Ba-Gowah: The Non-Ruin Ruins in Globe

    GLOBE -- Most ancient ruins in Arizona are just that -- ruins. Overseen by government agencies, they are stabilized but never rebuilt because the philosophy is to preserve, not restore. But the old pueblo here, known as Besh-Ba-Gowah, has been partially rebuilt and nobody's getting their nose bent out of shape.
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  • Natural SurroundingsOdd Observations
    By Sam Lowe
    October 16, 2010
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    The “Blow Hole” of Wupatki National Monument

    WUPTAKI NATIONAL MONUMENT -- Absorbed as they are by the magnificence of the scenery surrounding them, most people who visit these ancient ruins walk right past "the blow hole" because it looks more like a square sandstone bench than part of an archeological dig. Located near the ceremonial ball court east of the major ruins, ...
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  • Dose of HistoryNorthern ArizonaOdd Observations
    By Sam Lowe
    June 1, 2010
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    The (Mis)Truth About Montezuma’s Castle

    Although the history of Montezuma Castle is pretty well documented, considering that nobody wrote down much of anything when it was a hot spot of ancestral civilization, there's this one thing that sticks out as a case of mistaken identity. Or make that, mistaken transplantation.
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