Southern Arizona Discovery
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Total Pages | : 119 |
Release | : 1977 |
Genre | : Arizona |
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Total Pages | : 119 |
Release | : 1977 |
Genre | : Arizona |
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Total Pages | : 116 |
Release | : 1978 |
Genre | : Arizona |
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Author | : Southern Arizona Attractions Alliance |
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Total Pages | : 114 |
Release | : 2005* |
Genre | : Arizona |
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Includes maps and general information for nature & parks, arts, family fun, shopping, heritage centers, and science centers.
Author | : Ron Quinn |
Publisher | : BZB Publishing, Inc. |
Total Pages | : 155 |
Release | : 2013-10-01 |
Genre | : Biography & Autobiography |
ISBN | : 1939050405 |
Searching for hidden treasures in the Tubac and Tumacocori mountains, few have ever heard of, we discovered places that have never been visited by others to this day. The four of us finally unearthed a medium-size buried treasure south of Tucson, Arizona, which consisted of 82 pounds of Spanish gold bullion.
Author | : George Hebard Maxwell |
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Total Pages | : 214 |
Release | : 1934* |
Genre | : Colorado River (Colo.-Mexico) |
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Author | : Don W. Martin |
Publisher | : Discover Guides |
Total Pages | : 412 |
Release | : 1996 |
Genre | : Travel |
ISBN | : 9780942053203 |
Written for the way you travel, whether you load up the family sedan, explore with an RV or fly and rent a car; it steers you along the state's highways and byways. Lists attractions, campgrounds, restaurants, RV parks, shopping areas and more.
Author | : Roseann Beggy Hanson |
Publisher | : University of Arizona Press |
Total Pages | : 221 |
Release | : 2015-11-01 |
Genre | : Travel |
ISBN | : 0816533318 |
The San Pedro River in southeastern Arizona not only features some of the richest wildlife habitat in the Southwest, it also is home to more kinds of animals than anywhere else in the contiguous United States. Here you'll find 82 species of mammals, dozens of different reptiles and amphibians, and nearly 400 species of birds—more than half of those recorded in the entire country. In addition, the river supports one of the largest cottonwood-willow forest canopies remaining in Arizona. It's little wonder that the San Pedro was named by the Nature Conservancy as one of the Last Great Places in the Northern Hemisphere, and by the American Bird Conservancy as its first Important Bird Area in the United States. Roseann Hanson has spent much of her life exploring the San Pedro and its environs and has written a book that is both a personal celebration of and a definitive guide to this, the last undammed and unchanneled river in the Southwest. Taking you from the San Pedro's entry into the U.S. at the Mexican border to its confluence with the Gila River about a hundred miles north, she devotes a separate chapter to each of seven sections of river. Each chapter contains an eloquent essay on natural and cultural history, laced with Hanson's own experiences, plus an exploration guide brimming with useful information: how to get to the river, finding hiking trails, camping and other accommodations, birdwatching tips, access to biking and horseback riding, and nearby historic sites. Maps are included for each stretch of river, and the text is illustrated throughout with drawings from Roseann's copious field notebooks. Along the 40 miles of the San Pedro Riparian National Conservation Area, a sanctuary protected by the Bureau of Land Management since 1988, Hanson shows how the elimination of cattle and off-road vehicles has restored the river corridor to a more natural condition. She tells of the impact of humans on the San Pedro, from Clovis hunters to American settlers to Washington bureaucrats, and shows how, as the river winds its way north, it is increasingly threatened by groundwater pumping and urbanization. In addition to the "discovery" sections of each chapter, Hanson has included species checklists for habitats and plants, birds, mammals, and reptiles and amphibians to make this a perfect companion for anyone exploring the area, whether as occasional tourist or frequent visitor. The book's blending of graceful prose and practical information shows that a river is the sum of many parts. Roseann Hanson will give you a special understanding—and perhaps a sense of stewardship—of this wild place.
Author | : Bettina Lyons |
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Total Pages | : 0 |
Release | : 2008 |
Genre | : Businessmen |
ISBN | : 9780910037495 |
Author | : Britton Davis |
Publisher | : U of Nebraska Press |
Total Pages | : 308 |
Release | : 1976-01-01 |
Genre | : History |
ISBN | : 9780803258402 |
Britton Davis's account of the controversial "Geronimo Campaign" of 1885–86 offers an important firsthand picture of the famous Chiricahua warrior and the men who finally forced his surrender. Davis knew most of the people involved in the campaign and was himself in charge of Indian scouts, some of whom helped hunt down the small band of fugitives Robert M. Utley's foreword reevaluates the account for the modern reader and establishes its his torical background.
Author | : Jefferson Reid |
Publisher | : University of Arizona Press |
Total Pages | : 312 |
Release | : 2016-10-01 |
Genre | : Social Science |
ISBN | : 0816534942 |
Carved from cliffs and canyons, buried in desert rock and sand are pieces of the ancient past that beckon thousands of visitors every year to the American Southwest. Whether Montezuma Castle or a chunk of pottery, these traces of prehistory also bring archaeologists from all over the world, and their work gives us fresh insight and information on an almost day-to-day basis. Who hasn't dreamed of boarding a time machine for a trip into the past? This book invites us to step into a Hohokam village with its sounds of barking dogs, children's laughter, and the ever-present grinding of mano on metate to produce the daily bread. Here, too, readers will marvel at the skills of Clovis elephant hunters and touch the lives of other ancestral people known as Mogollon, Anasazi, Sinagua, and Salado. Descriptions of long-ago people are balanced with tales about the archaeologists who have devoted their lives to learning more about "those who came before." Trekking through the desert with the famed Emil Haury, readers will stumble upon Ventana Cave, his "answer to a prayer." With amateur archaeologist Richard Wetherill, they will sense the peril of crossing the flooded San Juan River on the way to Chaco Canyon. Others profiled in the book are A. V. Kidder, Andrew Ellicott Douglass, Julian Hayden, Harold S. Gladwin, and many more names synonymous with the continuing saga of southwestern archaeology. This book is an open invitation to general readers to join in solving the great archaeological puzzles of this part of the world. Moreover, it is the only up-to-date summary of a field advancing so rapidly that much of the material is new even to professional archaeologists. Lively and fast paced, the book will appeal to anyone who finds magic in a broken bowl or pueblo wall touched by human hands hundreds of years ago. For all readers, these pages offer a sense of adventure, that "you are there" stir of excitement that comes only with making new discoveries about the distant past.