Casa Grande Ruins National Monument
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Contact Information:
1100 Ruins Drive
Coolidge, AZ 85228
520-723-3172
http://www.nps.gov/cagr/
Size: 2,163 acres
Location: In Coolidge, Arizona, about an hour southeast of Phoenix. From I-10, take Coolidge exits and follow signs to park entrance off AZ 87/287.
Description: The nation's first archeological preserve protects the Casa Grande (Big House), one of the largest and most mysterious prehistoric structures ever built in North America. This multi-storied, earthen-walled structure surrounded by the remains of smaller buildings and a compound wall was constructed by the Hohokam, who farmed the Gila Valley in the early 1200s. Casa Grande was abandoned by the mid-1400s.
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Operating
Hours: Open all year from 8:00 a.m. to 5:00 p.m.;
closed December 25.
History: Authorized as Casa Grande Ruin Reservation on March 2, 1889; redesignated by proclamation on August 3, 1918.
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