Visiting the Casa Grande Ruins
By Cara Marcelle Mancuso, Call a Marana neighbor, I'm THERE!
(Golden Girls with SW Desert Homes)
Visiting Casa Grande and Casa Grande - Part TwoIn an earlier post, I shared with you the backroads, byroads, and main roads of Casa Grande, AZ, just about the halfway point between Phoenix and Tucson.Today I'd like to take you to Casa Grande, the Indian ruins, in nearby Coolidge. That was the first thing I realized upon taking the 20 mile trip east from Casa Grande and I-10. Casa Grande the CITY, was named after the RUINS, and here all this time I'd thought the reverse.View Larger MapThe national monument consists of the ruins of multiple structures. All were surrounded by a compound wall which was constructed by the people of the Hohokam period, early 13th century. It's an area you can visit in person.Evidence was also found that the Sonoran Desert people who built the Casa Grande...
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