Casa Grande Ruins National Monument
April 30, 2010

The Casa Grande Ruins National Monument is located near the town of Coolidge, Arizona. The big house was constructed of caliche mud by the Hohokam people in the 1200s and 1300s. A culture of communal irrigation fed agriculture propsered in the area for many decades. The compound was abandoned for inknown reasons before the arrival of the Spanish in the 1500s. The descendents of the Hohokam may be the Tohono O'odham people.

The Prickly Pear cacti in the parking lot are blooming. To the left of the blossom is a bud that has not blossomed, yet. To the right of the blossom are fertilized flowers that have gone to fruit.

Prickly Pear Flowers

Prickly Pear Flowers

The Ocotillo are also blooming.

Ocotillo Flowers

This structure was built to prevent erosion of the mud house in 1932.

The Casa Grande Ruins National Monument is located near the town of Coolidge, Arizona. The big house was constructed of caliche mud by the Hohokam people in the 1200s and 1300s. A culture of communal irrigation fed agriculture propsered in the area for many decades. The compound was abandoned for inknown reasons before the arrival of the Spanish in the 1500s. The descendents of the Hohokam may be the Tohono O'odham people.

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Looking back toward the visitor center.

Low walls are all that remain of most of the buildings in the compound.

Links

Read more about the history of Casa Grande Ruins at the web site.

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