USA Through Film
American cities and the nation’s spectacularly striking landscapes have long played a starring role in its cinema, often emerging as independent and influential characters in a film. Seen through the eyes of 12 film directors, including Spike Lee (Malcolm X) and Andrew Davis (The Fugitive), we hear their personal stories in their favorite landscapes and cities. We celebrate the USA as film’s greatest backdrop and via our film directors we gain unique insights into these extraordinary places.
This is part of our series of two-minute films about the country’s most magical locations. Seen through the eyes of 12 film directors, we hear their personal stories in their favorite landscapes and cities. We celebrate the USA as film’s greatest backdrop and via our film directors we gain unique insights into these extraordinary places.
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X's in AZ desert have top secret history
If you've ever driven along Interstate 10 through Casa Grande, you may have spotted a few cross-shaped structures planted in the desert landscape.
For a long time, these objects remained a mystery. In fact, throughout '60s they were part of a top secret government project, CORONA.
During the Cold War, the United States used satellite imaging to spy on the Soviet Union and China.
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Arches National Park \ The Best Hikes & Viewpoints
Utah Travel Vlog - Arches National Park Utah in winter was a new experience for The Travels Of Z team. Areches National Park hike are pretty popular and we stopped at the popular viewpoints and hiked Delicate Arch, Turret Arch, Double Arch, The Windows, Balanced Rock etc. If you are looking for things to do in Utah or things to do in Moab, Arches National Park is a good option, year around.
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Arches National Park is a United States National Park in eastern Utah. The park is adjacent to the Colorado River, 4 miles (6 km) north of Moab, Utah. It is home to over 2,000 natural sandstone arches, including the world-famous Delicate Arch, in addition to a variety of unique geological resources and formations. It contains the highest density of natural arches in the world. The park consists of 76,679 acres (119.811 sq mi; 31,031 ha; 310.31 km2) of high desert located in the Colorado Plateau. Its highest elevation is 5,653 feet (1,723 m) at Elephant Butte, and its lowest elevation is 4,085 feet (1,245 m) at the visitor center. Forty-three arches are known to have collapsed since 1977. The park receives on average 10 inches (250 mm) of rain a year. Administered by the National Park Service, the area was originally named a National Monument on April 12, 1929. It was redesignated as a National Park on November 12, 1971.
Humans have occupied the region since the last ice age 10,000 years ago. Fremont people and Ancient Pueblo People lived in the area up until about 700 years ago. Spanish missionaries encountered Ute and Paiute tribes in the area when they first came through in 1775, but the first European-Americans to attempt settlement in the area were the Mormon Elk Mountain Mission in 1855, who soon abandoned the area. Ranchers, farmers, and prospectors later settled Moab in the neighboring Riverine Valley in the 1880s. Word of the beauty of the surrounding rock formations spread beyond the settlement as a possible tourist destination.
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The Arches area was first brought to the attention of the National Park Service by Frank A. Wadleigh, passenger traffic manager of the Denver and Rio Grande Western Railroad. Wadleigh, accompanied by railroad photographer George L. Beam, visited the area in September 1923 at the invitation of Alexander Ringhoffer, a Hungarian-born prospector living in Salt Valley. Ringhoffer had written to the railroad in an effort to interest them in the tourist potential of a scenic area he had discovered the previous year with his two sons and a son-in-law, which he called the Devil's Garden (known today as the Klondike Bluffs). Wadleigh was impressed by what Ringhoffer showed him, and suggested to Park Service director Stephen T. Mather that the area be made a national monument. The following year, additional support for the monument idea came from Laurence Gould, a University of Michigan graduate student (and future polar explorer) studying the geology of the nearby La Sal Mountains, who was shown the scenic area by local physician Dr. J. W. Doc Williams.
A succession of government investigators examined the area, in part due to confusion as to the precise location. In the process, the name Devil's Garden was transposed to an area on the opposite side of Salt Valley, and Ringhoffer's original discovery was omitted, while another area nearby, known locally as The Windows, was included. Designation of the area as a national monument was supported by the Park Service from 1926, but was resisted by President Calvin Coolidge's Interior Secretary, Hubert Work. Finally in April 1929, shortly after his inauguration, President Herbert Hoover signed a presidential proclamation creating Arches National Monument, consisting of two comparatively small, disconnected sections.
The purpose of the reservation under the 1906 Antiquities Act was to protect the arches, spires, balanced rocks, and other sandstone formations for their scientific and educational value. The name Arches was suggested by Frank Pinkely, superintendent of the Park Service's southwestern national monuments, following a visit to the Windows section in 1925. In late 1938, President Franklin D. Roosevelt signed a proclamation which enlarged Arches to protect additional scenic features and permit development of facilities to promote tourism.
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Our 242nd National Park - Casa Grande Ruins National Monument
Ancient Sonoran Desert People's farming community and Great House are preserved at Casa Grande Ruins. If you enjoy our travel video, we would appreciate a thumbs-up, SUBSCRIBE, COMMENT, and/or SHARE. Thank you for watching and happy travels to you!
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Known as the “Wonderland of Rocks,” Chiricahua National For More Than 650 Years the Casa Grande Has Stood as a Meeting Place and Landmark
Explore the mystery and complexity of an extended network of communities and irrigation canals. An Ancient Sonoran Desert People's farming community and Great House are preserved at Casa Grande Ruins. Whether the Casa Grande was a gathering place for the Desert People or simply a waypoint marker in an extensive system of canals and trading partners is but part of the mystique of the Ruins. That’s just a small part of the adventure and beauty you’ll find here!
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Ancient Sonoran Desert People's farming community and Great House are preserved at Casa Grande Ruins. Whether the Casa Grande was a gathering place for the Desert People or simply a waypoint marker in an extensive system of canals and trading partners is but part of the mystique of the RuinsWell preserved 4-floor ruins of a 14th century adobe building, set in desert surroundings in central Arizona
USA Through Film: Director Andrew Davis' Chicago, Illinois
Chicago-born movie director Andrew Davis (The Fugitive, Under Siege) tells us why he loves life in the lakeside city of Chicago. He describes the world-class architecture and explains the historical importance of Chicago.
This is part of our series of two-minute films about the country’s most magical locations. Seen through the eyes of 12 film directors, we hear their personal stories in their favorite landscapes and cities. We celebrate the USA as film’s greatest backdrop and via our film directors we gain unique insights into these extraordinary places.
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Hilton Garden Inn Phoenix Midtown Hotel - Phoenix, Arizona
Hilton Garden Inn Phoenix Midtown 3 Stars Hotel in Phoenix, Arizona Within US Travel Directory Centred in the financial and art district of Phoenix city centre, moments from top attractions, this hotel features many exceptional on-site services and facilities, including a fully equipped health club.
With free shuttle service within a 8 km (8 km) radius of the Hilton Garden Inn Phoenix Midtown, guests can easily visit Biltmore Fashion Park, Heard Museum, and the Convention Center. Additional area attractions, including Arizona State University, museums and sports venues are also nearby.
Guests staying at the Phoenix Midtown Hilton Garden Inn can enjoy on-site dining at the Great American Grill Restaurant, cocktails from the Lobby Bar and snacks from the 24-hour convenience store. The hotel also provides a spacious outdoor swimming pool and in-room MP3 compatible radios.
Encanto is a great choice for travellers interested in live music, business and nightlife.
Garnet - A Montana Ghost Town in HD - near Missoula, Montana MT
High in the mountains of western Montana you will find a REAL ghost town, Garnet, one of Montana’s best preserved and least visited. Garnet was started in 1895 when gold was discovered.
The town thrived with over 1,200 miners and their families. Garnet had four hotels, four stores, two barbershops, a butcher shop, a doctor’s office, laundry facilities and thirteen saloons. It even had stagecoach service!
After a few years the gold ran out and so did the population. It dwindled down to 150 people by 1905. In 1912 a fire wiped out half of the commercial buildings and was never rebuilt.
What you see today are efforts of stabilization, preservation and restoration from many volunteers who are dedicated to help preserve Montana’s rich mining history. Congratulations to each and every one of you!
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Visit Scottsdale, Arizona
Winter Weekend Getaways to Scottsdale Arizona. Family Travel advice for Scottsdale Arizona from Traveling Dad.com
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Wynot Wander with Chuck and Linda and The Mutley Crew.
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Pinal County, Arizona
Pinal County is located in the central part of the U.S. state of Arizona. As of 2000 its population was 179,727. As of 2007, its population was estimated to be 299,246. The county seat is Florence. Pinal County contains parts of the Tohono O'odham Nation and the Gila River Indian Community.
Growth from the Phoenix metropolitan area to the south has begun to spread into the northern parts of Pinal County. The cities of Maricopa and Casa Grande as well as many unincorporated areas have shown accelerated growth patterns; suburban development is likely to continue southward through the county.
National protected areas
- Casa Grande Ruins National Monument
- Coronado National Forest (part)
- Hohokam Pima National Monument
- Ironwood Forest National Monument (part)
- Sonoran Desert National Monument (part)
- Tonto National Forest (part)
Cities
- Apache Junction (part of Apache Junction is in Maricopa County)
- Casa Grande
- Coolidge
- Eloy
- Maricopa
Towns
- Florence
- Hayden (part of Hayden is in Gila County)
- Kearny
- Mammoth
- Queen Creek (part of Queen Creek is in Maricopa County)
- Superior
- Winkelman (part of Winkelman is in Gila County)