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Monument Attractions In Portal

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Portal is an unincorporated community in Cochise County, Arizona, United States. It lies 25 miles south-southeast of San Simon and at the mouth of Cave Creek Canyon on the east side of the Chiricahua Mountains. Often called the Yosemite of Arizona, the rock walled canyon is composed of fused volcanic tuff.The community is a popular location for birding in southeastern Arizona. It is also home to the American Museum of Natural History Southwest Research Station. The writer Nancy Farmer and her husband are residents. The Arizona Sky Village astronomy community is located in Portal, because the skies in the area are free of light pollution and therefore e...
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  • 1. Chiricahua National Monument Willcox
    Chiricahua National Monument is a unit of the National Park System located in the Chiricahua Mountains of southeastern Arizona. The monument was established on April 18, 1924, to protect its extensive hoodoos and balancing rocks. The Faraway Ranch, which was owned at one time by Swedish immigrants Neil and Emma Erickson, is also preserved within the monument.
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  • 2. Coronado National Memorial Hereford
    Francisco Vázquez de Coronado y Luján was a Spanish conquistador and explorer who led a large expedition from Mexico to present-day Kansas through parts of the southwestern United States between 1540 and 1542. Vázquez de Coronado had hoped to reach the Cities of Cíbola, often referred to now as the mythical Seven Cities of Gold, which is a term not invented until American gold-rush days in the 1800s. His expedition marked the first European sightings of the Grand Canyon and the Colorado River, among other landmarks. His name is often Anglicized as Vasquez de Coronado.
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