b'PIONEER MUSEUM ARIZONA HISTORICAL SOCIETY2340 N. Fort Valley Road, Flagstaff, AZ 86001Ph: 928-774-6272https://arizonahistoricalsociety.org/museum/pioneer-museum/Founded in 1906, the Pioneer Museum wasrelocated to the historic Coconino CountyHospital for the Indigent in 1963 and housesan immense collection of items pertaining to Arizonas history. The artifacts include farmmachinery, medical equipment, household items, toys, a 1929 Baldwin articulated Grand Canyon National Park: Mather Point (Photo by National Park Service)locomotive and a Santa Fe caboose.NATIONAL PARKSAND MONUMENTSNATIONAL PARK SERVICEwww.nps.govCANYON DE CHELLYNATIONAL MONUMENTP.O. Box 588, Chinle, AZ 86503Ph: 928-674-5500www.nps.gov/cachAbout 4.5 hours northwest of Flagstaff onHighway 191, Canyon de Chelly represents one of the longest continuously inhabited areas of North America. The canyon is home to a large number of spectacular ruins of the ancientPuebloan culture known as the Anasazi. Canyon de Chelly National Monument is a unique memberORGAN PIPE CACTUS The area around Sunset Crater is still in the of the National Park Service in that it is entirelyNATIONAL MONUMENT process of recovering from an eruption that took composed of Navajo Tribal Trust Land. Within10 Organ Pipe Drive, Ajo, AZ 85321place between 1040 and 1100. A visitors center the park is a thriving community of Navajo people,Ph: 520-387-6849, ext. 7302www.nps.gov/orpi has exhibits on the causes, power and aftermath and some areas of the park are off-limits to theLying along the U.S./Mexico border, Organ Pipeof an eruption. The monument is a half-hour general public without a Navajo guide. north of Flagstaff.Cactus National Monument is the quintessential GRAND CANYON NATIONAL PARK desert retreat. The monument, located withinWALNUT CANYONP.O. Box 129, Grand Canyon, AZ 86023the Sonoran Desert, is home to the Organ PipeNATIONAL MONUMENTPh: 928-638-7888www.nps.gov/grca cactus along with numerous other varieties of6400 U.S. 89, Flagstaff, AZ 86004About two hours north of Flagstaff on Highwaycactianddesertflora.TheareaisperfectforRV Ph: 928-526-3367www.nps.gov/waca180, the Grand Canyon became a national parkcamping, tent camping and hiking. The park isWalnut Canyon, with its 350-foot-high canyon in 1919 after years as a national monument andabout two hours south of Phoenix on Highway 85. walls, is home to more than 25 cliff rooms built a forest reserve. The canyon was carved overPETRIFIED FOREST NATIONAL PARK by ancient Puebloan people. The monument has millions of years by the Colorado River and is1ParkRoad,No.2217,PetrifiedForest,AZ86028 two main trails for experiencing how they lived. almost 280 miles long, with its width rangingPh: 28-524-6228www.nps.gov/pefo The Rim Trail gives visitors an overview of the from just a quarter mile to more than 15 miles.canyon, while the more strenuous Island Trail The resulting cut into the Colorado Plateau hasPetrifiedForestNationalParkinnortheastdescends into the canyon and leads visitors to exposed millions of years of the earths historyArizona has one of the highest concentrations the cliff dwellings themselves. The monument is stored in layers of rock. The Grand Canyon isofpetrifiedwoodintheworld.Theparkisabout 15 minutes east of Flagstaff.one of the worlds most striking natural attractionsconnected to the multihued badlands of the and brings more than 5 million people to thePainted Desert and is one of the worlds bestWUPATKI NATIONAL MONUMENTstate of Arizona annually, including a large geologic and fossil records of the late Triassic6400 U.S. 89, Flagstaff, AZ 86004number of international visitors. period. Many of the fossils from the region Ph: 928-679-2365www.nps.gov/wupaIRONWOOD FOREST date back 225 million years. There are also aWupatki National Monument lies near Sunset NATIONAL MONUMENT numberofsignificantNativeAmericanpetroglyph Crater Volcano National Monument. The area TucsonFieldOffice and archeological sites within the park. The parkreceivedalargeinfluxofpeopleshortlyafter 3201 E. Universal Way, Tucson, AZ 85546 is less than two hours east of Flagstaff the eruption of Sunset Crater Volcano because Ph: 520-258-7200www.blm.gov/visit/ironwoodon Interstate 40. of the fertile farming lands created by fallenAbout one hour south of Phoenix on Interstate 10,SUNSET CRATER VOLCANO ash from the eruption. A number of ancient Ironwood Forest National Monument is managedNATIONAL MONUMENT Puebloan cultures are represented by ruins by the U.S. Bureau of Land Management and6400 U.S. 89, Flagstaff, AZ 86004 within the monument, ranging from the Kayenta contains the largest concentration of ironwoodPh: 928-526-0502www.nps.gov/sucr Anasazi to the Sinagua, but the most impressive trees found in the Sonoran Desert.Sunset Crater Volcano is the youngest of moreis Wupatki Pueblo. Meaning Big House in the The monument is also home to several Hopi language, Wupatki Pueblo is thought to federally recognized endangered and threatenedthan 600 volcanoes in the San Francisco Volcanichave been the areas tallest and largest building animal and plant species. Also found within Field of northern Arizona. These volcanoesofitstime.Anothersignificantstructurewithinthethe monuments borders are more than range in age from 6 million years old to less monument is a ball court similar to those found in 200 Hohokam archeological sites dated from than 1,000 years old and helped form the Mesoamerica. The park is north of Flagstaff600 to 1440. Colorado Plateau. off Highway 89.64 LUKE AIR FORCE BASE THE Premier Fighter Wing'