Modern Federal · Monuments

Saguaro cactus in the Sonoran Desert National Monument, actually a large park rather than traditional monument, in Maricopa and Pinal counties in central Arizona, near Gila Bend. Created by presidential proclamation in 2001, the 496,400 acre-monument is managed by the U.S. Bureau of Land Management

Maricopa · 1850–1939

Saguaro cactus in the Sonoran Desert National Monument, actually a large park rather than traditional monument, in Maricopa and Pinal counties in central Arizona, near Gila Bend. Created by presidential proclamation in 2001, the 496,400 acre-monument is managed by the U.S. Bureau of Land Management, Maricopa, 1850–1939
Saguaro cactus in the Sonoran Desert National Monument, actually a large park rather than traditional monument, in Maricopa and Pinal counties in central Arizona, near Gila Bend. Created by presidential proclamation in 2001, the 496,400 acre-monument is managed by the U.S. Bureau of Land Management, Maricopa, 1850–1939. Monuments — Modern Federal Architecture, from the Library of Congress record.

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