Description: Those familiar with America's Inland West understand that the healthy majority of this astonishingly beautiful land is owned and operated by the federal government. It is a vast, largely empty quarter of the country, comprised of a half-dozen or so major metro areas (Phoenix, Tucson, Las Vegas, Salt Lake City, Albuquerque, Denver), a score of smaller cities and an enormous amount of desolate, sparsely populated stretches. Those huge areas of deserts & mountains are mostly federal public land—national forests, wildernesses, parks & monuments, as well as enormous tracts administered by the US Department of the Interior’s Bureau of Land Management (the other BLM). Included here is an official map & guide/tour brochure for Gila Bend, Arizona, a desert town of 2,000 souls located 70 miles southwest of Phoenix and 115 miles northeast of Yuma. It is a small Southwestern outpost with a storied past as a stagecoach and train stop in the 19th century, on the way to & from mining camps & boomtowns of the Old West. In the present day, it is a jumping off point for adventure tourists, outdoor enthusiasts & back country backpackers (from the Gila Bend Chamber of Commerce, circa 2010); and a large (44 x 27) foldout BLM map of Arizona’s South Phoenix quadrangle, covering the mostly empty area (at that time) to the southwest of Phoenix, including many major public spaces (South Mountain Park/Preserve, Estrella Mountain County Regional Park, Sierra Estrella Wilderness, North Maricopa Mountains Wilderness, Woolsey Peak Wilderness, Signal Mountain Wilderness, Sonoran Desert National Monument, Buckeye Hills Regional Park, Painted Rock State Wildlife Area, Robbins Butte State Wildlife Area, as well as many square miles of unnamed state & federal land) (from the US Department of the Interior/BLM, 2000); and another BLM map, this one for the Casa Grande quadrangle, which covers much of Pinal County, that lonely stretch of land between Phoenix and Tucson, and includes the communities of Casa Grande, Eloy, Coolidge, Toltec & Arizona City, as well as large swaths of public space (including Picacho Peak State Park and many unnamed tracts of state & federal lands) (from the US Department of the Interior/BLM, 2000).
Price: 6.99 USD
Location: San Francisco, California
End Time: 2024-11-05T02:05:47.000Z
Shipping Cost: 3.5 USD
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Restocking Fee: No
Return shipping will be paid by: Buyer
All returns accepted: Returns Accepted
Item must be returned within: 14 Days
Refund will be given as: Money Back
Year: 2000
Region: United States
Country/Region of Manufacture: United States
