Casa Grande Ruins Casa Grande Ruins National Monument, Arizona: A Centennial History of the First Prehistoric Reserve 1892 - 1992

DEPARTMENT OF THE INTERIOR,

Washington,

June 20, 1892

Sir:

I have the honor to recommend that the SW 1/4 SW 1/4, SE 1/4 SW 1/4, SW 1/4 SE 1/4 section 9, NW 1/4, NW 1/4 NE 1/4,SW 1/4 NE 1/4, NW 1/4 SW 1/4, NE 1/4 SW 1/4 and NW 1/4 SE 1/4 section 16, all in township 5 south, range 8 east, Gila and Salt River Meridian, Arizona, containing 480 acres more or less, and including the Casa Grande Ruin, be reserved in accordance with the authority vested in you by the act of March 2, 1889 — 25 Stat., 961, for the protection of the ruin.

The Director of the Bureau of Ethnology requests that the reservation be made and the Acting Commissioner of the General Land Office knows of no objection to such action.

Very respectfully,

John W. Noble,
     Secretary.

The President.
6144-'92

THE SECRETARY OF THE INTERIOR

June 21, 1892

Recommends the reservation of certain lands in Arizona for the protection of the Casa Grande ruin.

(E.O. of June 22, 1892 — No. 28-A)

EXECUTIVE MANSION

June 22, 1892

Let the lands described within be reserved for the protection of the Casa Grande ruin as recommended by the Secretary of the Interior.

Benj. Harrison