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The short-lived Papago Saguaro National Monument (access required)

By Mike Miller

Published: November 13, 2009 at 7:40 am

Shortly after statehood in 1912, the Phoenix and Maricopa County Board of Trade began an effort to have what is now Papago Park declared either a national park or a national monument. Originally, the committee recommended the creation of a "National Cactus Park" just like Yellowstone National Park, the Yosemite National Park and the Mount Rainer National Park."

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