
Indian Gardens
Posted by:
Dalphin
N 34° 54.538 W 111° 43.705
12S E 433456 N 3863190
Homestead of the first settler in Oak Creek Canyon
Waymark Code: WM1G0Z
Location: Arizona, United States
Date Posted: 04/30/2007
Views: 114
In 1876 or 77 Jim Thompson built a log cabin here and began cultivating the old indian gardens where the indians had grown corn and squash long before Oak Creek was known to white men. Thompson remained here at his indian gardens ranch until his death in 1917.
Marker Name: Indian Gardens
 Type of history commemorated: Person
 County: Coconino
 Name of any agency/ agencies setting marker: Arizona Development Board
Arizona Highway Department
 Year placed: 1965

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