![]() ![]() The city’s early days are documented in the Coolidge Historical Society Museum, with historical artifacts and photographs from the 1920s to the 1950s. ![]() Cotton is king in Coolidge, which remains the hub of Arizona’s cotton industry. Then the people themselves vanished.Ĭoolidge owes its modern development to the expansion of the railroad and construction of a dam that turned sandy soil into rich farm and ranch land. The ancient Sonoran Desert people who built Casa Grande – one of North America’s largest prehistoric structures – occupied a massive compound for about 1,000 years before abandoning it more than 560 years ago for unknown reasons. The adobe “great house” in the fields outside Coolidge continues to dominate the landscape for miles around it. You’ll know when you’re getting close to Casa Grande Ruins National Monument.
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