Pueblo Grande Museum Virtual Cache
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Been waiting for some one to make this a virtual ever since the event cache here. Since it has not happened I figured might as well be me
Hours:
Monday - Saturday: 9:00 a.m. - 4:45 p.m.
Sunday: 1:00 - 4:45 p.m.
Admission:
Adults (18-54): $2.00
Seniors (55+): $1.50
Children (6-17): $1.00
Children 5 and under: Free
Sundays: Free
A Brief History of the Pueblo Grande Museum
The central portion of the Hohokam village of Pueblo Grande was first preserved in 1924. In that year, Thomas Armstrong, former president of the Arizona Archaeological and Historical Society, purchased the Pueblo Grande platform mound and surrounding three acres with his own money and donated the property to the City of Phoenix. It was his and others’ hope to preserve some of the ancient history of the Salt River Valley that was being rapidly destroyed by farming and development. Later, that same year, Omar Turney, City of Phoenix Engineer, convinced the City to purchase nearly 10 acres of property south of the platform mound known as the Park of Four Waters. This land contained the preserved remains of major irrigation canals that supplied water to most Hohokam villages on the north side of the Salt River.
In 1929 the City hired Odd Halseth as the first Museum Director and City of Phoenix Archaeologist, (the first city archaeologist in the nation), and the wheels were set in motion for what Pueblo Grande would eventually become. Odd Halseth’s vision for Pueblo Grande included an outdoor museum in the platform mound itself, an archaeological laboratory with exhibits, and ongoing archaeological investigations, all surrounded by a park sporting ethno-botanical gardens. Halseth’s designs were to incorporate professional archaeological investigations of the site, coupled with education programs for schools and visitors.
In 1933 Halseth began the construction of the first museum building at Pueblo Grande. Using salvaged material from City projects, volunteer labor, and adobe blocks made on site from material excavated from the mound, Halseth completed the Museum in 1935 for the cost to the City of $14.95 for nails. Up until his retirement in 1960, Halseth mostly promoted Pueblo Grande as a museum and cultural park. But there was also a vast amount of archaeological work conducted under the auspices of the Public Works Administration (PWA), Civilian Conservation Corps (CCC), and Works Progress Administration (WPA), all Depression Era work programs.
The first annual Indian Market was held at the Museum in 1977, and has now become the largest in the state. In that same year the Museum Auxiliary was established, creating a badly needed volunteer organization. The early 1980s were spent attempting to raise money for an archival project, collections maintenance, and ruin stabilization with limited success.
To recieve credit for this cache you need to complete 2 of the 3 thing listed.
1.find arizona first zoo and take your picutre with GPS by it.( yes post it)
2.in your log tell us about the coolest thing you learned here. (each discription can be used only once)
3. find the plaque that is in the lobby on the north wall east of the front entrance, this is 1 of 2 of these plaque email me with the second location.
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