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(Project work conducted at the National Park Service and University of Arizona)
Organ Pipe Cactus National Monument / Blankenship Ranch
is located west of Tucson Arizona near the Mexican border
town Sonoyta. This national monument is located within
the Sonoran desert and contains the Blankenship Ranch.
The landscape architect along with her colleagues documented
the cultural landscape surrounding the Lonald Blankenship
ranch. The Blakenship Ranch was one of the earliest American
ranching operations in the Sonoyta Valley north of the
international boundary with Mexico. The ranching operations
were believed to have begun around 1912 and 1914. The
project included producing a cultural landscape report
to document the history of the site as well as the changes
within the landscape over time. This included the documentation
of several wells, structures supporting the cattle operation,
outbuildings, and vegetation. The team utilized The Secretary
of the Interiors Standards for the Treatment of Historic
Properties with Guidelines for the Treatment of Cultural
Landscapes as well as numerous other National Park Service
publications.
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