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Roosevelt,AZ - Gila County - c1900 - Tonto National Monument Cliff Dwelling RPC *Territorial* :

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Roosevelt,AZ - Gila County - c1900 - Tonto National Monument Cliff Dwelling RPC  *Territorial* :
Tonto National Monument close to the time it became a national monument and it is clear from the photo that this is a picture of the lower cliff dwelling. This monument was known about in the 1870s and first described in detail by Angeline Mitchell in her diary on December 12, 1880. She was a schoolteacher in the Tonto Basin at that time and visited the ruins with six students. Some parts of the ruin she described are no longer visible. President Theodore Roosevelt signed Proclamation 787 on December 19, 1907, which created Tonto National Monument. The proclamation included 480 acres surrounding the upper and lower cliff dwellings, placing them in the care of the U.S. Forest Service. Postmarked on the reverse at Roosevelt, Arizona on May 7, 190x.