Garces National Forest was established by the U.S. Forest Service in Arizona on July 1, 1908 with 78,480 acres (317.6 km2) from portions of Baboquivari, Tumacacori and HuachucaNational Forests. It was named in honor of Franciscan missionary Father Francisco Garcés – an early explorer of southwestern North America including Arizona and southern California. On July 1, 1911 the forest was combined with Coronado National Forest and the name was discontinued.[1]
Garces National Forest is named for Spanish priest Francisco Garcés.
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^Davis, Richard C. (September 29, 2005), (PDF), The Forest History Society, archived from the original (PDF) on 2012-10-28
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(from the Forest History Society website) Text from Davis, Richard C., ed. Encyclopedia of American Forest and Conservation History. New York: Macmillan Publishing Company for the Forest History Society, 1983. Vol. II, pp. 743–788.
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