Mikes Group
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| Need to turn left at this caron. There is no sign. (other trail goes toward development) |
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Double Crested Saguaro |
Barry's Hike
Skip's Hike - Casa Grande Mountain
Directions: From Florence Blvd turn onto I-10 East and take exit 257 and turn right onto Speedway Blvd. Keep going as the road name changes to Gates Pass Road. Proceed over Gates pass to the bottom of the hill and turn left into the parking area. It is 60 miles.
Google Maps to David Yetman Trail
All Trails Map for David Yetman Trail
Yetman was born in New Jersey. His father was a minister for the Methodist Church. Following the onset of acute asthma, his family moved him to a dry climate of southern Arizona when he was a teenager. They arrived in Duncan, Arizona in 1954 and then moved to Prescott in 1955 where he went to high school.
Remaining in Southern Arizona, in 1970 he began trading carvings made by the Seri Indians of Sonora, Mexico and began to investigate their livelihoods and culture. He also worked in the Chiricahua Mountains. He completed a PhD in Philosophy (University of Arizona, 1972). In 1977 he ran for political office and was elected to the Pima County Board of Supervisors as a Democrat, serving until 1988. He used his role to preserve public lands in and around Tucson. He then worked as Executive Director of the Tucson Audubon Society, and then from 1992, joined the University of Arizona's Southwest Center as Research Social Scientist.
