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View from Monument 120 facing east

Dublin Core

Title

View from Monument 120 facing east

Subject

fences (site elements)

borders (boundaries)

crime (social issue)

Description

View from Monument No. 120, looking east into "Smuggler's Gulch," near Nogales, Arizona and Sonora. Mexico is on the right. Rural routes are often used to smuggle consumer goods into Mexico to avoid the high import taxes and bribes. Driving up to the fence, runners then carry the goods to another waiting vehicle across the line. There are two types of paths: cow paths and smuggler's trails.

Nogales Quadrangle: Arizona-Santa Cruz Co. 15 minute series; #117

Creator

Goin, Peter

Source

Peter Goin Collection (MS 733)

Date

Undated

Rights

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Format

JPEG

Type

Image

Identifier

C71_TracingtheLine.jpg

Coverage

Nogales, AZ

Nogales, Sonora, Mexico

Still Image Item Type Metadata

Original Format

TIFF

Collection

Tracing the Line

Citation

Goin, Peter, “View from Monument 120 facing east,” Special Collections Online Exhibits, accessed April 26, 2024, https://exhibits.lib.arizona.edu/items/show/2325.