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A long, flat highland located in the southwestern part of the Navajo Nation Indian Reservation in Arizona. This mesa was named after Francisco Garces, a Spanish missionary who was killed in the area in 1781.
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"Mesas in the Painted Desert, Arizona, USA, May 15, 2008" by Bobjaxx is licensed under Public Domain.
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Linford, Laurance D.
2001 Tony Hillerman's Navajoland: Hideouts, Haunts, and Havens in the Joe Leaphorn
and Jim Chee Mysteries. Salt Lake City: University of Utah Press.