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==Historic structures and monuments== {{lists of historic properties}} The following is a short description of the historic structures, cemetery and monuments pictured: *Side view of the '''C. H. Cook Memorial Church''', a historic church on Church Street. It was built in 1918 and added to the National Register in 1975. The church is named after Charles Cook, a young missionary who arrived in Sacaton on December 23, 1870. The funeral of [[Ira Hayes]] was held here. The church was listed in the National Register of Historic Places as of August 28, 1975, reference # 75000359. In March 2019, an arsonist burned the church to the ground.<ref>[https://www.pinalcentral.com/casa_grande_dispatch/area_news/community-mourns-loss-of-historic-sacaton-church/article_0742b39c-7fbf-51e8-80ac-a5c8b91ac4bf.html Community mourns loss of historic Sacaton church]</ref> The church was destroyed as a result of that fire.<ref>[https://www.12news.com/article/news/local/arizona/historic-arizona-church-built-in-1887-destroyed-in-fire-officials-suspect-a 12 News]</ref> *The grave of '''Charles Cook's''' son, Franklin, who died on February 22, 1884, at the age of three months and six days. Lying next to the baby is Cook's wife, Annie M. Cook (Coates), who died on December 18, 1889. The grave is located in the C. H. Cook Memorial Church Cemetery on the northwest edge of the '''C. H. Cook Memorial Church'''. *The grave of '''[[Matthew B. Juan|Mathew B. Juan]]''' whose body was interred in the cemetery on April 9, 1921. Juan's first name was misspelled; it is "Matthew". Juan was killed in World War I, as the first Native American from Arizona to die while fighting for the United States in a war. The grave is located in the C. H. Cook Memorial Church Cemetery, on the northwest edge of the C. H. Cook Memorial Church.<ref name="renton.50megs.com">{{Cite web |title=WWI Service Record |url=http://renton.50megs.com/Tuscania/shogun/rivers.htm |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://archive.today/20081012033717/http://renton.50megs.com/Tuscania/shogun/rivers.htm |archive-date=October 12, 2008 |access-date=April 17, 2017}}</ref> *The grave of [[American Civil War]] veteran and Confederate Colonel '''James Patton Perkins''', who died in [[Sweetwater, Arizona]] in 1896. The grave is located in the C. H. Cook Memorial Church Cemetery, on the northwest edge of the C. H. Cook Memorial Church. *The '''[[Matthew B. Juan]]-[[Ira H. Hayes]] Veterans Memorial Park'''. The Memorial Park commemorates Matthew B. Juan, a Pima Indian who was the first Native American from Arizona to be killed in World War I.<ref>[https://www.hmdb.org/m.asp?m=42026 Historic marker]</ref> Ira Hayes was a Pima Indian who served in the United States Marine Corps, and is best known for his participation in the U.S. flag-raising at Iwo Jima in 1945. The park is located on West Casa Blanca Road in Sacaton. *The '''Pvt. Matthew B. Juan Monument''' built in 1928 by stonemason [[Michael Sullivan (stonemason)|Michael Sullivan]], in the Mathew B. Juan-Ira H. Hayes Veterans Memorial Park. *The '''Ira H. Hayes Monument''' in the Mathew B. Juan-Ira H. Hayes Veterans Memorial Park. *The '''First Pima Baptist Church''' a.k.a. '''"The first Southern Baptist Church"''', was built in 1925 and is located at N Voak AT W Casa Blanca Road. *Early '''20th Century House''', located on Casa Blanca Road in the Gila Indian Reservation.
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