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==Culture== Eloy is home to the world's largest [[parachuting|skydive]] [[drop zone]],<ref>{{cite news |last1=Clinch |first1=Tanner |title=Eloy parachute business to service skydivers |url=https://www.pinalcentral.com/arizona_city_independent/news/eloy-parachute-business-to-service-skydivers/article_3e51dd40-9002-11e6-b7d1-9f81f3e35f56.html |access-date=March 30, 2021 |work=Arizona City Independent |date=October 12, 2016}}</ref> operated by Skydive Arizona, and bills itself as the skydiving capital of the world.<ref>{{cite web |url=http://www.ctvnews.ca/world/woman-killed-in-arizona-skydiving-accident-amid-world-record-attempt-1.1760253 |publisher=CTV News |title=Woman killed in Arizona skydiving accident amid world record attempt |date=April 3, 2014 |first=Brian |last=Skoloff |access-date=January 18, 2016 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20170118042225/http://www.ctvnews.ca/world/woman-killed-in-arizona-skydiving-accident-amid-world-record-attempt-1.1760253 |archive-date=January 18, 2017 |url-status=dead }}</ref><ref>{{cite web |url=http://www.nydailynews.com/news/national/skydiver-falls-death-attempting-world-record-article-1.1744907 |work=New York Daily News |title=Skydiver falls to death while attempting to break world record for largest skydive in Arizona |date=April 3, 2014 |access-date=January 18, 2016 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20160304044659/http://www.nydailynews.com/news/national/skydiver-falls-death-attempting-world-record-article-1.1744907 |archive-date=March 4, 2016 |url-status=dead }}</ref> Two parachute manufacturers are based in Eloy, including [[Firebird Skydiving|Firebird USA]] and Sun Path Products.<ref>{{cite news |title=Firebird Changes Ownership |url=https://uspa.org/p/Article/firebird-changes-ownership |access-date=March 30, 2021 |work=USPA |date=June 1, 2018}}</ref> The city is home to the Robson Ranch Golf Club with an 18-hole, par-72 golf course.<ref name="usat1">{{cite news |last1=Melendez |first1=Jarrett |title=Things to Do in Eloy, Arizona |url=https://traveltips.usatoday.com/things-eloy-arizona-54094.html |access-date=April 1, 2021 |work=USA Today |date=March 14, 2018}}</ref> The Casa Grande Valley Historical Society & Museum was founded in 1964 and holds a collection of more than 50,000 artifacts.<ref name="usat1"/> [[Picacho Peak State Park]] is located 10 miles southeast of Eloy.<ref name="usat1"/> It is the site of the only Civil War [[Battle of Picacho Pass|battle]] in Arizona; the battle is re-enacted annually.<ref name="pcaz"/>
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