Arizona State Parks (government)

Tombstone Courthouse State Historic Park

Arizona State Parks is the governing agency of all Arizona state parks. The agency was created in 1957, following the rapid growth of the post-World War II recreation and tourism industries in the American Southwest.[1] The agency's board was created in 1957, and currently has seven members plus an executive director.[2]

  1. ^ "Book review for "Gateways to the Southwest: The Story of Arizona State Parks," Environmental History, January 2005". Archived from the original on October 12, 2008.
  2. ^ Arizona State Parks Board Archived January 3, 2008, at the Wayback Machine