Arizona State Parks
The Reign of Old Granddaddy: The Rise and Fall of a Desert King
In the foothills of the Rincon Mountains, east of Tucson, there once stood a monarch. For over three centuries, a single Saguaro (Carnegiea gigantea) known as Old Granddaddy witnessed the arrival of Spanish explorers, the birth of the United States, and the paving of the modern Southwest. While the desert
