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[Note: Revised for appropriate name of the Tohono O’odham Nation]: The border line divides the Baboquivari Mountains and cuts through the Tohono O’odham Nation. Many washes and arroyos, such as the Gu Oidak, San Simon, and Altar, intersect the…

View, looking east, towards Monument 63. Also visible are the effects of grazing habits with Mexico on the right and the United States on the left.

View of Monument 144 beneath two trees. A dirt path flanked by vegetation leads to the monument.

Front facing view of the Vamori Gate near Monument Number 147. A dirt road leads towards the gate, while vegetation is visible beyond it.

View of a water tank from the Presumido store. Vegetation surrounds the tank on all sides.

View of the abandoned Presumido store and water tank at the base of a hill. In the foreground, a lone saguaro is visible.

An abandoned swimming pool surrounded by wire fence on one side and brick wall on the other side. A building is visible behind the wall.

View of trees on the sloping side of a hill. Beyond the trees, a dirt path is visible.

View of the border fence and Monument No. 121, near the port-of-entry at the twin towns of Nogales, Sonora and Arizona. Mexico is on the left.

View from Monument 120 looking west into the twin towns of Nogales, AZ and Nogales, Mexico.

View from Monument No. 120, looking east into "Smuggler's Gulch," near Nogales, Arizona and Sonora. Mexico is on the right. Rural routes are often used to smuggle consumer goods into Mexico to avoid the high import taxes and bribes. Driving up to the…

View of the border fence near Monument 108, looking west. Vegetation lines both sides on the fence, and on the left, trees are visible.

View of a fence near Monument 106 with a sign that reads "U.S. Government Structure".

View of a fence in an Arroyo between Monuments 95 and 96. A small dirt path runs along in front the fence and in the background, vegetation populates the landscape.

View from Monument 99, looking west. Vegetation lines both sides of a fence that cuts across the landscape.

Double-barbed border fence over an arroyo near Monument No. 98. Mexico is on the far side of the fence.

Today, no federal, state, or local governments have any concerted policy regarding the border fences. The United States section of the International Boundary and Water Commission constructed fences in a cattle control program that began in 1935 and…

Overgrown vegetation obscures two fences that mark where Naco, AZ and Naco, Sonora meet.

Because of careful ranch management, grasses survive in the Animas Valley on the Unites States side of the line (to the right). Overgrazing on the Mexican side encourages creosote (greasewood) bushes to replace the grasses. This view looking west…

View of a railroad and dirt road serving as the boundary between Monument 89 and 90.