2004 Map of Cumero Mountain

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The international border bisects this Pima County landscape, where the San Luis Mountains meet the high desert. Settlement patterns here are defined by the scarcity of water, evidenced by a network of ranching infrastructure like Coches Windmill and the Sandwash Mill. To the north, the Buenos Aires National Wildlife Refuge preserves the terrain around Canoa Wash, while the Coronado National Forest spans the peaks to the east. Genuine insight into the region's transition is found in the presence of several sites marked as no longer occupied, including El Aguajito (Abandonada) and La Nopalera Vieja (Nopalera de Fisher) (Abandonada). These sites, along with the Garcia Ranch and its nearby Cem, provide a detailed record of remote habitation and early ranching life along the borderlands.