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- proper noun A range of
mountains inArizona , composed primarily ofvolcanic tuff , located to the east of thePhoenix metropolitan area.
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Examples
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Family members say the men planned on hiking into the rugged Superstition Mountains and exploring the area.
Archive 2010-07-11 Bill Crider 2010
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One of these days I will share story of my garden at the foot of the Superstition Mountains - 30 miles north of Scottsdale.
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Enormous carvings of five-pointed star (center) and jack-o-lantern face (above, right) on cliff in Superstition Mountains.
Shadow of the Sentinel WARREN GETLER 2003
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Topographic map of Superstition Mountains area, north of Queen Creek.
Shadow of the Sentinel WARREN GETLER 2003
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This time, the geographic focal point was more than a thousand miles away, in Arizona, at the fabled Lost Dutchman treasure site in the Superstition Mountains.
Shadow of the Sentinel WARREN GETLER 2003
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The delighted couple descended the Superstition Mountains, on which the ark had rested, and went into its valleys, where they lived for a thousand years, and became the parents of a great tribe.
Myths and Legends of Our Own Land — Volume 07 : Along the Rocky Range 1879
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A helicopter searchlight shines over the crash scene in Arizona's Superstition Mountains on Wednesday.
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Glowing lights, apparently fires, burn at the reported scene of a plane crash in Arizona's Superstition Mountains.
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"What we saw was a small plane," said Mark Klein, who lives at the base of the Superstition Mountains, according to ABC News Radio.
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Searchers struggled to recover the remains of six people, including three children, who died when their plane hit the crest of Arizona's Superstition Mountains at 200 mph, causing an explosion that left only a wheel and a small door intact, police said today.
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