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Legislation to create Chiricahua National Park is expected to be sent to the White House in coming days for President Donald Trump\u2019s signature. It passed Congress with bipartisan backing and would be the 64th U.S. national park. The 19-square-mile (49-square kilometer) site is within the historical territory of the Chiricahua Apache tribes. It was designated a national monument in the 1920s to preserve hundreds of pinnacle-shaped rocks formed from an ancient volcanic eruption. \u201cWe\u2019re the Grand Canyon state, so we know about this kind of landscape,\u201d Arizona Rep. 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