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Comm· s1a - er of Im - "gra ,on for' Maricop_
C.ounty, Ariz - _ _ - -Y a - _ Lor,ty of tbe Board
of Supervisors, a d "s -endo, sed y tLe Ph- · x
and. Mar c:opa Co ·n --- Bo,a ·' r,ad
Des."gned . ngr vsd -- -d · · ed by
, ,or1n _ Pi - ce Comp,a y
San F n ·,c,o
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A valley of farm land witli soil of unsurpasse·d fert·. ity
walled in l,y Jiils ri,ch. :n mi· ,erals ---that ,. 1n Lri1ef. ie Maricopa
Co,unty Ar.zona To it are invited the home seeker and the
investor ho1 are loo · . g for golden ·opportunities· amid the most
fa vo1 a1le surroundin:gs ,.
Mar·cop,a County conta s 7 . 500 sq are m.aes. or an area
equal to that of t e state·s 0£ Co· .. ec ·c t and Rhode Is-a d
coh · · ,ed" yet ··t s ,ot the lar,gest c,ou . ty in the . "reat Territory
of Arizona 1, l,ut only o· e of tbe thirte,en countes malcing up
tlie 113 .. 000 square ma.es .. tbin the l,oundaries ,of the Teritory.
WitL "n the c,ounty "es the largest body of: .cult;vated land in
the Territory,, kn.o,wn as the Salt River Valey, irrig·at·ed hy t - e
Sal t"I V erd,e-i · and Gila R · vers which ar.e the larges.t flood
strea s o,f the South ·es t" baring the Colorado ...
. Situated n t· ,e so,uth central p1 0,rtio,n ,of tlte Territory, and
with railr,o,ad lines tapping t· ,e ich m!1neral section.a, surrou , d · g
·t Marico 1pa Coun.ty is, the natural gar,den spot of Arizona and
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tL.e chie·f source· o,f 1.gri,cultural products for ·the T e.ritory.
Naturally. too. he·· c·ties an.d t,owns have become the principal
d.. ·1, •· • f al- 1· r 1·
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h 1 , 1str1 . ut1ng po,mts · or , .·. .c .,a.s,ses, o,r su·pp ies go,1ng to t · e surrouna
ing ·mining camps and settlements.. Within the principal vale:ys
of the county are ov·er 5,00 ,.000 acres of tillable land. In this
co.·. e,cti on ·•tis wel to remember that ,o. ,e ac e in an irrigated
d • strict s eq,ual to ,at lea t f'our acres in a r,a . country owing to
t', e· multip}yi'ng of crops a d the co·nstantl ren. ed fert ·lity of
t ·e soa.
B,ased upo · th.e solid foundation o,f agricultu · e is the prosperity
,of Maricopa. County ,. and u· de . ying this foundation is
the constancy and. regular· ty of irrig·at on water supply in the
Salt Ri"'.er Valley no,v ass red by the 'building -of the Tonto
D,am l,y the Rec lam.ation $.ervice ,of the nation.al go1vernment .
Fo years, the Salt River Valey b,as Leen irigat·ed ,and. cultivat,
ed by the settlers o·l m.odern times. So level is, its surface
that "t is, believed the :and was smoothed by a ,,cient ir · ·,at s,
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proba'b y the Toltecs of pr,eAztec
lineag·e. At the pr1se · t
time great ,can.als., so .. e oft: em
respe,ctaLle riv,ers m capacity 't
ta e the rive·r S· supply of 1 ·feg
·ving water far of . 'pon the thirsty
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Former y tLe "'Water supply · as int,erm
·ittent-. in that the river· at ·times, carried
great floods '\V"bich ran to the sea owing to the lack
,of m,eans t·o store them. Only a certain volume of water could be
carried by the canals. and the remander £lowing thr·ough the rive.rs
to the· Gulf of Californ ·a. w-as -wasted o far as the people o,f t ,e Salt
.- iver Valley - ere concerned. With the passage o,f the 1 ,ational
Irigation Law ,ca- , .. e oppo rtunity to .end the unc,ertainty of water s,upply
l:,y the promise o,f means to , .tore the flood waters for futu;re use.
One· of the fust to, 1,,e· decided up·on by the Se,cretary ,of' the I ·te "or,
and also one of the largest--t' ,e Salt River project, as it "s ofi,c.ialy
kno"\V"n--is the solution ,of the proLlem ,o,f irrigation · - ,ater sup,ply
in this valey .
The Tonto Dam and Reservoir, as t- ey a:re known ·ocally fro
tl:ieir lo,cation jus·t Lelo,-v the j'un,ct10 . · of Tonto Creek -with Salt
R"ver wil ,g1v,e an assur,-d
supply of water for ahout· 2001
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0100 acres of la d i . Salt· River
V,aley. ·This includes seve.al
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t ou.san • ,. acres wn1c.1
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gated with water pumpe,cl fr'o,m the
undergroun,d supply l:,y , ,eans 1of elec,tric
power generated at the dam. 'The T.o,nto Dam,
hicli wil l>e, the highest in the world and · lie nex
la test t·o the great Asso,uan D1,am acr,oss tbe Nile. is seventy miles
fro · Phceni . L _,t the land. to be ·rrigated fro ·m it lies within a ra1dius
of tweney miles ar,ound th,e ,city . The dam is, reached, l,y a wo,, d,e·rful
w,agon road fr,om Mesa. 'built through magnihcent mount·ain scenery
l,y me,ans of bonds to the amount of $75,",000 vot.ed hy tlie people
o,f . •· ho:nix, Tempe and Me ,a., At the dam s'"te: is th,e cons.true- . f. .. 1
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t1on camp o •· · -ooseve t wmc - w- . ,e t100, _e_· wnen t e res rvo1.
.,s £1.e,d . l,,u t wLich no,w serves its purpo,se as the headquarters for
Lund.reds of Lusy workmen.
BuJ.t of huge 1:.lo,cks of hard ,. red sandsto,ne la" d in cement in the
most permane ·- t of maso . ry const ction, the T ont,o Dam · ill to, .· ,er
'270 feet a'3,o,ve "ts £,oun,dations o,n b,e,clroc:k thirty f,eet helo lowwater
mark.. Tltis means 240 fe .t of ,struct_ re ab,oe the surface"
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ma • git tLe Ligl1est da. · in tLe Unite.d States. As, an ,o,utlet
for the reservoir, a t1.1.nnel 450 f'eet long has been co1nstructed
througL. the c·anyon w·all around the point whre one end of the
dam will 1e 1uat into tlie rock ide wall. During construct"o,n
this, tunnel w-il carry the diverted -waters ot the river so that
ex,c·avations for the foundations may go o· u i-terruptedly.
The tunnel is ,closed 1,.y a ·series of s·x mamm-oth gate·s of s,tel ..
weigL.i.ng" W'ith their op,erating achinery,. n,early 800 . 000
pounds. and which will regulate the emptying of' the reservoir
water.
To c·arry flood '\"\Taters around the ends of the da·m when the
reserv,oir is £ull, two sp,illwa.ys each 200 feet in width. are cut
in the solid rock twenty feet lower than the crest of the dam.
Concrete steel arch b:ridges 200 feet lo·ng will span th.e· spillways
and carry a roadw.ay across. th.e top of the da_m4, Behind the
dam will. stretch tb.e greatest artihcial reservoir· in the world
--a hody of w-a.ter tw-enty-hve miles long· and with an average
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wid.tli of o,ne and o , e-half miles ,. a d with a cap1 acity· tor im
poun:ding 1100 . 000 acre feet ,of · _ ater.. T1.is means that the
w,a.ter, .. if spread out one: foot dee:p., would cover over a ·milion
acres, o,r ,an a.r,ea ,equal to tLat of the l,a.-.ud surface: of the
W"hole atate of Rhode Islad and 700 squa e miles in Co.nnecticut
i:, addi6o .
For th"rty miles l,elo"W' ·the d.am S,al.t R 1"ver flow-s thr 1ough
a precipito,u ,ca yo, - ,and. tbis natural , , ate ay - ill be t' ,e
ou .let £ r' t · e r,eservo r At tLe mo, th of"' the canyon- and ·ust
b1 elow -he junction o,f the Verde with Salt "ve ,. is a ,div,ers:i
on dam 'Vvhich tu _s tlie water :from its natural co,urse ·nto
g.·.ant canals to 'be thence dis,tributed over the valey ,. By tbe
time the To to, Dam is co·mpleted tLia diversion dam wil he
replace·d. 1,y a maso1 nry da, set permanently upon bedroc- • t,o
tur,n the· combined ±low ,o,f t :ese two rivers into a dozen main
canals 1,,y . ea s of huge Leaaga.te 'S on each aide of the river!
It is not expected that the whole ,upp}y of the reS'e voir
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s al h,e .s d m ,a ,y one year, WLi e ·t ta e. , l,,o t
over half of this supply 1s r,e.cei ed fro. · the n:atu al
6led w-ould ,suffice for a1o I t three years"' s,up·-ly if
natural so,urces.
_ The e,ost o,f the reservoir pro,jec,t -ab,o,u · $4 000
withiout inter:est1 i ten. an 1ual instalments beginning
acres to be bene:hted th.is would male the cost tw-e
district · as been '"thdra " from. ent1=y • co choE
ah,o t 1'25.,000 ac e's are · cultiv,atio- "W"L.ich wJl
deficiency " .. th.eir annual supply ., The. remainder o,f
,o,nce reclaimed hut lor - ·hic1. water 1.as Le · la£ ·
The brst o'b1ect is to pr,o,tect homes already, mad,e,, an,
rec - . ed land to 160 -acres or less. Int nsive fa,r1nir
When ·: e _ a.ter is supp, ed t,o the soil throu_gh
·A&.-.... fu · , - o, - flo.og. th,e ,question ,arises. w-hat ma ,
gro t perate: and se i-tr·opic regions "Will 1
, _, d . t1 ,o,od ater cond,,tions :h e o,r s . cropi
to , • o he ac e a. ,d the hay in the stack is 'WOl
thou an s ol catle e d. .·ve · dow , from the· , ,ountain
· , · ,ey , : · h.e · -. - d 'or l,eef. D,aieying 1s another :
. , · o r,eadily . ark.eta le --. odu1':ts 01£ m" c , L.erds,.
While . eat. 'barley oat. . ,corn" a - ,d, sorghum .
the, . 'a. - ers exce: in special . pro,d ct . Orange
be mar eted. a. · ont1
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t e £ est bown 1n t e Bas·
, . d, p ·c , , ,ecJ. or p,ressed into ,oiJ
Ap, .' eo · .. bg , emo s peaches
e ea W"ate · , elo .s and. 1Can
r duct· of t e Salt 0ve
the U -·ted tate gr.cul
t e s ece ,s o dat e • ture an
a py esult C oncli "'o ·S 1
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p,o . try , aise , o as & e
A 0 1 a ,aL,out' C' ' .. Cate
,w· 1 ters; with t I eir ,accompan
·Marico,pa Co , ty frost is r
S,al.t · '"ver V,aley it "s scare
,dom in t 1 7 s valey tha .· durin
f ere feet· of· W'ater to carry a crop, tk.ough he year,
l of the river. At this ate,. the r-eservo · r,. : he · - once
o ·e ater should l,,e ad,ded to ·t in that tim,e. from •
--,"s ·o b,a repaid tbe - atio ,al -gover ·1me t as a loan
the dam is. coml)leted. _Divided am,ong the 2!00"000
ars an acre. Al the puhlic land within the reservo ·,"
th th" s . e'clamaiton project. Under present C·O dition.s rece 've th.e l,e·nehts o-f. stored water to make up the
t a -ea in the reservo · r d · strict w · _ 1e made up 0£ lands t . der natural conditions, i reicent y,ear of drought .
. e _ t·o malenewo.nes, 1,.y -. ·tmg .· d"v"dual hold"-gs of
rill then Le- the rule,. and. not extensive.
,d:ietri'buting sYSt-em of - am canals laterals. ditclies. and
. d· I 1, · ·£ 1
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re in the ,Salt River Valley. Alfalfa is the f,o,undati.on
y 'be cut in a y.ear. Ea.ch. cutting a. erages frm o e ·to
ahout five dol. ars a ton for catle feedinf• • . Ev year
ges, to l,,e ·fatenea on the 50 000 acres O alfalfa ' th,e
ne of rea1izing large returns fr,o· alfalfa . -hen tu _ ed
groW11 in quant-iti.es more than the necessities of t· • s
po · . eloe, or -.1o grape fruit., ' not only· ripe - · - ti - e to
from othe·r localities l,ut are
ma· ets.. The o· ·:ve th- ·:ves.,
o the . 1 n,e,st quality a d. £la o,r.
es., p,ears,. _ o egrana.tes etrawpeS'
_ ,are st .i ,dar,d - , rt cultu- al
In . 10 chard ne.ar Te _ .,-e
epa ,- e- t has: de O st a ea
1 vidua's --,ave reachea 't; e same
=:=.ceptio aly favot'able £or the
ailing' a_ ket fo,r is]· roduc e.
those who are, ttr·e - of c-old
· t of frost. snow,. a d ice.
· d · · the· f,oo,thills of· the great
v.er seen. S - O"\V' fals so selp,
ast twenti-tw,o years of th.-
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bee: 'b · t two very light snows,.--so
, gb.t · 'act t. 1 at the . e t day after
here as o s,gn o,f s .. ow on the
ground. The " te,·s are ".deal,. w"th
a ma. ,·mum of s11ns1.in.e .and a minimum
o,f , c,old -winds.. The wind . ovement rarely
exceeds b.ve miles an hour ., "\V'hile the average
yearly rainfal is ,only seven inches. 'l'l,is · aley is free
from huricanes cyclones and tornadoes. Such disasters have ne· er
vis t,ed thi.s sectio , of the country . and expert o'bs,ervers declare that
· t is imposs "ble f.o, · the t,o, reach the Salt R · ver V al.ey. Although
t ,,e te, 1 perature reaches 1
• , glt hgures in su · · ·,er ,. "t "s a,c,companied l,
· ttle humid ty a J. in consequence unstrok.es a ·d heat pr,ostr.a.tions ,are
un ·owu arnqng me· or an"mals. Th"s cou ty is free from malaria"
clils and al such co . plai · ts, ..
PHCENIX--Cap ·tal c"ty of Arizona an,d county seat of Maricop.
a ·County. P.ermanent population, 12.000. to whic · a:re added
bet'\v'een 3 1000 and. 4 -t OOO tourist v·sito ·s every winter. The c ty
compr"ses, over 2"000 acres w"tlun its corp,orate limits and is laid out
-w-ith wide streets and sidewalks., Beautiful parks suro . d tlie p l,lic
'build··. gs. w.:bile the esidence streets are nicely shade,d. Pheoinx Las a
1ng· school. gramm,a.r sclioo1l ana hve ward •chools in the· p1 ublic ·ys
t . - in whicL aLout 1.70,0 children
attended sc - oo,l last ye,ar. - · 1il.e 250
II d . . 1 l we -e e- o, e _1 1n pnvat , scn,oo s.
Twelve c,liurcL. den,o,minations a r ,e - - - -
r,epresente,d and all Lave co,, · , odio s
ho,1-t!les of -wo,rship. The city as, miles ,of
pleasant d ,-ives leading to the s rrounding
agricultural districts,. Four 1-.. es of street' railway·
ith tw,e ·. ,ty maes, of track make acces, co·. venient to
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all pa ts of the c "ty , · · d sul,urbs,. Electric communication . ith tlie
o . ts ·.J,e · orld is kept p tLro . gh the lines of bo,th the gre,at telegrap
s .---e . s a · d hy long· 1di-tance telepL.one. The city has, over 900 suL
scribers ". the local telepho ,e ,e change. The people of Phce " - have
a ,domestic supply of pure wa er fr,o.m a syste . ,. ,, with c,apac "ty of three
- " ·o-- galons a day pu p,ea from a deep we' ,, and having no con ection
whatever with the ir ig'ating syste _ ,-uppliecl -with water from
Salt River. The altitude of Phre, ix is. only 1076 feet, and. t is. ,com
b1 ed - ·th. t-: e l,ocatio.; ot the city in a v,aley ,almost s,urr,ounded by
' •• I I .-j, . ] il 'Ji Th · s, makes w . at 1s considered ,an 1d,eal w-mter resort. · ' 1 e m!ean
;inn ,al te,mperatur - is 69.3 d,e·g'rees. ,and tL.,e av,erag, - wind velo,city is,
less th.an £. e miles a hour. Frosts a e infreque,- t and then light.
The "bna -ce-s of Phre.· ., . resi.dents and v·sitor . are well ooked after b.Y
6 e l,ank.ing · -. ,sttutions with cor,espondents, al over t:b.i- country a - d
1a1,road The se'5sed valuation of property in tLe cit y is over
five · ions .a d t ·"s represents proL ahly sixty p,,er c,ent of the
actual value·. Phren ·x has al the c·o venience ,ad equipment o,£
the mos,t mod.e ._ city. inc uding ,ele,ctric light and po er ,. gas. fo--
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1 u · mating an_ 'or ,.·- e ,, ice actones,I creamenes. steam. 1 aun-dries"
machine shops., fo ,undries .• and vario,us _othe·r ma, ufacturing·
plants. TL.ree daily papers giv,e the news o,f the orld" aided hy
several w.eeldy pul,lic·tions, A w-ell equipped pu'blic liL,rary .
wlucli has been · - . use' for sev,eral ye ·ar.s. wil soon be trans£ e rr·ed
to ,a $2.5, . 000 building now being erected through. the gift ,o.f
Andre-w Carnegi e.. Three, theaters. various hals. and two
natatoriums afo · d places. of amuse m,ent and recreation. Golf
.and tennis gro 1
_ nds :are maintained. at the Count,ry Cluh, the links
b,ein(f am o · g t · e £.nest and mo_st po,pular in the South"7e$t f'or'
-w • · ter plaiying'. Al of the lriaternal o d,ers L,ave flourishing
lodges, in Phc:e i • som,e of them O·Wnm ' tlieir o,n rooms and
o-_date and 1s supple mented by . our rural routes.. At PhCJ?n1x
is located the Territ orial Fair A soc atio ,n w·t - co,odioua
sliow ,grounds an.d a wel-laid-out track with al ,accommodations ,r 1- b · t.· . 1 1 d 1
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i-or tne . e·st winter care O·I' mo·r·oug ,- ore .no .ses 1 tra · · - g.
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Th ee mil ,e,s frotn the city · s the Ph,ci:nix Industrial Indian School .,
where o · er 700 Indian C' · • _ ·e- £rout thirty ditfer.ent tribes are
ta11.g t - . a ual de _-terity ,an,d ho"\V to be· self-suppo,rtmg. Three
il d - 1 h · · · p:t .
Th S F ·p· ra roa s maxe· t ·e1r te .· - 1 us n 'nren • :, e -- a ta : 'e. , 'es•·
co tt and. Phoo · i is a Lr-anch. fr,om the Santa Fe syste -- , c,o ,. ,ecting
with the main Ii : e· at Ash Fork ,. 197 mae· . to the no,rth.
F'rom Maricopa. thi-hve miles to the south," runs the Ma.ncopa
& Phre nix & Salt -.- v,er Valey" a 1,ranch conn, ection of
the Sunset . o, ,te of the Southe n Pacific . an,d al o, conne,ct· .. g
with the transco tinental t a" s of the Rock Island syst,e · . Tlte
Phnix fd Eastern is an,other Santa F,e li·-e m construct1,on
southeastwa d fro Phrenix ,. now _in oper,ation fo,r abo·ut 1 0
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-_. · 1n a o-w-gr,a_ e main 1ne .
TE - E--A he,auti£ul itle town of 1,500 1nha
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ed on the south side of Salt Riv.er n ·; e maes, · ast of Phwn · .
and 1n the c.,e··-ter of a rich a,g icultural d"s+rict.. Her,e is lo,cated
the : ormal S,cho,ol of Aruo, .· a, with a commodious , gro:up of
bu,· dings ,an a - ' el-laid-,o, t grounds . afording cco, ' modation, '
lo1 r· an enr·olment of ov,er 200 pupils. A. mu . ·pal plant " ppl1es
an a undant w,ate service £or do,mestic and £.r,e purpo,ses. . _ J.ght
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C' pl - ; t. Churches schools,oi and frate -- ,,a,
orgn · _ atons, are ep sentative and adequate. A con,dens,ed
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MESA C'ITY ---S · tee . m·, es east l'rom Phce ix· is th,e '"'Gem
City"'". but now better lcno"Wn as the ga.teway to the Tonto res·ervoir.
Mesa is the nearest railr,oad point to the da , s "te ,and.
eo tructio. camp of Roose elt and fro,m h.ere runs a magn-"'£.ce
·t mounta"n ·oa-d with supe.l, scenery along nea· ly the whole
of its 60 m · es. Over the road travel daay lines of stage c:oaches
wh · ,e u -- e· o . -. freighting te - 1 s ,are .engaged " car yi g workme
- a - d suppl es to the great eng · · e,e i (l' w rk in the heart ,of·
the, mountai, s. Mesa has a higlt school and ,co tributary ,graded
schoo s with o,ver 700 chi11dr·en ,e · ,o ed. Tie population 01 f the
t:o - 1 is aL01ut 1200. As the ce ter ol, a co nt'ry especially
f avora'ble f1or gttrwi , g fruit, g -,apes., melons,. a d cantaloup.esoi, carloads
of these products are shipped. every yea· from Mesa .. 1,esi.des
live stock. hogs, and eheep. Mesa is ·the ,cent-er of the largest
operations · _ pump,i · ,g for "rrigation purp,oses from the almost
inexhaustible u -- dergrou d. su·pply of water. Several larg,e plants
are· estLlished in this '7icinity and ,are in successful operatio-
one alone irigati - g over 3,.000 ,acres, of alf,alfa.
BUCKEYE--A favo,rab e grai _ a d alfalfa, gr,oW"ing and
cattle fe,eding district 30 .,._e so,uth-w,e-t o,£ Phreni,x, w·th wliich
city the district is connected by s., ag'e line and .. ·. ,agon r,o,ad. The
Bue ,eye c,a al receives, an ,a'b1undant sup,ply 1of at'e l,y; means
of a d1versi_o,n ,clam across the G,ila River below "ts, confluence
w·th ·he Salt and jut west of t1e, A,gua Fria . - iver. R,an,ge
cattl,e are drive in for f,eeding in thousands e,ach year and the
a-p,orts are £at cattle, L,e,sicles hay , 1grain" and hogs.
A LIN,GT,ON--West ,o,f Buckeye a -d also rec,eiv",,g its
"rr·,gation sup,p y fro t e ,G" ,a -·ver. W'es,t of the Hassayampa.
Cattle fatte , ing, h;ay and grain, gro-w · - g a · ,e the ch· ef
eans, of support of a, ,g .. owin:g and, thrivin,g populat"on.
WIC'KENBURG -Center ca p o,f ,a mining ,district o,f
prom ·se" - . hic,h inc udes parts of Maricop,a an,d. Yavapai counties"
·s locate,d on the· Santa Fe . Prescott & Phrenix Railroad. about
50 Jes fro-m Pho:ni,c. Th.c to"W'n is the · orthernmo t in Mar'''
copa Cou.n,ty. Thr'o,ugh discoveries of gold in the near-by hills
the to, n is growi, :i rpidly,. A custo , s, ,e ter is, pr:o ised at
a.n early date.
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ce n i K 1 su rounded.
by comfortable rural
ho . · e-s. er,e are 5 • tuated
the kilns of the
Alham1ra B ,-·ck Co.
__ . t -r s. burban amlet 9 -il,es northw-est of Ph,reni
. ,,...,.::. 0, · CODS---· -a'b. - e , - ' - · 'l - ,gr,o ,g S cti,o - · nd ln tb heart of the 1,,e,et S gar la d.
- , t-- -,alt Ri-er,V_, e,y.
P 1 0 IA-- et far - -r nort est fr,om Pha:, _ ix and a _ amle·t surrounded :b., r, c; e- of pr,omise.
C - TSDALE--A settlem,e t de oted chie:9.y to bealt -seekers. • he sL.elter
of the-_ . s _ 2 miles . - ort 1east of P nix a d separated from t _, pri c ·pal irirgated
b .d f . . I nd h - : d
.. .
l fr I e tion - _. a - 1 J e e panse ,o 1rgm .' - ove· · lC - t , pu ,e. - ry a · c c · :at-es ,ee y.
A·GUA CALIE, TE--Hot - pr a e located in the _south_ estern pat
of Maricop,a County 010 - and ,a .. al£ miles north 0£ _the Gaa iver ,and 12 mJes
north of Sentinel Statio o, _ the Southern Pacific, with hich the plac,e is, con· e,cted
b, sta,ge.. The •·,01 t water fro.-. the s.prings is used £,o,r dr: ,· ing as, w-el as l,athing.
The te p,eratu ,e oft e w,ater ,. _- fio ,- 98 to, 104 deg,e s Fa 1 r.,, and the r sort --s.
patronized 1,,y t o, e ,seeking rest and ·ec pe. ·ation as el .as, l,y those ho desire
r storat on t,o health.
For further mformatllOll an,cl Lea. tifuly -llustra.ted hooklet. end
f,our cents in , , amp to Comniiss10 e of Immigration Phoeni
Ar120n or S cretary ,oard of Tr,ad- Ph.oan ! . Arizona
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