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    • Grading the cotton

    • Grading the cotton

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    • Marana (Ariz.)

    • Grades of cotton were assigned depending on cleanliness, strength, and the length of the fiber. These men made a difference in the success of Marana's cotton industry with the grades they assigned a farmer’s bale.
    • Bales in Gin Yard Ready for Market

    • Bales in Gin Yard Ready for Market

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    • Marana (Ariz.)

    • Cotton Bales in Cortaro. After picking the cotton, workers would feed the crop into a gin to take out the seeds and ultimately make large bales that weigh about 500 pounds. A semi-truck would carry bales off to be compressed. Marana farmers...
    • Citizen street paving

    • Citizen street paving

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    • Marana (Ariz.)

    • Marana citizens raised money through donations with the help of Jack Horton from NAPA Auto who gave batteries to recycle for money. The town borrowed Cortaro Water’s dump truck and borrowed the City of South Tucson’s hot oil spreading wagon....
    • Cortaro Farms Company Building

    • Cortaro Farms Company Building

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    • Marana (Ariz.)

    • The Cortaro Headquarters was built in 1935. This building is the Producer’s Cotton Oil. It was built by a Yaqui Indian craftsman, and he did the block work. This building had a cooling unit that had a long shaft that stuck up out of the roof...
    • DC Warren

    • DC Warren

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    • Marana (Ariz.)

    • DC Warren was born in Huntsville, Texas, and moved to Rillito, Arizona in 1952. He worked as a cowboy at area ranches. He also played in a number of movies filmed in Old Tucson during the 1950s through 1960s era, often working as a stunt-man. He...
    • Ditch Blade

    • Ditch Blade

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    • Marana (Ariz.)

    • Marana farmers constantly worked to keep the irrigation ditches cleaned out so the water could flow evenly to all the fields.
    • Group of Farmers during Post Project

    • Group of Farmers during Post Project

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    • Marana (Ariz.)

    • This is a group of farmers and investors called the Cortaro Farms Investment Group. Edwin Post drove this effort. Marana was also called Postvale and Mr. Post and the investment group bought land and sold to many people to start their own farms....
    • Ed, Ray, Wayne Honea

    • Ed, Ray, Wayne Honea

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    • Marana (Ariz.)

    • Mayor Ed Honea, pictured far left, is 17 in this photo. His father, Ray Honea, is in the middle, and brother Wayne Honea is on the right. Wayne is wearing a Marana Future Farmers of America jacket. Ray used to rope on the horse he’s next to. The...
    • Postmaster James Collins

    • Postmaster James Collins

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    • Marana (Ariz.)

    • James Collins was the second postmaster in Marana. The first was a lady named Mrs. Moss who was the postmistress in the 1930s. Mr. Collins started as the postmaster in the 40s.
    • Post Office Dedication

    • Post Office Dedication

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    • Marana (Ariz.)

    • Post Office Dedication - The speaker is Arizona Congressman Mo Udall. Lon Adams is on the left of Mr. Udall and Sam Chu is on the right. Postmaster Bob Honea is seated on the far right.
    • Post Office Dedication - 1962

    • Post Office Dedication - 1962

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    • Marana (Ariz.)

    • This is a post office dedication on Sanders and Marana Road. It was built by Sam Chu. The first postmaster was Bob Honea. Mayor Ed Honea (age 14) and his brother Wayne (age 11), are standing next to the school bus on the far left.
    • Natural gas engine pumping water to farm fields

    • Natural gas engine pumping water to farm fields

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    • Marana (Ariz.)

    • Natural Gas Engine, formerly located on Sandario Road and Moore Road. This was a natural gas engine that used to run 24 hours a day, pumping water for irrigation to nearby fields. Mayor Ed recalls the constant engine noise to be quite irritating at...
    • Yaqui Labor Camp

    • Yaqui Labor Camp

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    • Marana (Ariz.)

    • This was called the Yaqui Camp and is currently the area known as Yoem Pueblo. People came from the Pascua Yaqui reservation in Tucson to work in the cotton fields. The Yaquis settled here and put up shacks and tents in order to be close to the...
    • Weighing Cotton

    • Weighing Cotton

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    • Marana (Ariz.)

    • Weighing Cotton – people used to pick cotton by hand until the late 50s. They got approximately three cents a pound for the cotton. That bale probably weighed 100 pounds. The young man pictured probably got three dollars.
    • Marana High School

    • Marana High School

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    • Marana (Ariz.)

    • This is the first Marana High School. It was torn down to make way for the construction of Interstate 10.
    • The First Post Office

    • The First Post Office

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    • Marana (Ariz.)

    • Mrs. Moss, the first postmistress and her two sons. Mayor Honea's maternal grandmother, Ethel Steele, worked for Mrs. Moss. The building was mud adobe, built in 1933, and located on Highway 84. This post office was later destroyed by a fire.
    • Mobil Oil Station

    • Mobil Oil Station

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    • Marana (Ariz.)

    • This was located on Marana Rd. and Sandario. The station was owned by Olin Waples.
    • Marana Christian Church Ground Breaking

    • Marana Christian Church Ground Breaking

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    • Marana (Ariz.)

    • The Marana Christian Church “Ground Breaking Ceremony” in 1953. The church congregation was mostly comprised of members of the farming community. Through their missionary efforts, they provided social services to low and moderate income people....

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