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    • Articles of Incorporation

    • Articles of Incorporation

    • Pima County Board of Supervisors

    • Marana (Ariz.)

    • Resolution No. 1977-20, Resolution of the Board of Supervisors of Pima County, Arizona, declaring the incorporation of the Town of Marana, pursuant to Section 9-101, Arizona Revised Statutes.
    • Bales in Gin Yard Ready for Market

    • Bales in Gin Yard Ready for Market

    • Unknown

    • 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...
    • Bill Schisler Oral History

    • Bill Schisler Oral History

    • Grijalva, Lily

    • Marana (Ariz.)

    • Bill Schisler moved his wife and four kids to Marana following time served in the army in 1969. He was a council member and briefly served as the mayor. Mr. Schisler recalls incorporation and a citizen street-paving effort in the early 1980s. Run...
    • Bob Honea Oral History

    • Bob Honea Oral History

    • Grijalva, Lily

    • Marana (Ariz.)

    • Bob Honea served as the Postmaster and remembers the farming and ranching activities in the town. Bob attended the University of Arizona and played basketball. He married Pat in 1951 and started the Bridle Bit Ranch. Run time: 11:32.
    • Citizen street paving

    • Citizen street paving

    • Unknown

    • 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

    • Unknown

    • 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...
    • David and Tom Anway's Oral History

    • David and Tom Anway's Oral History

    • Grijalva, Lily

    • Marana (Ariz.)

    • David Anway talks about his family settling in Avra Valley in the 1910s. David recalls farming, and watching German prisoners march down Marana road from the German prison camp, the Marana airbase, and working in the cotton gin. Run time: 11:30.
    • DC Warren

    • DC Warren

    • Unknown

    • 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

    • Unknown

    • Marana (Ariz.)

    • Marana farmers constantly worked to keep the irrigation ditches cleaned out so the water could flow evenly to all the fields.
    • Dorothy Honeycutt and Jo Rex (Frew) Oral History

    • Dorothy Honeycutt and Jo Rex (Frew) Oral History

    • Grijalva, Lily

    • Marana (Ariz.)

    • Jo Rex talks about her father, Don Frew, who was the mayor of the first publicly elected Town Council. Dorothy Honeycutt was the Town Clerk. Together, they talk about incorporation, the construction of Interstate 10, integrated schools, and working...
    • Early Police Department cruiser

    • Early Police Department cruiser

    • Unknown

    • Marana (Ariz.)

    • The newly incorporated Town of Marana bought many used vehicles to build up its police vehicle fleet. This is the first new cruiser the Town bought.
    • Ed, Ray, Wayne Honea

    • Ed, Ray, Wayne Honea

    • Unknown

    • 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...
    • Eddy Honea's Oral History

    • Eddy Honea's Oral History

    • Grijalva, Lily

    • Marana (Ariz.)

    • Eddy Honea is a third generation Maranan. His grandparents moved here in the 1920s and he remembers farming, the community, the school district, and his time on council. He describes the incorporation and talks about the Cortaro Water User's...
    • Grading the cotton

    • Grading the cotton

    • Unknown

    • 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.
    • Group of Farmers during Post Project

    • Group of Farmers during Post Project

    • Unknown

    • 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....
    • JD and Janie Henley Oral History

    • JD and Janie Henley Oral History

    • Grijalva, Lily

    • Marana (Ariz)

    • JD married Janie in 1946. He worked in Silverbell and bought property in Honea Heights. They recall starting the volunteer fire department and the Marana Food Bank. They also remember the 1981 citizen street-paving effort. Run time: 21:52.
    • Mamie Kai's Oral History

    • Mamie Kai's Oral History

    • Grijalva, Lily

    • Marana (Ariz.)

    • Mamie Kai was married to Jon Kai and describes her family's start in cotton farming. She recalls the Trico Co-op, farming in Avra Valley and Cortaro Farms. Run time: 32:14.

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