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    • Deportation of 1917

    • Deportation of 1917

    • Unknown

    • Mining

    • Townspeople were used as security to round up striking miners during deportation in summer of 1917.
    • 2nd hospital in Jerome

    • 2nd hospital in Jerome

    • Young, Herbert V.

    • Hospitals; Businesses

    • The northwest face of Jerome's second United Verde Hospital. It later became a boarding house for miners and was known as the Hampton House.
    • Circles, Spirals and Complex Petroglyphs

    • Circles, Spirals and Complex Petroglyphs

    • Archaic, Hohokam, or Patayan

    • Rock art--Arizona; Sacred sites; Petroglyphs;

    • Some petroglyphs at the Deer Valley Rock Art Center have been interpreted in relation to tribal histories of migration or travel, traditional stories, or as representations of important spirits, animals, and people.

      However, if people used...
    • Mano

    • Mano

    • Archaic, Hohokam, or Patayan

    • Rock art--Arizona; Sacred sites; Petroglyphs;

    • Manos and metates are stone grinding tools. They were used to grind maize, beans, cotton seeds, and other wild grains and seeds.

      This mano was found at the Hedgpeth Hills. It was hand-shaped by a skilled craftsman with the use of a...
    • Cobble Hammerstone

    • Cobble Hammerstone

    • Archaic, Hohokam, or Patayan

    • Rock art--Arizona; Sacred sites; Petroglyphs;

    • This cobble hammerstone may have been used as a striking stone to create and shape mano and metate blanks at Hedgpeth Hills. It may have also been used in petroglyph production. This particular cobble hammerstone appears to have a notch for the...
    • Curvilinear and Complex Petroglyphs

    • Curvilinear and Complex Petroglyphs

    • Archaic, Hohokam, or Patayan

    • Rock art--Arizona; Sacred sites; Petroglyphs;

    • Squiggly lines and spirals may relate to Mesoamerican representations of snakes, water, and the “feathered serpent deity,” Quetzalcoatl. While the place of origin of the Hohokam remains highly disputed, petroglyphs such as these may support...
    • Complex Petroglyphs

    • Complex Petroglyphs

    • Archaic, Hohokam, or Patayan

    • Rock art--Arizona; Sacred sites; Petroglyphs;

    • Abstract designs, such as those seen on this panel, occur in rock art throughout the world. While we may find similar images around the world, it is rare, if even possible, to find universal meanings. The peoples that produced rock art have done...
    • Rep. Jim Hartdegen on his experience as a legislative page

    • Rep. Jim Hartdegen on his experience as a legislative page

    • Hartdegen, Jim

    • Legislators -- Arizona; Law--Arizona--Interpretation and construction; Oral history--Arizona; Arizona--Politics and government--Anecdotes; O'Connor, Sandra Day, 1930-; Giss, Harold; McNulty, James F., 1925-;

    • Clip is 3 min. 50 sec. excerpt of 2 hr. 26 min. interview
    • Lizard Acres - Spurlock & Wetzler Feed Lot

    • Lizard Acres - Spurlock & Wetzler Feed Lot

    • Unknown

    • Sun City West, Arizona; Construction -- Planning; Development;

    • Lizard Acres sign. Lizard Acres was the name of the Spurlock & Wetzler Feed Lot located where Sun City West is now. The Lizard Acres sign was at Dysart and Grand Avenues. In the 1940's, R. S. Spurlock and J. C. Wetzler of Holbrook, Arizona, were...
    • Sun City West development - The project begins

    • Sun City West development - The project begins

    • Del E. Webb Construction Company

    • Sun City West, Arizona; Construction -- Planning; Development;

    • This is the first in a series of 105 aerial photographs taken by the Del E. Webb Construction Company documenting the development of Sun City West. Photos are labeled as "Job 4290" with a start date of 2/15/1978. This photo was taken 4/3/1978 and...
    • Sun City West as it looked in 1981

    • Sun City West as it looked in 1981

    • Del E. Webb Construction Company

    • Sun City West, Arizona; Construction -- Planning; Development;

    • This photo, taken in April 1981, shows how Sun City West was developing. Many homes were in place. The Hillcrest Golf Club is visible on the top left of the photo. Bell Road runs along the bottom of the photo with R. H. Johnson Boulevard running...
    • Aerial view of early construction of Sun City

    • Aerial view of early construction of Sun City

    • Del E. Webb Development Company (DEVCO)

    • Sun City, Arizona

    • An aerial view of early construction in Sun City. This is the intersection of Grand Avenue and 107th Lane. Youngtown is in background. The Hiway House is in the lower left; as is the Grand Avenue Shopping Center, the Oakmont Community Center,...

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