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Old, Lost, Forgotten Communities in the Valley of the Sun
This is about times and places. It is about the many small places that used to exist in what is now the Metroplotitan Phoenix area. Most of these are gone; some are remembered as names of an area or street; still others (a few) have grown and prospered. A logical question is why didn't Alicia or Alma become big and famous, and Zenos did. Well, you have hear of the place called Zenos but you know it by another name.
I have tried to round up all the small places that have existed since the Pale Faces came to central Arizona, from about 1870 until about World War 2. I will identify them and add a few words about each.
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Acequina
Agua Fria. A stop on the RR, northeast of Beardsley. This is basically where the town of El Mirage is now located. Not to be confused with the Agua Fria Station.
Agua Fria Ranch. See Litchfield Park.
Agua Fria Station. A well-known stagecoach and wagon stop at the edge of the Agua Fria River, just north of where it meets the Gila River. It is where both the trails to Wickenburg and to Yuma and California cross the river. Later the name was changed to Coldwater. This is where Avondale is located today.
Alicia. A train stop on the Maricopa Railroad, named after Alice, the daughter of the RR president. It was located about half way between the Gila River and the Northern boundary of the Indian reservation. I have no idea why there was a stop there - I have no knowledge of any community, commerce or farming in that area. Well, now the area is a big casino.
Alma. A Mormon community built along the roadside leading south - because of this, it was known as Stringtown. It is best remembered for its school, or rather the road to its schoolhouse: Alma School Road.
Altamount. See Liberty.
A word of thanks and acknowledgement. The information here is from a variety of sources, the main one is Will C. Barnes' Arizona Place Names (both the original edition and the 'revised and enlarged' version with Byrd Granger). It is a great book and highly recommended. Other information about community origins in the Valley of the Sun is from the different City and Historical society web sites. Another important source of information is maps. I love maps and always have. They are invaluable in identifying and locating these forgotten places. There is also some personal and family information that goes back a hundred plus years, depending upon how much I remember and how much attention I paid when young, which probably was not much.
Ahwatukee. Not on my map -- too recent. I never remember hearing this name ever in the 1950s or 60s. It was called "the area behind South Mountain" or "Where the proving ground are." It was at the time when 32 gold and silver mines were registered in this rich area. The area's first home was built for a dentist, Dr. Ames, in 1921. It was later purchased by Helen Brinton in 1935 and she named it, Ahwatukee (Ah-wa-too-kee), a Crow Indian word meaning 'House of Dreams'Although annexed by the City of Phoenix, Arizona from 1978 to 1987, before substantial residential growth, many of its residents consider it a separate city.As it turns out, the Crow translation for "House of Dreams" sounds nothing like Ahwatukee. More likely, the town was named after the Crow words awe chuuke, meaning "land on the other side of the hill," or "land in the next valley (http://www.nationmaster.com/encyclopedia/Ahwatukee)
In 1971 part of the land was purchased, subdivided, and developed into a residential community by the Presley Development Company.
Ahwatukee has grown as the city acquired other parcels leading west, including land owned by International Harvester, which operated a proving ground for earth-moving equipment there from 1947 to 1983. The State of Arizona, has bought, sold, or swapped land several times, including transferring state trust land to developers in controversial auctions [1], [2], in which residents and conservationists had lobbied for the space to be converted to parkland. International Harvester was an American corporation based in Chicago that produced a multitude of agricultural machinery and vehicles. ...
Alhambra. This was initially a station on the RR, named afte the native town in California of the founder. Initially a stop on the RR (at about Indian School and Grand Ave) it is now generally undertood to comprise the central area north of downtown, from 43th Ave to 7th Street north of Indian School. It is one of the City of Phoenix "Urban Villages, but one with a split personbality, on one side (east), the dynamic, affluent center corredor, and on the other (west), a formally a quiet residential community that shares many of the problems of nearby Maryvale (see below).
Arcadia
Avondale. Initially known as Coldwater because of the Agua Fria (Spanish for Cold Water) river and wagon station in the general area. The RR put in a station nearby by and called it "Litchfield" to differenciate it from Coldwater. Well, Litchfield grew and Coldwater didn't, so the Coldwater folks moved down the road to Litchfield. When it came time to name the town and get a post office, Litchfield was taken by an even smaller comunity two miles north. Since the Post Office didn't like dupplicate names or re-use of abandoned names (Coldwater) the good people of Litchield had to come up with a name. Anyway, the mayor wife had just received a package of cosmetics and so the town was named Avondale. That is a bad joke, I have no idea of why it is called Avondale.
Aztlan
Beardsley. A small community in Northwest valley, named after the man that built the irrigation canals.
Beechum's Station
Bottom City. See Lehi
Bowen. Probably the same as Casabra, a community at the end of the rr trunk line south of Chandler.
Buckeye. A well-known, traditional town in far West Valley. It is named after the native state of the founder, Ohio (the Buckeye state). Although the town was founded in the 1890s, and has always been known as Buckeye, for some unknown reason the deeds were for all properties in town stated they were for the town of Sydney, which caused no end of legal and administrative problems for over 30 years. The good citizens of Sydney, Arizona had to go to the Arizona Supreme Court to prove they, in fact, lived in Buckeye, Arizona and not Australia. There are 2 opinions about Buckeye: 1. It is the next big thing in Arizona (another Chandler or Surprise), and 2. It is boondocks and always will be boondocks ("gateway to Gila Bend").
Buckhorn. A small community east of Mesa. Best know for its mineral baths and display of wierd items. Last time I drove by, the old Buckhorn Motel was shut down, the baths abandoned and the store/museum closed. The future does not look good for Buckhorn, Arizona (or maybe I should say that Buckhorn is, for all purposes, roadkill!).
Burnstead. Or is it Bumstead? A small cross-road community in the Northwest Valley, beyond where Luke Air Force Base now exists. Not much known about this place.
Burnt Ranch
Butte City. See Hayden's Ferry.
So what makes a community? How did these places start? How do you determine these places? Well, in old Arizona it didn't take much to become a "place" on the map. All you needed were a few people. Actually, there were several ways that that these places became communities:
a. Get a post office. This is the most common means of ending up on a map. Once there were a few people in an area, someone could petition to the US Postal Service (or whatever it was called in those days) for a post office. The Postmaster general would study the application and if approved, designate a postmater. The new location would receive a unique name and be entered on the records. Mail for individuals would then be sent to that location to be picked up by the good folks of that community. A place without a postmaster was not a place.
b. Have a well or water source. This was the earliest reason that communities were established. Maricopa Wells, Phoenix Wells, Desert Wells, Afua Fria Station and other places were stops on the old trails because they were a place to water the animals. Of course, there would be a building or two, a store and probably a saloon. The corner of the store would probably also be the post office.
c. Have a general store. Any place in an area with a good general store would be both a supply depot and a meeting place. It would be where people supplies and sold produice, where they hired hands to work the fields or big canals. Often it would be where the local school was. Usually these stores would belong to the richer, bigger farmers. Of course, a store would have a post office for locals to send and receive US Mail.
d. Have a ferry or bridge. As in ancient times and all over the world, a place to cross a river would often become the site of a community. The most famous case in the Valley is Hayden's Ferry, one of the few places where the Salt River could be crossed (for a buck!). After the 1880s miles and miles of canals crossed the Valley and so bridges were built over these canals at different places. Usually all the above factors, a well or water, a fork in the road or two roads crossing, a general store and maybe a bridge would characterize an early community. This place would have a name and wopuld be a focal point for all persons living within a radious of 1-5 miles. A post office would be established and a school would be built and maybe even a church (or several churches because the Baptists did not mix with the Catholics and the Mormons did not mix with anybody!).
e. Be a railroad stop. Starting in the late 1880s when the first trains came to the Valley from Maricopa, any place that the train stopped for good or passenger, or to replenish coal or water, was designated a station and received a name. Usually a cluster of building sprang up around the station: barns, warehouses, a general store and maybe a place to get a drink (not water!). All railroad stops (including stations, sidings and water tanks) had names. The RR stops became so important that communities nearby that weren't on the railway often died. Very few of the almost one hundred connunities in the Valley that weren't on the RR survived. They were that important.
Cactus (on Salt River)
Cactus (North Phoenix one)
Camp McDowell. Same as Fort McDowell. See McDowell.
Campo
Carefree. Actually, this place, unlike its neighbor Cave Creek, should not be on list because it is a relatively modern community.
Casaba. See Egypt. No, See Goodyear. No, not the current Goodyear, the other one. Whatever.
Cashion. An old (1910) town built around the railroad station on land owned by Mr. Cashion.
Cave Creek. A very traditional place in the far north Area. It was the scene of many colorful events in early Arizona history. Both Duppa and Swillwell lived nearby and fought each other and indians. Now the good people of Cave Creek (aka ignorant rednecks) fight the people of Carefree (rich, cultured folks) down the road.
Chandler. A farming town. When I was young, to get to Chandler, one would go down to Baseline (one of few paved raods, 2 lanes), turn left, drive about 8 miles passing 200 cotton or corn fields and at least 36 cattle, make a right turn and go south about 4 mile and until arriving at Chandler, all 10 streets of it. The down was named after Chandler, a farmer that owner large tracts of the area. Chandler is (mostly) a quiet town that has grown tremendously.
Clark
Coldwater
Cowden
Desert Station. A very important place appears on very early maps of Arizona (1880s). It was at a cross roads on trails from Maricopa Wells to Maryville and from Phoenix to Florence. The exact location is lost, but it must have been near McClintock and Baseline. Barnes says that water was brought from 20 miles away and it was in the middle of the 40 mile dessert. Either he has a different "Desert Station" or the information is incorrect.
Desert Well One of the few water sources between Phoenix-Mesa and Florence-Tucson.
Dolan
Ok, you we have a place, now we need a name! Getting a community going was only half the problem. Finding an appropriate name was the real challaenge - or even keeping the name. Many of the communities in the vallay are no longer known by their original names. Try finding Zenos on the map, or Butte City, or even Goodyear. Well, Goodyear is there but it aint were it used to be by 40 miles. Sometimes a community would try a name and then disgard it and then try again and again. Utahville became Fort Utah became Jonesville became Bottom City before it became Lehi. Litchfield was Avondale which was Coldwater but wasn't allowed to use that name because there was another Litchfield which wasn't Litchfield Park. Zenos wanted to be called Hayden but the Post Office said no because there was already a Hayden's Ferry. Of course, Hayden's Ferry then changed its name because it wanted an more intellectual sounding nomenclature. Phoenix was a bunch of things before it became Phoenix, then it moved a few times then old Phoenix became East Phoenx then became nothing. Nothing, or Nada (in Spanish) became Nadaville and then became nothing again but with the name "Circle City". Let's go back to the strange evolution of the name given to Phoenix. If a few people in a late light meeting at what is now 18th street and Van Buren had been just a little drunker, and an old English guy name Duppa had not been there, I would have the word "Pumpkinville" on my Birth certificate. Where where you born? Oh, I was born in Pumkinville! Ha ha ha...
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What happened to all these places? Well, most of them dissapeared, but a few prospered and became cities. As things changed and the automobile became the preferred means of trasportation (over human feet, the horse and railroads) the dynamics of change transformed the Valley. People could go father to buy merchandise or visit firneds. On horse or foot, 5 miles was a good trip. In a car, it is nothing. A few larger communities began to frow and the smaller ones lost importance. Perhaps the greatest change brought to any community was to incorporate and become a town. This means people and government and taxes and elected officials.
Not all of these lesser communities are forgotten. A few have become regions (Arcadia, Kyrene, Lehi, Laveen) that identify an area of the Valley. They have been incorporated into one of the cities that were established. A few tried to incorporate (Sunny Slope) but were not able to do so for political and economic reasons). Many are only remembered as names of streets (Alma School, Tremaine), for their schools (Alhambra, for example) or for landmarks that persisted for decades (Jokake, Buckhorn).
East Phoenix. See Smith's Station.
Easter. A small settlement north of Hansen.
Ennis
Egypt. A stop on the Arizona Eastern Railroad, south of Chandler. Was soon renamed Goodyear because the Goodyear tire and rubber company had large cotton fields in the area. After Goodyear sold out (and moved to the other Goodyear in the West Valley), the station name was changed to Casaba.
Edith. Another small community lost to memory and history. There was a postmaster and he had a beloved wife named Edith and the rest is not history. Location Unknown.
Ennis. A station on the RR going to Wickenbury.
Falfa. Well-known railroad stop and siding south of Chandler. There were barns used to store the alfalfa grown in the area for shipping. So, alfalfa becaomes Falfa.
Florence. Not the city near Casa Grande. This one was on the Salt River accross from Lehi. It is probably the same as Maryville. I have no idea why it is called marked as Florence.
Fowler.
Frankenburg. A spot between Tempe and Mesa, owned by a framer named Frankenburg. There was a railway statioon there.
Germann.
Gibson. A trail stop and Post Office on the trail to northern Arizona, between Gillete and New River. LOcation unknown.
Gila Crossing
Gilbert. Mr Gilbert owned a ranch where a railroad station was established. The rest is history -- and growth.
Gillette. Few places in Arizona have as much early history as this town and none have disappeared so completely (except for maybe Maryville). Gillette was an important settlement in North Phoenix on the trail to Flagstaff. It was also home to both Swilling (founded Phoenix) and Duppa (our local English nobility) for a while. From pioneer accounts, and because both these characters lived there, this is the original location of the Arizona Alcohol Olympics. The settlement was named after a guy named Gillett that had a mine nearby.
Glendale. A small community founded by a church group. What really put Glendale on the map was the sugar beet mill built nearby. This structure was so large and important it was marked as 'factory' on many early maps.
Goldfield. First called Youngsberg then name changed to Goldfield after a mine nearby. For many years, the main activity in Goldfield was selling "genuine, authentic" maps to greenhorn out-of-state explorers looking for the Lost Dutchman mine in the nearby Superstition Mountains.
Goodyear I. This is the one South of Chandler. See Egypt. The only thing left of Gooyear at the original location is a Cemetary.
Goodyear II. This is the current city of Goodyear, about 20 miles West of Phoenix.
Gregg's Butte. I am going to make an exception here. I entended to only write about communities, but I would like to add a word about a small butte (rocky hill) south of Tempe. This butte is now called Bell Butte. When I was growing up I don't remember ever hearing that name. It was always Double Butte, Twin Buttes or for some unknown reason, T Butte. Originally, however, it was named Greggs Butte, after a farmer nearby.
Guadalupe. I remember Guadalupe well from the 1950s. A rather poor but quiet Yaqui Indian community Southwest of Tempe. Dirt streets. Yes, there was a big cotton gin plant on Baseline Road. I had forgotten about it. Because of the church and many altars I always thought of Guadalupe as a "little piece of Mexico in Arizona." Well, now it is just one of many and they are not so little. Actually, when I was a kid, the kids from Guadalupe didn't like being referred with any words that had "Mexico" in it. This might have to do with that for over 200 years the Spanish and Mexican government waged a war of extermination on the Yaqui indians. The town of Guadalupe, named after the patron saint of Mexico, was founded in 1910(?) by Yaquis fleeing the turmoil of the Revolution years south of the border.
Hansen
Hansen Junction
Hardin
Hawk
Hayden. See Zenos
Hayden's Butte. A well known Valley location, site of most important crossing on Salt River. Was sometimes called Butte City because of rocky hill dominating the landscape. Was also known for its famous Normal School for teachers. For some reason, they didn't like the town's name (because it wasn't just a ferry!) so they had one of those famous "lets think of a name" town meetings that were so common in early Arizona. They had no sooner down the first round of drinks when Duppa entered the room. At that point everybody knew that he would have the right name, after all Duppa was the most educated man in Arizona Territory. The leader turned to Duppa and asked "what shall we call this dawn town?". Duppa, said "It name shall be Tempe, because it doest remind me of the vale by that name in classical Greece." See Tempe
Hayden's Ferry.
Helena
Hermo. This place exists in Post Office records but that is it. It may have been between South Phoenix and Laveen, but that is unconfirmed.
Higley. A stop on the Phoenix and Eastern railroad, south of Gilbert. Named after railraod manager.
Hot Springs Junction. See Morristown.
Hudson. Another community in North Phoenix.
Ingleside
Jack
Jean
Johnsonville. Se Nephi.
Jokake. One of the early resorts in the Camelback area. Had a Post Office from 1936 to 1954 (Barnes). The name means "pay for sun" in Hopi (joke!).
Komatke. By far the oldest community mentioned here - by a couple of hundred years.
Kendall. A small community (store and 5 houses) and railroad station between Tempe and Phoenix. Was near 44th street and Washington.
Kyrene. A farming community linked to Petersen. It had a store, a school and 6 houses. Later a line was built called Petersen's Switch linking it to the main railroad line. The name was supossedly chosen as a classical match to Tempe, based upon the region of Cyrene in Carthagenia. Why, I don't know, since Tempe is Geek and Carthage was Punic and then Roman.
Laveen. The Laveen area was settled by farmers and dairymen in the 1870s. Despite its proximity to Phoenix, Laveen was isolated by the continuously-running Salt River. Up until 1911, when the Salt River Project built the Roosevelt Dam upstream, Central Avenue was the only bridged crossing of the Salt. Because of its isolation, early Laveen became relatively self-sufficient, boasting a country store, barber shop, repair garage, pool hall, and even a women's club building. In 2000, Trend Homes broke ground on a massive residential development in what, at the time, was a rural Laveen. Since that time, Laveen has experienced explosive residential growth.
Lehi. A case study in human love, kindness and rational behavior. One of the first Mormon settlements in the Valley camped at this spot calling it Camp Utah. The decided to get together and build a village naming it Utahville, which was fine except one founder decided he disn't like the others and blocked a main road that went throught his land. Soon they tried again (without Mr Grouchy) and establisked Jonesville, named after the president of the LDS Church at that time. The Post Office didn't like the name (there was another already) so then it became known as "that place at the bottom of the river" or Bottom City, unofficially. Aware that if this name were to become official it would result in endless jokes about "Ass City", Bigham Young suggested that they name the village after Lehi, a Mormon angel.
Liberty
Litchfield
Litchfield Park
Lichton
Maranga. A station south of Goodyear (in Chandler). May be the correct spelling for Naranja.
Maybe the real name for Naranja
Maricopa
Maricopa Station
Maricopaville
Marinette. Small community and railway station above Peoria, named after hometown in Wisconsin.
Maryvale. I really couldn't find much on this well-known community. It is fairly recent, one of the first communities built after WW2 by developer and philanthropist John F. Long. According to one site (ISSUETRAK), Maryvale is "a tragic example of urban disinvestment. The once thriving community suffered from the effects of urban sprawl as businesses relocated to more affluent suburbs and property values dwindled. As the rest of the “Valley of the Sun” grew bigger and brighter, Maryvale deteriorated, marred by vacant properties, dilapidated facilities, and high crime rates."
Maryville
Maysville. See Marysville.
McDowell. I am talking about Camp McDowell, later called Fort McDowell. The only thing left is the Indian reservation and Casino.
McQueen. Railroad Station and community Southeast of Gilbert named after railroad agent working the area.
New River.
Mesa See Hayden.
Mesquite
Meridian. A small community that existed near where the Salt and Gila Rivers meet. This is, of course, the Initial point for all land surveys in Arizona.
Mill City. See Helling Mill.
Mobest. A strange name. A station near downtown Phoenix on RR )(Grande Avenue). Probably the same as one later called State Fairgrounds. That would put it as Grand Ave, 19th Avenue and McDowell Road.
Mobile
Montgomery
Mormon Flat
Moore Gulch. A small place 5 miles east of Gillette, also called Morore Camp.
Morristown
Nada. Really named Nadaville but called Nada for short. This place is now called Witmann but should return to original name Nada which means "Nothing" in English. "Aint nothing there!"
Naranja. This is a strange one. I believe this is a misspell for Maranga. It is on a map at the same location.
Nephi
Normal Junction. This is not 'normal' as in 'usual' or 'ordinary,' but 'normal' as in teachers school. This was a railroad junction near the Tempe Normal school.
Norton
Ocotillo
Orangewood
Gone, without a trace! Perhaps of all the communities that disappeared the most fascinating is that of Maryville. It is found on dozens of early maps. It is usually one of the 5 or 6 communities identified in the Valley, usually along with Phoenix, Haydens Ferry, Glendale and Mesa. Well, all of these are still around, but Maryville is gone. It is as if it never existed.
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Papago
Paradise Valley
Perry (East Valley)
Peoria
Perryville (West Valley)
Petersen
Phoenix Well
Pumpkinville. Se Smith's Station.
Pozo
Queen Creek
Rittenhouse
Rivera
Rowes Station. See Marysville.
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San Pablo
San Pueblo
Santa Cruz
Santa Maria
Salina
Salt River
Sacaton Station
Scottsdale
Serape
Smith's Station. Also called Hellings Mill or Mill City. This place was at 18th Street and Van Buren and was the Original "Phoenix" kind of sort of. There had been two earlier attempts to extablish a town, one at about 38th Street and Van Buren and one near the Pueblo Grande ruins at 52nd and Washington. These two location never had names, but Pumkinville, Stonewall and Salinas were suggested and rejected. In about 1870, the good people of Phoenix (aka Hellings Mill or Mill City) decided to make things offical and selected a townsite 3 miles southwest to establish the new, improved Phoenix. This became the real Phoenix, and the original city became known as East Phoenix, or Phoenix station.
South Phoenix
Stonewall
Sunny Slope
Sydney
Swilling
The Biggest Propaganda Coup of All! One cannot talk about names and places in the Phoenix area without a few words about the biggest change of all. In the late 1930s, a group of business men and real estate developers got together and decided that the name of the place was causing problems. It didn't sound good. It implied the idea of barren and desolate. It was confusing and made people think it was in Utah. They decided they needed a new name to better market their product and bring people to Arizona (to make them rich). They couldn't decide on what the new improved name should be but they all agreed that "Salt River Valley" was not selling well and was therefore hurting their pocketbooks. They needed a new name. One man suggested Desert Valley. Forget that they said, we need a name that invites people and makes them want to come to Arizona. Paradise Valley? No, got one, and it sounds like you have to die to get there. Phoenix Valley? No, no and no - and the other cities told them where they could stick that name. Central Valley? No, there was one in California. Sonoraland? No, too damn Mexican! They needed a distinctive, suggestive and attractive name. As in all early Arizona meetings, a few drinks were passed around to stimulate the imagination. One moron suggested "Gila Valley" but that idea was shot down before the shot was downed (whiskey shot!). The fact that the name meaned nothing, was a dry river and nobody could promounce it correctly might have been a factor in rejecting Hila Valley or however you say it. The night wore on and people were getting desperate. "Papago Valley"? No! Another possible name brought up was "Citrus Valley." Hum, not bad but not good enough. Everybody agreed that if old Duppa had been around they would have had a good even if strange classical name already, but he had been six feet under for decades. If Duppa had been alive he would probably have suggested Olympia Valley (good!), Argonautica (what the heck!), Vale of Titania (appealing to their vanity), Odyssey Valley (not bad), Hades (appropriate but not acceptable) or if he were really drunk, Valley of Metamorphoses. But Duppa was long gone and they had to find a name without his help. One guy suggested they call it Goldenland, in honor of the stuff in the flask being passed around . It was really late when one farmer finally announced that he had to go home, to meet his SON before the SUN came up, to cross the VALLY to pick up SOME goods for SUNday. Eurika! At that moment a dim light suddenly penetrated the alcoholic daze saturating the room. Everybdy jumped up (well, those that could still stand) and yelled "We have it!, we will call it Sun Valley." They had one final round to celebrate and everybody went home, happy that they had at long last find the right new name for what had been known as the Salt River Valley, and that they were going to be rich when all those poor folks sitting in 3 feet of show in Ohio and Michigan heard the name "Sun Valley" and moved to Arizona. A week or so later, when publishing the first advertisements promoting the new, improved name, the guy in charge of printing, because of his excessive intake of 80 proof liquid refreshment that night, couldn't remember the exact title selected. Big problem. He called his friends and they couldn't remember either. They all agreed that it was something about "valley" and "sun." What to do? He pulled out a coin and said to the apprentice doing the typesetting: "heads, Sun Valley, tails, reverse it." It was tails. So this is more or less how the Salt River Valley became the Valley of the Sun. It is probably more less than more. Anyway, the term "Salt River Valley" is gone, as if it never existed, even if it was the proper, common name for the Phoenix area for over 50 years. It is now only found on old magazines, antique maps and mostly forgotten pamphlets published before World War II. Joking aside, the name change was a big factor in promoting the Valley of the Sun and its impact is often overlooked.
Tip-Top. Road stop on the trail to Flagstaff, north of Cactus. Not much is known about Tip-Top.
Toothaker Place. See Liberty.
Tramaine The later name for Chandler Junction which was about 4 miles north of Chandler.
Valley Heights
Vulture Siding. See Morristown.
West End
White Tank
Williamsport
Youngsberg See Goldfield.
Zenos.
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