Phoenix's Ahwatukee Foothills grew from open desert to a community of nearly ninety thousand in just a few decades. From the first homesteaders and farmers to the modern visionaries and trailblazers who established homes and businesses, it is a very compelling story. Discover the mystery of the Lost Ranch, the reason for Elliot Road's misspelling, the battle over annexation and the origins of the Easter Parade. Local historian Marty Gibson recounts the challenges, struggles and successes in this collection of tales from the other side of the hill.
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Phoenix's Ahwatukee Foothills grew from open desert to a community of nearly ninety thousand in just a few decades. From the first homesteaders and farmers to the modern visionaries and trailblazers who established homes and businesses, it is a very compelling story. Discover the mystery of the Lost Ranch, the reason for Elliot Road's misspelling, the battle over annexation and the origins of the Easter Parade. Local historian Marty Gibson recounts the challenges, struggles and successes in this collection of tales from the other side of the hill.
Phoenix's Ahwatukee Foothills grew from open desert to a community of nearly ninety thousand in just a few decades. From the first homesteaders and farmers to the modern visionaries and trailblazers who established homes and businesses, it is a very compelling story. Discover the mystery of the Lost Ranch, the reason for Elliot Road's misspelling, the battle over annexation and the origins of the Easter Parade. Local historian Marty Gibson recounts the challenges, struggles and successes in this collection of tales from the other side of the hill.
Details
Pages: 176
Publisher: Arcadia Publishing
Imprint: The History Press
Series: American Chronicles
Publication Date: 28th January 2019
State: Arizona
Illustration Note: Black and White
ISBN: 9781467140317
Format: Paperback
BISACs: BIOGRAPHY & AUTOBIOGRAPHY / Historical PHOTOGRAPHY / Subjects & Themes / Historical TRAVEL / Pictorials (see also PHOTOGRAPHY / Subjects & Themes / Regional) HISTORY / United States / State & Local / Southwest (AZ, NM, OK, TX)
Author Bio
Writer and local historian Martin W. Gibson has compiled a fascinating story of the community's evolution from sleepy, rural area to bustling, residential village. Through private photographic collections, many never before published, Gibson tells the dramatic story of what preceded Ahwatukee, the first master-planned community on the south side of South Mountain, and how its success ushered in the developments of Mountain Park Ranch, Lakewood, The Foothills, and Club West, influencing the unprecedented building boom in the southeast Valley of the Sun that continues to this day.
Phoenix's Ahwatukee Foothills grew from open desert to a community of nearly ninety thousand in just a few decades. From the first homesteaders and farmers to the modern visionaries and trailblazers who established homes and businesses, it is a very compelling story. Discover the mystery of the Lost Ranch, the reason for Elliot Road's misspelling, the battle over annexation and the origins of the Easter Parade. Local historian Marty Gibson recounts the challenges, struggles and successes in this collection of tales from the other side of the hill.
Pages: 176
Publisher: Arcadia Publishing
Imprint: The History Press
Series: American Chronicles
Publication Date: 28th January 2019
State: Arizona
Illustrations Note: Black and White
ISBN: 9781467140317
Format: Paperback
BISACs: BIOGRAPHY & AUTOBIOGRAPHY / Historical PHOTOGRAPHY / Subjects & Themes / Historical TRAVEL / Pictorials (see also PHOTOGRAPHY / Subjects & Themes / Regional) HISTORY / United States / State & Local / Southwest (AZ, NM, OK, TX)
Writer and local historian Martin W. Gibson has compiled a fascinating story of the community's evolution from sleepy, rural area to bustling, residential village. Through private photographic collections, many never before published, Gibson tells the dramatic story of what preceded Ahwatukee, the first master-planned community on the south side of South Mountain, and how its success ushered in the developments of Mountain Park Ranch, Lakewood, The Foothills, and Club West, influencing the unprecedented building boom in the southeast Valley of the Sun that continues to this day.
