by Clint Dunaway | Sep 23, 2021 | Arizona Water
Dr. Omar Turney (November 1, 1866 – December 21, 1929) was an American archaeologist and engineer. He had been employed beginning in 1888 as an assistant engineer on the rebuilding of the Arizona Canal Dam. And was later employed as a surveyor for the Santa Fe,...
by Clint Dunaway | Jun 14, 2021 | Arizona Water
The Ancient Desert Dwellers The ancestors of present-day Salt River Pima-Maricopa Indian and Gila River Indian communities were farmers who lived in central and southern Arizona for about 1,400 years before European and American explorers came to the region. The...
by Clint Dunaway | Sep 14, 2020 | Arizona Water
From A.D. 600 to 1450, the prehistoric Hohokam constructed one of the largest and most sophisticated irrigation networks ever created using preindustrial technology. By A.D. 1200, hundreds of miles of these waterways created green paths winding out from the Salt and...
