Gilbert–Say “Hay there!” 122 years ago, in 1902, “Bobby” Gilbert, a landowner in the territory donated land for the Arizona Eastern Railway for the rail line that would run between Phoenix and Florence, Arizona the county seat situated close to the Gila River which was an important agricultural area at that time. In 1912, after a group of Mormons who had fled Mexico due to the actions of Pancho Villa and his forces settled in Gilbert. Thus began the formation of this vital farming community

Prescott–Granite Dells There is a lot of history to be learned about the Granite Dells area of Prescott.  There is a lot of new happening here too!  But, let’s first talk about the history. And, we are talking ancient history! The Granite Dells’ formation is said to have occurred in the Precambrian Era.  I had to look this up, it was a 4,000 million-year period that took place some 1.4 billion years ago during which many things happened including the