19 November 2007

FLAGSTAFF, ARIZONA

FOUNDED 1876 –

Why did people come to Flagstaff years ago? They came because water was available for people, crops, and animals. They came to the San Francisco Peaks for religious reasons. They came for the lumber to build their villages. They came to enjoy the beauty of the Peaks.

One thousand years ago the Pueblo people built elaborate cities like Wupatki. The people worked in the fields, growing corn, squash, beans, and cotton. They probably loved to listen to the traders who came to their village from the south and brought wonderful seashells. The children played with clay figurines, miniature people, dogs, and houses.

Paradise Valley, Arizona was truly a Paradise during the 1950s and 60s.

Paradise Valley, Arizona, USA. November 11, 2007 -- This will always be Paradise Valley to me

This is my personal story about Paradise Valley, Arizona. This is a land of rare Sonoran beauty with open desert and wildlife. We weren’t plagued with the big city rules, codes and guidelines back then. We were just a community of good folks trying to make a life in the valley.