
Southern Pacific tracks and the ephemeral channels of the Santa Cruz River define the arid landscape of central Arizona in the early 1920s. This survey centers on the developing rail and irrigation corridor between the Gila River Indian Reservation and the Papago Indian Reservation. The settlement at Casa Grande is shown just as the Casa Grande Florence Canal arrived to transform the desert basin through managed water rights. Beyond the town, the map documents the critical infrastructure of the era, including the USRS Pump Sta and the intersection of the Sacaton Road and Ajo Road. Smaller outposts such as Bon, Nunez, and Chuichu provide specific points of interest for genealogists tracing early twentieth-century desert homesteads and tribal community centers.
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