
The Gila River Indian Reservation and Papago Indian Reservation define this landscape south of Phoenix during the early twentieth century. This 1913 survey, conducted by R.B. Marshall and Geo. R. Davis, captures a crucial junction of desert geography and rail expansion. The Southern Pacific railroad cuts east-west across the terrain, meeting the Arizona Eastern (Phoenix Division) line near the growing settlement of Maricopa. To the north, the Gila River and Santa Cruz River provided vital water sources in an arid region dominated by the peaks of the Sierra Estrella and Palo Verde Mts.
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