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1964 Map of Sawik Mountain

Name: 1964 Topographic Map of Sawik Mountain
Creator: U.S. Geological Survey
Published: 1983
License: https://creativecommons.org/publicdomain/mark/1.0/

USGS Topo · Published 1983

About this map

Taliesin West, the winter home and school of architect Frank Lloyd Wright, sits at the base of the McDowell Mts, overlooking a landscape in transition. During the mid-1960s, the desert floor of Paradise Valley and the northern reaches of Scottsdale were beginning to see the suburban infrastructure of the Phoenix metropolitan area expand northward. Significant arterial roads like Shea Boulevard, Cactus Road, and Alma School Road establish the grid that would soon define this region.

Water management is central to the area's development, evidenced by the Arizona Canal cutting across the southern portion of the sheet near Evergreen Station. Cultural history is noted on the mountain slopes, where Petroglyphs are recorded near the rugged terrain. To the southeast, the Beeline Dragway and a Gravel Pit near Sawik Mountain highlight the era's recreational and industrial use of the open desert lands.