George Hirko,Southeast Valley Real Estate

October 2009 - Posts

• Phoenix History-The Early Years, Part III

  By 1870, Phoenix had been named. An exact townsite needed to be selected, and the town had to be administered. Thus was the Salt River Valley Town Association formed, and an area 1 mile long and 1/2 mile wide was designated the townsite. It ran from Jackson Read More... Posted Friday, October 30, 2009 9:21 PM by George Hirko | 0 Comments Filed under: salt river, central avenue, yavapai, whiskey row, tom barnum, maricopa, goldwater

• Phoenix History-The Early Years, Part II

  Phoenix was founded in 1867, when a man named Jack Swilling came to the area from Wickenburg. Swilling, an adventurer, gold prospector, and member of the "Gila Rangers" militia, saw the potential for agriculture in the abandoned Ho Ho Kam irrigation Read More... Posted Friday, October 30, 2009 9:11 PM by George Hirko | 0 Comments Filed under: phoenix, salt river, swilling, canals, Fort Mcdowell, ho ho kam, history, duppa, tempe, new river, pumpkinville