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“While reading this book you’ll become aware of some of the very interesting events that came about in The Salt River Valley in the early 1900 hundreds, later to be called The Valley of the Sun.”    Sam C. Joy 



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ABOUT THE BOOK
  •  Ancient Hohokam Indians civilization and their development of an extensive irrigation system in the Valley River Valley, starting back in 300 BC.
  •  Early pioneers, the use of prehistoric canals, the military, mining activity and event leading to a very productive farming industry.
  •  Reason two families came to the Salt River Valley in the early 1900 hundreds.
  •  Early rural life, farm practices and how the Depression and World War II changed the Salt River Valley.
  • How modern farm equipment and practices relieved a labor pool to help make a booming electric industry in The Valley of the Sun.                                     
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ABOUT SAM
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Sam C. Joy was born on June  2, 1931, in Phoenix, Arizona, and raised on his Dad’s farm along with a cattle operation on the north side of the Salt River Valley. 
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