The Phoenix Story. An Adventure in Reclamation

The Phoenix Story. An Adventure in Reclamation by Stephen C. Shadegg (Color Lithography: John-Tyler Printing & Publishing Co.; Black and White Lithography: McGrew Printing & Lithographing Co., Copyright 1958). Oversized Softcover booklet with staple binding, 40 pages in good condition. Old price stickers and shelf wear on front and back covers. Binding tight, interior pages clean and sharp.

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  "Inspired by the accomplishment of a now vanished people, the ingenuity of man has triumphed over nature in the broad central valley of Arizona.

  In this desert setting, man's progress may be measured in the availability of a dependable water supply for municipal, industrial, and agricultural use.

  The happy, prosperous Valley towns, Mesa, Tempe, Chandler, Glendale, Peoria, Cashion, Tolleson, Litchfield, Goodyear, Gilbert, Scottsdale and Phoenix — the farms and factories, all the homes and the people, all that we possess, cherish, and produce here is a living memorial to the courage and determination of those men and women who followed the trail of the western wagons, brought water to the land, and carved an empire out of the wilderness."