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Schools -- Mesa (Ariz.) -- History

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History lecture by Dwight Patterson, 2006 March

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Identifier: MHM2005-027-028-1
Abstract Patterson gives some of his family's history including that his grandfather homesteaded in Arizona in 1888 and his father ran one of Mesa's first telephone companies. Patterson, who farmed in Mesa, gives a brief overview of the history of farming in the area. He describes some of the machinery used in harvesting and baling hay, and talks about the water supply in Arizona. He discusses the future of farming in the area, the price of land, and the government's interference. Patterson responds...
Dates: 2006 March