Gilbert, Arizona

drove freight over Fish Creek Hill to the dam site. Here is a picture of freight being hauled to Roosevelt Dam.

During the building of the Roosevelt Dam, many from the Gilbert area assisted the construction, knowing that the dam would guarantee secu rity for farmers and their future. Bill Anderson

k Freight to Roosevelt Dam

These are more pictures of horse-drawn equipment and hay baling, which was our most important industry in the beginning of the twentieth century.The hay sling was used by many farmers in Arizona.You can still see old ones in Utah, Idaho, and Montana. In the early 1900s, everyone in the Gilbert area was not only familiar with them but most had worked on such equip ment as they handled alfalfa hay.

k Hay sling

k Hay baling in 1920

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