Gilbert, Arizona

During the early farming period, the ostrich busi ness flourished as well. Our next-door neighbor, Chandler, celebrates its ostrich-growing era each year, but many in Gilbert may not know that we had farmers growing the big birds, too. Ostriches were grown for their plumage and their eggs as well as for meat. Some of the following pictures of ostrich farming in Gilbert are on file at the Gilbert Historical Museum.

k Ostrich hatchery at Baseline and Gilbert Roads

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Ostrich

k Ostrich and eggs

k Ostrich talk

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