Gilbert, Arizona

As a community, we are thankful for farmers putting our town on the map. We are now taking vast amounts of our farmland and developing massive residential housing and commercial developments in what used to be open fields. Gilbert is moving toward becom ing a mega-residential community.

This is only a small depiction of the vast irri gation system that has made farming such a miraculous success in Gilbert for more than one hundred years. Not only has our farming community brought us alfalfa hay, cotton, watermelons, cantaloupes, lettuce, tomatoes, potatoes, corn, wheat, maize, pecans, onions, carrots, and pistachio nuts, but countless other food products as well.

k A typical old pump-house along a canal

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