Gilbert, Arizona

Blakely Motor Company moved up from the smaller garage to a deluxe building on the west side of Main Street. Even with the floods they were able to continue to manage their operations, including a restau rant that Mrs. Luella Blakely managed in the northeast end of the complex. Luella called the restaurant the El Nopal Café.

k Blakely’s and Serrano’s

k Blakely Motor Company

The Gilbert Depot was an interesting point, because the other side of the tracks did not have any water. The railroad track acted as a dam. The flooding of the basement of Sam Lee’s Grocery Store caused the wrappers to come off the cans, and for the next year they sold cans of food that were a surprise to the person who opened them.

k Gilbert Depot during the flood

k Sam Lee Grocery Store

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