HISTORY
LONG BEFORE
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In 1967, Buckeye was a farm town of fewer than 2,000 people. This map, drafted by John Carollo Engineers of Phoenix, shows the community decades before Verrado was even an idea on paper. You can see (from top) Narramore, Monroe and Centre Avenues and Lower River Road, all still in use today. Sixth Street is labeled Main Street. Monroe curves north to meet U.S. 80, the highway that connected Buckeye to the rest of the Valley before Interstate 10. VERRADO, HERE WAS BUCKEYE IN 1967 BY ELIAS WEISS
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Look closer, and you’ll see landmarks that remain today. Buckeye Elementary School sits north of Centre Avenue, and Buckeye Preschool is just south (marked with flags). On the southwest corner of Fifth Street and Centre, the Maricopa County Housing Authority’s Watson
Homes neighborhood appears as the “Mahoney Housing Project,” which still stands today. The Mahoney project was controversial. Arizona Republic articles from 1960 show local motel owners opposed it and other low-rent public housing in Buckeye, arguing such projects would discourage tourism. See this aerial photo (left) from 1960, preserved by the Arizona Memory Project. The Southern Pacific Railroad runs diagonally through the map, cutting across farmland and canal lines. Industrial parcels line the tracks, while open fields spread south toward the river. Nearly everything north of the canal and east of town is empty desert. This was Buckeye before the boom. The town’s center was already defined by the same streets and schools, but surrounded by cotton, canals and quiet. The location of InBuckeye ’s office is depicted on this map, near Fourth Street and Edison Avenue. Can you find it?
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