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Depression-Era Treasure

by | Apr 24, 2010 | True Westerners

Hohokam canal culture saved in 1929 still offers answers to this day.
In Phoenix, which means rebirth, the realization that history could be found deep beneath the Arizona dirt came when what is now America’s fifth largest city was nothing but a wide spot along a bad road. Back in 1924, the much smaller town received a remarkable gift: a slightly excavated ruin that promised answers about the civilization that had inhabite


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