Frenchy Sawyer
Posted by: 
heringermr
N 33° 26.890 W 112° 01.750
12S E 404346 N 3701446
A historical marker near Phoenix's Sky Harbor International Airport
Waymark Code: WM62Y1
Location: Arizona, United States
Date Posted: 03/23/2009
Views: 25
At this site in the Spring of 1868 S. (Frenchy) Sawyer built the first the first farm dwelling and harvested cultivated crop (barley) in the Anglo-American occupation of the Salt River Valley. These same fertile acres ahd been irrigated centuries before by Indians who later abandoned their Canals and Lands.
Marker Name: Frenchy Sawyer
Type of history commemorated: Person
County: Maricopa
Name of any agency/ agencies setting marker:
Maricopa County Farm Bureau
Year placed: 1956
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