Topics & Historic Sites of Interest

This project encompasses "Historic Higley" which at its inception 100 years ago was inclusive of the whole San Tan Mountain farming community, including Southeast Gilbert/Mesa (Higley, Chandler Heights ), Queen Creek (Combs), San Tan Valley.

Topics of interest are, but are not limited to:

• Prehistory
• Homesteaders
• School Districts
• Civic Duties (clubs and business associations)
• Modern Amenities – Electricity, Phone, Cars
• Wartime
• Agricultural Life
• Aviation
• Religion
• Cultural Communities
• Recreation
• Military Life
• Commerce

Sites of interest include, but are not limited to:

• San Tan Historical Society Museum (former Rittenhouse/Queen Creek Elementary)
• Our Lady of Guadalupe Church (Ocotillo/Ellsworth)
• Queen Creek Town Hall
• Desert Wells Stage Stop
• Gold Mine Mountain (San Tan Mountain Park)
• Hunt Highway
• Railroad Water Tank (Queen Creek)
• Mansel Carter and Marion Kennedy Gravesites (San Tan Mountain Park)
• Chandler Heights Community Church
• Chandler Heights Trading Post
• Tator Hill at San Tan Mountain Park
• Higley General Store
• Arizona Boys Ranch
• Schnepf Farms
• Historic Combs
• Historic Chandler Heights

Sites of interest that no longer exist include, but are not limited to:

• Higley and Queen Creek’s First Schools
• Queen Creek Potato Company
• POW Camps in Queen Creek
• Ellsworth Brothers Farms
• Hawes Homestead
• Site of First Trading Post and Post Office for Chandler Heights
• Citrus Tract Camp in Chandler Heights
• Dotson House
• Chandler Heights Pumping Stations
• Power Farms
• Sossaman Homesteads
• Germann Homestead
• Rittenhouse Ranch
• Taylor Homestead

If you have photographs, written histories, on the above sites/topics or a recommendation for an interviewee for the oral history portion of the project, please contact Project Director – Leslie LeRoux or call 480.220.0341.