Honk if You Love Higley!
Welcome to the the Make Higley Historic! blogspot! Your definitive source of Higley happenings - past, present and future.
Anyone who knows Higley is aware that its boundaries and residents have been quite elusive the last 100 years. This page has been created to bring together fellow Higleans, Gilbillies, San Tan-ites, travelers and friends who all have something to say about the history of this unique place.
Higley needs your voice! If you are interested in authoring posts for this community blog, we'd love to hear from you and the site administrator will get you set up. Please feel free to email any photos you would like to share to makehigleyhistoric@gmail.com and we will add them to the page. And if you know of any older folks who may not be technologically savvy or speak only Spanish, let us know and we can arrange an interview so their stories are recorded as well.
We look forward to hearing from many and hope you all check in weekly for updates and new posts about our history and our efforts for recognition. Thank you kindly for all of your support in making Higley's historic value known!
Honk If You Love Higley, AZ!
Welcome to the the Make Higley Historic! blogspot! Your definitive source of Higley happenings - past, present and future.
Anyone who knows Higley is aware that its boundaries and residents have been quite elusive the last 100 years. This page has been created to bring together fellow Higleans, Gilbillies, San Tan-ites, travelers and friends who all have something to say about the history of this unique place.
Higley needs your voice! If you are interested in authoring posts for this community blog, we'd love to hear from you. Please feel free to email any photos you would like to share to makehigleyhistoric@cox.net and we will add them to the page. And if you know of any older folks who may not be technologically savvy or speak only Spanish, let us know and we can arrange an interview so their stories are recorded as well.
We look forward to hearing from many and hope you all check in weekly for updates and new posts about our history and our efforts for recognition. Thank you kindly for all of your support in making Higley's historic value known!
2 comments:
HI My name is Kenetta McDonald(Turnbull( when i lived in higley.
I grew up there with my 2 sister and mom and dad and i miss it so much. I moved there when i was 2 in 1974, i went to higley elementary from k-8 thatis when i got transfered to gilbert jr., so there are alot of memeries from the kids, to the teachers, to the whole little town, i still remember my address 18515 east ray rd...wow... i really miss that place, my parnets used to work at u-totum(LONG AGO)on williams field and Powere and there was cosmos that we ate at every friday night.
My name is Norma and I am the sister of Kenetta. I went to Higley Elementary from 4th grade til 8th grade and then went to Gilbert Jr. High. My 8th grade graduating class had a total of 8 people. It was an awesome school. Mrs. Johnson and Mrs. Jones and Mrs. Pomeroy were my most favorite teachers. I have a lot of great memories living in Higley. We lived on Power and Ray Rd when Ray Rd. was a dirt road. There were no traffic lights and no store. Where there is a Walmart and Target now used to be alfalfa fields and cotton fields. They used to heard sheep through down the streets. On the 4th of July we used to watch fireworks in our back yard that were shot off from Williams Air Force Base and also got to see awesome air shows without ever leaving our yards. Our house that we our dad built is no longer there it is just an empty lot except for our shed that was in our back yard that used to be our shop class when I went to Higley School and we moved it to our back yard and used it as a barn and workshop. I still go out there from time to time and it makes me kind of sad. I'm glad to have lived there in such a small town and wish that I could raise my kids in a small town also....
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