For anyone who wasn't aware - the intersection at Higley and Williams Field will be undergoing some changes that will make it a bit easier to let us all pass through - hello six lane road! However, it may be of interest that this isn't the first time that Higley has been at the center of transportation progress.
Sue Sossaman writes in her essay about Higley that The Higley Chamber of Commerce in 1912 was instrumental in lobbying the Board of Supervisors of Pinal County for a road connecting Florence to the Pinal County line. Higley citizens agreed to take it to Higley and the Chandler citizens to Chandler. Hunt Highway became a state highway in 1915. It was built with prison labor and named after the Governor, George WP Hunt.
Sossaman also writes that the ladies of Higley joined together to form the Linger Longer Civic Club and with the help of the Chandler Civic Club, arranged the men, tools, and mules (fed them too!)to bridge the eight miles between Chandler and Higley.
I wonder how wide that street was that they carved out in comparison to the six lanes that will be....hmmm....
If you know of any relatives who participated in this undertaking, we'd be much obliged to hear their stories passed on.
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