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!
OPEN HOUSE: Crossroads of Historic Higley
Well, there have been no blog posts this year about Higley's history, but with good cause. Your Friendly Higley Historians have been hard at work completing Crossroads of Historic Higley: An Oral History Project/Narrated Driving Tour of the San Tan Mountain Communities with the San Tan Historical Society.
We invite the public to attend the free event and learn about the San Tan Historical Society's efforts in preserving the areas of Higley, Chandler Heights, Combs and Queen Creek history in the rapidly changing landscape of the Southeast Valley. The disc with the self-guided, narrated driving tour will be available at the event for a nominal charge of $3.00 and free for download on the Society's website after the event. The dates are as follows:
Higley Center for the Performing Arts
4132 E. Pecos Road
Gilbert, Arizona 85295
Tuesday, October 19th, 2010 - 5 PM to 8:30 PM
Wednesday, October 20th, 2010 – 10 AM to 8:30 PM
This project is honor of the community of Higley's Centennial this year. We look forward to seeing you there to learn and share about the area's people and places which made us who we are today, all the while looking ahead at the next 100 years. Contact Project Director, Leslie LeRoux - 480.220.0341 leslie_leroux@cox.net for any additional information.
This project was made possible in part with grants from the Arizona Humanities Council and Southwest Oral History Association.
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