The Hohokam peoples lived in a wide area of south-central Arizona from roughly Flagstaff south to the Mexican border. around 300 BC, to become the most skillful irrigation farmers the Southwest ever knew. The Hohokam developed an elaborate irrigation canal system using only stone instruments and organized labor. Before modern development obliterated this system. The Hohokam were reliant upon the unpredictable waters of the river" the salt river."Even though metropolitan Phoenix and suburbs have almost completely destroyed any signs of those wonderful people, we were smart enough to learn from them .. and some of the canals we depend on today for irrigation follow the same path once laid down by those people.
Even though the Hohokam dissapeared for unknown reasons, I have been fortunate enough to wonder upon petroglyphs, and what was once an observatory during my hikes. Some of the drawings are of animals and maybe tell a story .... here are a few I would love to share ... What is awesome about the hiking trails in and around the Phoenix area, places like these are everywhere if you just take the time to look. I'am fascinated by ancient civilization. I can almost feel for what they endured without todays tools and technology.
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