Mobil Oil Station
This was located on Marana Rd. and Sandario. The station was owned by Olin Waples.
View ArticleThe First Post Office
Mrs. Moss, the first postmistress and her two sons. Mayor Honea's maternal grandmother, Ethel Steele, worked for Mrs. Moss. The building was mud adobe, built in 1933, and located on Highway 84. This...
View ArticleMarana High School
This is the first Marana High School. It was torn down to make way for the construction of Interstate 10.
View ArticleWeighing Cotton
Weighing Cotton – people used to pick cotton by hand until the late 50s. They got approximately three cents a pound for the cotton. That bale probably weighed 100 pounds. The young man pictured...
View ArticleYaqui Labor Camp
This was called the Yaqui Camp and is currently the area known as Yoem Pueblo. The Yaquis settled here and put up shacks and tents in order to be close to the fields. CWUA owned the property and sold...
View ArticleNatural gas engine pumping water to farm fields
Natural Gas Engine, formerly located on Sandario Road and Moore Road. This was a natural gas engine that used to run 24 hours a day, pumping water for irrigation to nearby fields. Mayor Ed recalls the...
View ArticlePost Office Dedication - 1962
This is a post office dedication on Sanders and Marana Road. It was built by Sam Chu. The first postmaster was Bob Honea. Mayor Ed Honea (age 14) and his brother Wayne (age 11), are standing next to...
View ArticlePost Office Dedication
Post Office Dedication - The speaker is Arizona Congressman Mo Udall. Lon Adams is on the left of Mr. Udall and Sam Chu is on the right. Postmaster Bob Honea is seated on the far right.
View ArticlePostmaster James Collins
James Collins was the second postmaster in Marana. The first was a lady named Mrs. Moss who was the postmistress in the 1930s. Mr. Collins started as the postmaster in the 40s.
View ArticleBoard OKs Incorporation of Marana, Arizona Daily Star article
Arizona Daily Star newspaper article describing Marana community member efforts to successfully achieve incorporation status.
View ArticleEd, Ray, Wayne Honea
Mayor Ed Honea, pictured far left, is 17 in this photo. His father, Ray Honea, is in the middle, and brother Wayne Honea is on the right. Wayne is wearing a Marana Future Farmers of America jacket. Ray...
View ArticleGroup of Farmers during Post Project
This is a group of farmers and investors called the Cortaro Farms Investment Group. Edwin Post drove this effort. Marana was also called Postvale and Mr. Post and the investment group bought land and...
View ArticleEarly Police Department cruiser
The newly incorporated Town of Marana bought many used vehicles to build up its police vehicle fleet. This is the first new cruiser the Town bought.
View ArticleDitch Blade
Marana farmers constantly worked to keep the irrigation ditches cleaned out so the water could flow evenly to all the fields.
View ArticleDC Warren
DC Warren was born in Huntsville, Texas, and moved to Rillito, Arizona in 1952. He worked as a cowboy at area ranches. He also played in a number of movies filmed in Old Tucson during the 1950s through...
View Article2 Brothers - Water Boys - 11-29-46 - Cortaro Farms Experiment
When families worked the fields, they took the kids to help. These are two brothers, water boys.
View ArticleDorothy Honeycutt and Jo Rex (Frew) Oral History
Jo Rex talks about her father, Don Frew, who was the mayor of the first publicly elected Town Council. Dorothy Honeycutt was the Town Clerk. Together, they talk about incorporation, the construction of...
View ArticleTom Clark, Sr. and Elinor Barnett Oral History
Tom Clark, Sr. and his sister, Elinor Barnett, talk about growing up in Marana. The Clark family moved to Marana because of the Post Project. They remember the cotton farming, the schools, the...
View ArticleCortaro Farms Company Building
The Cortaro Headquarters was built in 1935. This building is the Producer’s Cotton Oil. It was built by a Yaqui Indian craftsman, and he did the block work. This building had a cooling unit that had a...
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