The accepted belief is that it was destroyed by a prolonged drought. The ultimate fate of this ancient society, however, is a mystery.
They built an irrigation system, consisting mostly of some 135 miles of canals, and the land became fertile. Those former residents were industrious, enterprising and imaginative. The wide Salt River ran through the Valley of the Sun, but there was little rain and no melting snow to moisten the brown earth from river to mountain range on either side. and 1400 A.D., testify to our city's ancient roots. The Pueblo Grande ruins, which were occupied between 700 A.D. Hundreds of years before any of the cities in the eastern part of our country were so much as clearings in the wilderness, a well established, civilized community occupied the land we know as Phoenix. Early Life along the Salt River Jack Swilling, one of the founders of Phoenix. You may also download a version in PDF format. Find out about our city's early history on this page, the text of which is excerpted from the Communication Office's Out of the Ashes publication.
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