P-Bar Ranch Dam - Fountain Hills, AZ
N 33° 35.378 W 111° 44.222
12S E 431610 N 3716900
This marker commemorates the construction of a dam on the P-Bar ranch in Fountain Hills, Arizona.
Waymark Code: WMV5W4
Location: Arizona, United States
Date Posted: 02/28/2017
Views: 6
In 1941 the cowboys of the P-Bar ranch constructed this dam to provide water for the ranch and their cows. The P-Bar ranch included areas that now comprise Fountain Hills, the McDowell Mountain Regional Park and parts of Scottsdale. The dam is located in area that is now the Fountain Hills Desert Botanical Garden. The sign was posted in 2013.
Marker Name: P-Bar Ranch Historical Dam
Type of history commemorated: Other
County: Maricopa
Name of any agency/ agencies setting marker:
The Town of Fountain Hills, Arizona
Year placed: 2013
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