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In 1982, the district published a book of his educational poems, This is Your School, and a year later his niece published Poems Thoughts, a 147-page volume of his work. Henry Wickenburg One of the more colorful and at times mysterious chapters in West Valley history tells the tale of Henry Wickenburg, the immigrant miner who discovered Arizona's richest vein of gold near the town that now bears his name. Henry Wickenburg's own history is muddled at best. He has been described variously as a fugitive from Austrian authorities; a descendant of Prussian royalty born Johannes Henricus Wickenburg; and an Ohio-raised farmer's son called Heinrich Heitzel. Whoever he once was, he arrived in Arizona in 1 862, probably part of an exploration party following the Hassayampa River.

In 1863, he struck gold and struck it big, uncovering what would become the Vulture Mine, a cache that yielded more than $200 million of the precious ore in about 80 years' time. How he found the mine is subject to debate. One story has him hurling a rock at a stubborn burro and noticing specks of gold in the weapon. Another says he needed a broom to sweep his tent, shot a vulture for its wings and found the bird atop a gold outcropping. More likely, historians say, he noticed white quartz along the Hassayampa and, knowing the mineral often contains gold, investigated further.

He worked the Vulture until 1 866, then decided he'd had enough. He sold 80 percent of his interest for $20,000 and a note for $65,000. The new owners later insisted Wickenburg had no clear title to the mine and never paid him the rest of the money. Perhaps hoping to recover the money someday, Wickenburg settled near the Vulture Mine and took up farming, perhaps returning to his roots. The town of Wickenburg, the oldest north of Tucson, thrived around him until the mine played itself out.

Nearly destitute after years of fighting the mine's new owners, Wickenburg took his own life in 1905. John Nelson After years on the Phoenix City Council, John Nelson is leaving office Jan. 3 because of term limits approved by voters in 1992. Ironically, the District 5 councilman was one of the strongest advocates of term limits allowing for two four-year terms and is the first council member" to succumb to the new requirements. In his 16 years on the council, first in District 4 and then District 5, Nelson has served as vice mayor three times.

His efforts on the council have led to west Phoenix getting the Desert West Community Center, Blockbuster Desert Sky Pavilion and the Maryvale baseball stadium and spring training complex. Nelson is chairman of the City Council ethics and public safety subcommittee. He also serves on the City Council subcommittees for transportation and technology; housing and neighborhoods; and desert preserves and open spaces. The partner in Coe and Van Loo Consultants a Phoenix engineering firm, is described as a hands-on councilman who listens to his constituents. -r WETS BEST, from Page 1 countywide computer policy.

For the past six years, Koory, 59, and his daughter, Deborah Koory-Blean, have been partners in the Ironworks Restaurant, 17233 N. 45th Ave. "I feel great about my my life," Koory said earlier this week. "Life has been very good to me. I've got a bunch of grandchildren, and I really enjoy my business." Although not tempted to jump back into public life, Koory said he maintains his political ties and interests, especially those that involve Glendale and the West Valley.

Koory served in the Arizona House from 1967 through 1970 and in the Senate from 1971 through 1976. He was appointed in 1978 to fill a vacancy on the Board of Supervisors and was elected to the position in 1980, 1984 and 1988. Described by political watchers as soft-spoken and cautious but a good campaigner and a sympathetic listener, Koory stepped down from the board in 1989 to run for governor. He finished second to Fife Symington, who later captured the state's top job, in a four-way Republican primary in 1990. Anne Lindeman and Sterling and Barbara Ridge With its lush grounds and attractive buildings, Arizona State University West is a jewel of the West Valley.

But it's admired for more than just its good looks. The campus has rooted itself in the community, providing a cultural and economic development boost to the The campus may never have come about if not for the diligent work of Anne Lindeman and Sterling and Barbara Ridge. Lindeman, a former state senator and now chairwoman of the Governor's Commission on Aging, located the 300 acres of state land that would become the permanent site for ASU West. That was in 1982. "We were determined to get the site," Lindeman said of West Valley leaders at "the 10th anniversary celebration of ASU West in 1994.

"We had a great dream. It had to happen." The genesis of the campus is attributed to Barbara Ridge, who in 1972 started the Westside Citizens Committee for Higher Education. The committee's 12-year-effort peaked April 18, 1984, when then-Gov. Bruce Babbitt signed the legislation establishing ASU West. It had been Ridge's husband, Sterling, who had'drafted the bill.

Barbara Ridge became director of development for ASU West and then was director of community development for Glendale Community College. Today she owns the Silver Mountain Trading Co. in Glendale's Catlin Court. Sterling Ridge, a former Glendale mayor, served three terms in the House. Today, he works in the Office of Institutional Advancement at ASU West.

When ASU West first got going, classes were held at Metrocenter and later at four other sites. The groundbreaking for the campus at 47th Avenue and Thunderbird Road was held in February 1986. ASU West's first building the Fletcher Library opened in March 1988. Harold Watson Smith Harold Watson Smith, a noted Glendale educator and poet, spent 39 years as superintendent of the Glendale Elementary School District, which named a school after him. He died in 1992 at age 98.

He started his career in the Glendale district in 1925, fresh from a trip to the Philippines, where he had taught for a year. At 'the time, Glendale had only one school Landmark Elementary. Service in education and community was a major theme of Smith's, life. After his retirement from education, he served a term in the Arizona Legislature. He was hon OUSE y.y- 'Driving 25 mph.

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