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Ptah

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9. When my parents moved here in 1967, they were disappointed to find a clause.

Reply to OffWithTheirHeads (Reply #8)

Thu Apr 4, 2013, 02:07 AM

Apr 2013

They were forbidden to sell to people of color.

Rillito was the settlement for the laborers, mostly black.

That community was also the source for the athletic engine that was Marana High School.

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Bisbee Approves Civil Unions For Gay Couples; Defies Arizona Attorney General [View all] Kali Apr 2013 OP

I will never understand the fear of freedom. Ptah Apr 2013 #1

Though I've never been to San Francisco, I've always thought of Bisbee as a "Little S.F.". MiddleFingerMom Apr 2013 #2

I grew up in San Francisco but have not yet been to Bisbee. i'll let you know! OffWithTheirHeads Apr 2013 #4

What a funny state we live in! You can get gay married in Bisbee, OffWithTheirHeads Apr 2013 #3

You forgot cotton farming. Ptah Apr 2013 #5

Huh? We have cotton pickers here? OffWithTheirHeads Apr 2013 #6

Marana is the home of the farmers that 'employed' the residents of Rillito. Ptah Apr 2013 #7

Not familiar with this but you have taught me more about the area than my in laws OffWithTheirHeads Apr 2013 #8

When my parents moved here in 1967, they were disappointed to find a clause. Ptah Apr 2013 #9

Jesus. Seriouslly? OffWithTheirHeads Apr 2013 #10

Seriously Ptah Apr 2013 #11

ranchers called those folks farmers Kali Apr 2013 #12

Sorry about that. Ptah Apr 2013 #13

awww! Kali Apr 2013 #14

Cotton is one of the five elements of the economy on the state seal. former9thward Apr 2013 #15