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The Wigwam Resort (Images of America: Arizona)

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The evolution of an arid desert area into the verdant oasis that may be the Wigwam Resort was once in the long run brought about by an unlikely crop needed by crucial American corporation in the early 20th century. The crop was once long-staple cotton and the corporation was once the Goodyear Tire and Rubber Company. When the U.S. Department of Agriculture came upon that Arizona’s Salt River Valley was once a really perfect location to domestically grow long-staple cotton, Goodyear purchased 16,000 acres in the desert west of Phoenix to cultivate the crop for their newly developed pneumatic tire. The company built a three-room lodge, at the start known as the “Organization House,” for the executives that came to oversee the farming operations. The location became a well-liked winter retreat within the company, and in 1929, Goodyear expanded the facilities and opened “The Wigwam” as a hotel. As the years progressed, amenities such as golf and fine dining were added, and the Wigwam Resort became one of the vital premier luxury destinations in the Southwest.

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