A valley of farm land witb soil of unsurpassed fertility 



walled in by lulls rick in minerals, tnat, in brief, is Maricopa 



County, Arizona. To it are invited tbe borne-seeker and tbe 

 investor wbo are looking for golden opportunities amid tbe most 

 favorable surroundings. 



Maricopa County contains 7,500 square miles, or an area 

 equal to tbat of tbe states of Connecticut and Rbode Island 

 combined, yet it is not tbe largest county in tbe great Territory 

 of Arizona, but only one of tbe tbirteen counties making up 

 tbe 113,000 square miles witbm tbe boundaries of tbe Territory. 

 ^iVitbin tbe county lies tbe largest body of cultivated land in 

 tbe Territory, known as tbe Salt River Valley, irrigated by tbe 

 Salt, Verde, and Gila Rivers, wbicb are tbe largest flood 

 streams of tbe Soutbwest, barring tbe Colorado. 



Situated in tbe soutb central portion of tbe Territory, and 

 witb railroad lines tapping tbe neb mineral sections surrounding 

 it, Maricopa County is tbe natural garden spot of Arizona and 



