Coates: Pinal farmer and optimist plans a future without CAP water
by Bill Coates | PinalCentral
Clinton Anderson moved to Arizona in the 1920s. He farmed a rural stretch, then south of Phoenix.
It was along Southern and 19th avenues. It’s no longer rural. It’s given way to houses and strip malls. It’s now inside the city.
Clinton didn’t stay, in any case. He decided cotton was the way to go. And the best place for cotton was Pinal County. He moved the family in 1949 and began farming some 1,600 acres not far from Murphy Road.
