Lorne Pratt News Today

Well, here we are, ready with another Fountain Hills History Lesson. The year is 1979.

It’s time to get back to our weekly history lessons about Fountain Hills. In the early months of 1972, the community was experiencing booming growth. Work was progressing on Del Trailor’s Fontana, a 220-unit family residential development in the northeast part of Fountain Hills. The models were opened in August with a grand opening party with 1,200 people in attendance including a VIP list of dignitaries from Phoenix, all of the employees of McCulloch Properties, Del Trailor and LPE A...