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Heber-Overgaard
"In section 13, T. 12, N., R. 16 E. Mormon settlement of about 1880, on Black Canyon, 50 miles southwest of Holbrook. After Heber C. Kimball, chief Justice, State of Deseret, 1883. John Bushman was first settler. It was quite a settlement up to about 1883 when several years of drought drove most of the settlers away. About 1883, John Hoyle, former cook for the Hashknife Outfit, opened a store here, which he ran for several years. PO Est. September 11, 1890. James Shelley PM."

Barnes, Will C.; Granger, Byrd (ed.) Arizona Place Names University of Arizona Press. 1997
P. 203

"In 1876 and 1877 two companies of Mormon emigrants from Arkansas were assigned to Little Colorado River Settlements. John W. N. Scarlett, first sent to Allen's Camp, withdrew in 1883 to found Heber where John Bushman had found water in 1882. The new community as named for Heber C. Kimball, Chief Justice of the State of Deseret or, according to a second source, for Heber J. Grant, President of the Mormon Church."

Barnes, Will C.; Granger, Byrd (ed.) Arizona's names : X marks the place Falconer Pub. Co. : distributed by Treasure Chest Publications, c1983. P. 296

"Overgaard-- This location was named for the Overgaard family. Christ Overgaard served as postmaster in 1939. P.O. est October 14, 1938, William T. Schockley, pm; disc. Deember 31, 1943, re-est April 16, 1952."

Barnes, Will C.; Granger, Byrd (ed.) Arizona's names : X marks the place Falconer Pub. Co. : distributed by Treasure Chest Publications, c1983. P. 454

Arizona Department of Commerce Community Profiles-- Heber-Overgaard, Arizona
http://www.commerce.state.az.us/pdf/commasst/comm/heber.pdf

Heber-Overgaard Local Government Website
http://www.wmonline.com/cities/heber.htm

The Arizonan.com Heber-Overgaard
http://www.arizonan.com/Heber-Overgaard/
 

Books/Manuscripts found in the ASU Library Catalog

It is not often-- / [by Bobbie Stephens Hunt]
F819.H4 H86x 1993

A Study of the Show Low, Arizona economic growth center Phoenix, Ariz. : Moore & West Economic Research, [1972]
HGY 1.2:S 45

Heber C. Kimball: His Wifes and Family; 1967
CE EPH RSM-40

Heber, Overgaard, Arizona: Informational Brochures.
CE EPH DTO-HEBER

Heber-Overgaard, Arizona: Community Profiles Varied Dates from 1975
CE EPH DTO-HEBER.1

Heber, Arizona: Informational Brochures.
FE EPH DTO-HEBER.1

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