Camp Verde

Discover Camp Verde, Arizona—a historic riverside town where ancient Sinagua cliff dwellings, frontier forts, and vibrant heritage meet. Explore Montezuma Castle, Fort Verde State Historic Park, and the rich cultural crossroads of the Verde Valley.

Lake Havasu City

Discover Lake Havasu City, Arizona—an engineered desert oasis famous for the London Bridge, vibrant waterfront living, rich Indigenous history, and endless boating and recreation along the Colorado River.

Page

Discover the story of Page, Arizona—a desert city born from the construction of Glen Canyon Dam and transformed into a gateway to Lake Powell, Antelope Canyon, and iconic Southwest landscapes. Explore its Navajo roots, engineering legacy, and thriving tourism culture.

Bullhead City

Explore Bullhead City, Arizona—a vibrant desert riverfront community forged from hydropower, history, and determination. Situated along the Colorado River in the Mojave Desert, this modern city traces its roots to Indigenous Mojave lifeways, 19th-century military crossings at Hardyville, and the transformative construction of Hoover and Davis Dams. Officially incorporated in 1984, Bullhead City has evolved from a dam support camp into a thriving hub for tourism, cross-border commerce with Laughlin, Nevada, and seasonal living. With river trails, lakeside recreation, and strong ties to the Fort Mojave Indian Tribe, Bullhead is now home to over 40,000 residents and continues to grow as a retirement destination and economic engine in northwestern Arizona. Its future depends on balancing growth with sustainability—preserving the Colorado River as both lifeline and legacy in a place built on resilience, recreation, and the ever-flowing power of water.

Fort Mohave

Explore Fort Mohave, Arizona—a riverside community shaped by ancient Mojave heritage, frontier military history, and modern tribal resilience along the banks of the Colorado River. Once home to Camp Colorado and later a U.S. Army fort, the area transitioned from conflict and assimilation policies to become the heart of the Fort Mojave Indian Tribe, whose ancestral ties to the river remain strong. Today, Fort Mohave blends agricultural roots, growing residential developments, and tribal enterprise with cultural revival efforts, including language preservation, heritage tourism, and eco-stewardship. Visit the Mojave Crossing Event Center, enjoy riverfront recreation, or experience the tribal-owned Avi Resort and Casino—each reflecting the region’s evolution from outpost to sovereign homeland. Fort Mohave is a place where the past flows into the present—guided by the river, sustained by community, and defined by deep connections to land, identity, and future possibilities.

Goodyear

Goodyear, Arizona charts a bold evolution—from Indigenous agricultural lands and wartime cotton fields to a modern nexus of aerospace, logistics, and sports tourism in Phoenix’s fast-growing West Valley. Originally founded by the Goodyear Tire & Rubber Company to cultivate Egyptian cotton for WWI aircraft, the city emerged as a postwar aviation and manufacturing hub, later becoming home to major aerospace and defense contractors. Today, Goodyear is a model of intentional urban planning, where spring training stadiums, LEED-certified civic buildings, and healthcare corridors meet sprawling master-planned communities and high-tech industrial parks. With roots in resilience and a future driven by sustainability, innovation, and strategic design, Goodyear continues to blend legacy with momentum in Arizona’s new era of desert growth.

Surprise

Surprise, Arizona grew from a dusty 1930s homestead into one of the Southwest’s fastest-rising suburban cities—a transformation driven by retirees, young families, and a shared pursuit of desert opportunity. Nestled near the White Tank Mountains, this once-rural outpost now boasts spring training stadiums, age-restricted resort communities, higher education, and retail destinations, all while retaining traces of its agricultural roots. From Flora Mae Statler’s skeptical beginnings to a booming population of over 150,000, Surprise exemplifies thoughtful suburban growth with a strong civic core, robust recreation, and plans for a self-sustaining, innovation-ready future in Arizona’s expanding West Valley.

Peoria

Peoria, Arizona has grown from its 1886 roots as a canal-fed farming colony to a thriving Northwest Valley city known for spring training, Lake Pleasant, and innovative urban planning. Named by settlers from Illinois and enriched by Indigenous heritage, Peoria balances suburban growth with natural beauty, offering hiking trails, performing arts, tech-forward development, and family-friendly neighborhoods. With a population over 190,000, it leads Arizona in livability through sustainable zoning, regional recreation, and a vision of community as a “city within a park.” Peoria is where desert legacy meets future-forward living.

Avondale

Avondale, Arizona is a city defined by its river-fed past and freeway-connected future. Once a humble farm town known as Coldwater, this West Valley community has grown into a vibrant residential and sports hub where cotton fields meet NASCAR speedways. Rooted in Akimel O’odham lands and sustained by the Agua Fria River, Avondale honors its agricultural legacy while embracing growth through master-planned neighborhoods, regional parks, historic corridors, and civic investment. With a strategic location, rich heritage, and community-first vision, Avondale continues to shape its identity at the crossroads of tradition and transformation.