Encanto Park started as a cotton field owned by J.W. Dorris and Dr. James Norton. Then William Hartranft turned Encanto Park into a green wonderland, separating from the arid climate of Phoenix. Golden Gate also had similar environmental obstacles Even with the area originally having sand dunes, something that Fredrick Olmsted thought might make the park unpracticable.
| Creator: Darwin V. Campen | Date: March 1964 | Source: Arizona Highways, https://azmemory.azlibrary.gov/digital/collection/aho/id/649/. Download Original File