Editing Fountain Hills, Arizona (section)

== History ==
Before the development of Fountain Hills, the area was home to the [[Yavapai]] people, and [[petroglyph]]s can be found near the Dixie Mine in the northwest corner of the town along the mountains.
[[File:Petroglyphpeople.jpg|thumb|Two boys posing at the petroglyphs by the Dixie Mine, Fountain Hills, AZ]]

In the early 20th century, the area that became Fountain Hills and the McDowell Mountain Regional Park was part of the Pemberton Ranch,<ref>https://arizona.hometownlocator.com/maps/feature-map,ftc,2,fid,32778,n,pemberton%20ranch.cfm {{Bare URL inline|date=August 2022}}</ref> later renamed the P-Bar Ranch. [[Fountain Hills High School]] is built on the site of one of the P-Bar Ranch's buildings, and a plaque stands in the parking lot to commemorate this.

Fountain Hills was developed by [[C. V. Wood]], president of [[Robert P. McCulloch|McCulloch]] Oil, and was named after the towering man-made fountain in the center of town.<ref>{{Cite web| last = Arroyo Rodriguez| first = Nadine| title = Did You Know: The Fountain Hills Namesake Is Among the World's Largest| work = KJZZ| access-date = July 17, 2016| date = April 18, 2014| url = http://kjzz.org/content/26421/did-you-know-fountain-hills-namesake-among-worlds-largest}}</ref><ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.epodunk.com/cgi-bin/genInfo.php?locIndex=11190|title=Profile for Fountain Hills, Arizona, AZ|publisher=ePodunk|access-date=August 23, 2012|archive-date=February 10, 2013|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20130210012658/http://www.epodunk.com/cgi-bin/genInfo.php?locIndex=11190|url-status=dead}}</ref> The town was incorporated in 1989.<ref>{{cite web|url= http://www.fh.az.gov/|title= Town of Fountain Hills, Arizona|publisher= Town of Fountain Hills, Arizona|access-date=August 23, 2012}}</ref>