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Gila Valley Pimas and Farmers Forge Cooperative Legacy
The Gila Valley hosts a transition from past cooperative farming to modern colocation with Pimas and later settlers building mutual aid structures. James A. Waldron of the Farm Security Administration notes the challenge of balancing individualism with group harmony as 60 farmers were chosen from hundreds for communal plots.
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James A. Waldron
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