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ill is a fourth-generation Arizona construction worker and contractor, who started working in the 1970s with his grandfather’s company, Edward S. Kelton Contracting. His career has blessed him with jobs at Fisher Contracting Company, M.M. Sundt Construction, Sundt Corp, R.E. Monks Construction, Kirkland Construction, and his current position as vice president at Buesing Corp. Bill’s first love has always been big dirt projects, such as his first management position completing the site grading for the Westridge Mall at 75th Avenue and Thomas Road in Phoenix. But his career has also involved bridge structures, utilities, asphalt paving, concrete paving, and mining projects. Bill’s job sites include uranium mines in South Texas, gold mines in Northern Nevada, levees on the Rio Grande, and landfills and commercial developments in Southern California. Projects that Bill has helped construct are the mile-long bridges on Loop 202 in Tempe, Deck Park Tunnel on Interstate 10, 15 miles of State Route 87 south of Payson, the Arizona approach to Hoover Dam Bypass, Burro Creek Bridge on U.S. Highway 93, Telluride’s airport runway, and grading the airport at St. George, Utah. A builder by nature, Bill always has a DIY project going on at home. When he does get away, Bill loads up the travel trailer and hits the road with his wife and dog.

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or this issue, we focus on one of the Valley’s favorite destinations: Papago Park. It attracts visitors interested in wildlife, plants, golf, hiking, and recreation. To ensure an abundance of construction-oriented stories, we tossed a wide net

and included some Papago placenames such as the freeway that runs through Phoenix just north of downtown. We also spotlight a unique and oft-forgotten building project adjacent to Papago Park called Rock Park.

Rock Park was an amusement park and museum/gift shop located on 12 acres at 5050 East Van Buren Street. Information about the attraction comes from memories by longtime residents and the 1957 Arizona Days and Ways article, “Castles in the Desert.” The story describes John and Ellyn Stewart, who “built a fairyland of castles, moats, and picturesque bridges” connected by a miniature steam train. The Stewarts, longtime rockhounds, moved to Phoenix from Oregon in 1956 because they loved the desert. They used their extensive rock and mineral collection to build a series of miniature castles, each perched atop a small hill. “Setting decorative tile is interesting work,” John commented about his former occupation. “But building rock castles is a lot more exciting because they interest so many people.” “Blue Moat Castle” was the largest fortress, while “Cinder Mountain” contained replicas of the Lost Dutchman Mine and Weaver’s Needle. “American Flag Castle”

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Above: Rock Park with its castles and miniature railroad, 1965. Left: Derelict castle at Rock Park, 1978. Below: Abandoned Rock Park attractions, 1978.

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Above: Twin Rock Castles connected by a bridge spanning a pond, 1957. Right: Clear View Castle at Rock Park, 1957.

featured a flag made entirely of rocks, situated by a mockup of Camelback Mountain. “I work at them by day and cut and polish cabochons [shaped and polished stones] in the evening for relaxation,” John said. The quarter-scale train that took visitors on a loop around the park ran on fuel oil. “I remember that place! I loved it there,” Marilyn L. Williams Bents exclaims. “Mom would take me after dark to ride the train around. The units had lights.” “Oh yeah! I had completely forgotten about this place,” echoes Charms Brock, another longtime Phoenician. “We went there a couple of times. My dad was a train enthusiast.” Rock Park also featured a museum and gift shop, the latter selling angel-wing agates and lava casts, which were petrified wood preserved in volcanic lava. The museum’s highlight was a Swiss castle built of fluorescent minerals illuminated in a darkroom by ultra-violet lamps. “My dad and John were friends and rockhounds,” Steve Sayre, a local commercial real estate broker, says. “John also sold rocks for specimens and lapidary.” Above: Cinder Mountain, including the Lost Dutchman Mine, 1957. Left: The Vault nightclub at the former Rock Park, 1978.

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The 1957 article noted that Rock Park was well on its way to becoming the Disneyland of Phoenix. But, alas, that was not to be; its last listing in the Yellow Pages was in 1973. By then, kids gravitated to amusement places like Baja Raceway, Big Surf, and Legend City. The park and its castles were abandoned and the museum housed various nightclubs over the years. Today, the redeveloped land is home to a bar, BBQ joint, apartments, and a Circle K. Old postcards and photos are all that remain to remind people of the wonderland that was a rockhound’s dream. “It was fun while it lasted,” reflects Linda Graham Kilbourne, a Phoenix native.

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