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FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE

10.16.26 ROCK POINT COMMUNITY MEMBERS:

We are in day 3 of dealing with the flood. We are working diligently to help provide support for this incident. The Road 353 is open but extremely difficult to travel through so please refrain from traveling on this road. Also, highway 191 may need minor repairs so please be cautious when traveling on this road.

The chapter is helping respond to the flooding by coordinating resources and document incidents of flooding. The Red Cross is here also helping provide support to our community.

Volunteers and donations are still greatly appreciated.

Donation items needed include food and fire wood. to help serve the volunteers and workers to help our community. Donations can include food for lunch and dinner, for families. We no longer need help filling sandbags.

We will also need help assessing damages to property. We ask our community members to please take pictures of damages caused by the flood and work with us to help document the incident.

For further information, please contact the Chapter at 928-659-4350 or contact Jerrold Dawes at

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Story

The first settler called the community “Beesh ii ahi” (standing metal) because of a windmill that was in the Area. Later, many local people were hired to build the community irrigation and diversion dam. The dam was built using manpower and teams of horses. It is said that the people were paid $1.00 to $1.50 a day to work on the project. The chapter acquired equipment – a grader, a front-end/back-end loader, and a farm tractor for use in assisting farming families with earthwork and irrigation systems. The chapter name was changed to reflect a nearby rock formation and to date the chapter is known as “Rock Point”.