Stories About Del Webb and Sun City + Other Interesting Stuff

This page contains various stories about Del E. Webb and the history of Sun City and Sun City West, Arizona.

Please enjoy the stories and come back often because we will be continually updating this page.

Series compiled and written by Bill Pearson in 2019.

Del Webb's Sun City...The Prologue
#1 ~ July 4th, 1974 ~ The day Del Webb Died
#2 ~ Born with a Silver Spoon? Hardly.
#3 ~ What Doesn't Kill You Makes You Stronger
#4 ~ Timing is Everything In Life...Or Is It?
#5 ~ "Show Me The Money"...Not This Time.
#6 ~ Webb Corporation Smashes It Out of the Park
#7 ~ One Million? Not Quite
#8 ~ 1960....”Will Anybody Come Tomorrow?”
#9 ~ 1961, 1962, 1963...Explosive!
#10 ~ 1964/1965 "There's a Calm before the Storm"
#11 ~ Sun City...The Renaissance
#12 ~ 1966/1967...Building a Sense of Community
#13 ~ 1968...Meeker’s Magic
#14 ~ 1969, 1970...The Other Side of the Tracks
#15 ~ 1971, 1972 and 1973: The Greatest Show on Earth
#16 ~ 1974 & 1975...The Worst of Times
#17 ~ 1976, 77 & 78...The Best of Times
#18 ~ Del Webb's Sun City... Epilogue

Yesterday and Today, by Bret McKeand – Independent Newspapers in 2020

Sun City's First Medical Office
Plaza del Sol Shopping Center
Sundome
Mountain View Recreation Center
Sun City's Liberty Bell
Grand Shopping Center
United Church of Sun City
West Valley Museum of Art
Fairway Recreation Center
Kuentz Recreation Center in SCW
Hiway House
Sun City's First Post Office
Greenway Shopping Center
Marinette Recreation Center

Interview with Jane Freeman, Founder of The Sun Cities Area Historical Society, Inc. – 9/7/2016

Interview with John Meeker, President of DEVCO – 3/6/1996

The Webb of Mystery – from Sports Illustrated, February 29th, 1960

Sun City Poms Since 1979

Sundome is Gone but not Forgotten – 4/27/2018

Sundome Jr. – 4/27/2018

West Valley Symphony – 11/8/2018

Television in 1960

Sun City’s Alcoa Theater

Museum Now on National Registry – 2015

Happy Birthday Mr. Webb 5/17/1899 by Bill Pearson