The Tall TimbersHeber/Overgaard Park is found among the cool Ponderosa Pines of the Apache Sitgreaves National Forest. This day use park has facilities for a number of activities. These include picnicking, racquetball, softball, basketball, volleyball, horseshoes and shuffle board. Reservations can be made for group picnics in our large pavilion. There is also a playground area and an archery range. Camping facilities are located near the park. Located just south of Overgaard on State Route 260 the Park is leased from the U.S. Forest Service.
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During the period of 1876 through 1877, the Mormon migration was taking place. Many groups headed to the Little Colorado River area. One group built their community along the river’s banks. This proved to be disastrous. They found that the Little Colorado River was too difficult to control.
Eventually, they had to move. James E. Shelley and Sanford Porter Jr. discovered the area that is now Heber in 1883. This new location had a steady water source, which would make life much easier.
The town was named after Heber C. Kimball. Kimball was a chief justice of the state of Deseret, which eventually became Utah. He was also a leader in the Mormon Church.
Heber’s first post office was established in 1890.
Heber is in Eastern Arizona . It is in Navajo County. The town is in the Sitgreaves National Forest and is just north of the Mogollon Rim. It is located at the intersection of State Highway 277 and State Highway 260, between Showlow and Payson.
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