History

William R. Norton is considered to be the founder of Sunnyslope. Reportedly the area was named from a moment back in time when Mr. Norton and one of his daughters were enjoying a buggy ride over the desert, north of the Arizona Canal, close to the North Mountains. His daughter looked at the sun shining on the mountains and exclaimed,

“What a pretty sunny slope!.” Mr. Norton liked the phrase and named the area Sunny Slope. The name was written as two words until after World War II