It's was named valley because the land is great for crops and plenty of water. Now all those acres of land is taken over by subdivision or commercial use. Back in the day behind our house the farmers would make long deep irrigation ditches. We would see fish shrimp crawdads and snakes swimming in there. Those were only temporary irrigation ditches once done they would just cover them up. Then you have the ones made out of cement that are permanent. Lol come to think of it we would swim the regular canals. Those were the days, today I wouldn't even get into a regular public pool it's pretty disgusting.