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The group was founded as the Society of Arizona Pioneers on January 31, 1884, by physician John C. Handy, his father-in-law William Fisher Scott, and 58 other Tucson pioneers. [ 3 ] With a new railroad being built and change on its way to Tucson, Arizona, pioneers worried that their stories of battles with the desert heat and the Apaches would ...
Called "Uncle Sam" by the citizens of Tucson, Hughes became known for his philanthropic activities. He donated land and money for the construction of both churches and schools as well as donating to the poor and grubstaking prospectors. Hughes was a 32nd degree mason and one of the organizing members of the Arizona Pioneers Historical Society. [12]
Carrillo died of tuberculosis at 2 am in his home at age 54 on December 9, 1890, in Pima County in Tucson, Arizona. The Arizona Pioneer Society conducted his funeral at the Holy Hope Cemetery and Mausoleum while praising him for his accomplishments. Carrillo had over 300 descendants. [10] many to this day still living in Tucson.
The House was designed and built for Fredrick Ronstadt, a Tucson pioneer, wagon maker, hardware company owner, and Tucson's first automobile dealer. It was listed in the National Register of Historic Places on February 26, 1979, reference: #79000423.
Johnson was an early leader in Arizona’s preservation movement. As the chairman of the Historical Sites Committee of the Arizona Pioneers’ Historical Society and a founding member of the Tucson Heritage Foundation, she contributed to saving buildings such as Old Fort Lowell, El Adobe Patio Buildings, and the John C. Freemont House. She also ...
She was also active in the Tucson Fine Arts Association, the University of Arizona Alumni Association, and the Tucson Collegiate Club. [2] Kitt became secretary of the Arizona Pioneers' Society (later renamed the Arizona Historical Society) in 1925, and continued in that post until 1947, and remained active with the society for the rest of her ...
The following was written for the Archives of the Arizona Historical and Pioneer Society, Tucson, Arizona by Annie Graham Rockfellow: It was in the 19th century that I made a start towards being an Arizona Pioneer and becoming eligible to the Arizona Historical and Pioneer Society, but no one, least of all my new-born self, knew on a certain March 12 that I was headed that way.
Drachman was a 33rd degree mason, and had served on Tucson's Chamber of Commerce, as well as being a member of the Arizona Pioneers Historical Society, at one time serving as its president. He was a considered an authority on Arizona history. [2] Drachman died on October 2, 1935, from a heart attack at his home in Tucson.