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William Augustus Hancock – pioneer, one of the founders of Phoenix, first sheriff of Maricopa County [423] Jack Swilling – commonly credited being the founder of the city of Phoenix, Arizona. [424] Trinidad Swilling – known as "The Mother of Phoenix" was a Phoenix pioneer and the wife of Jack Swilling, the founder of Phoenix. [425] [426]
Using the nom de plume M. K. Wren, her works included the Conan Flagg Mystery series, the Phoenix Legacy, a space opera trilogy, and A Gift Upon the Shore (1990), [3] a post-apocalyptic novel. Publishers Weekly in its review of A Gift Upon the Shore described Wren's descriptions of "the subsistence-level daily life – the triumphs, the losses ...
Several months after his death, US Marshals located his grave from a newspaper's obituary page. Died of lung cancer 52 years 1969 Donald Shea: 35 United States of America Shea was a ranch hand at Spahn Ranch who was murdered by members of the Manson Family led by Charles Manson on 26 August 1969. He is believed to have been murdered due to ...
The location in Phoenix was chosen and the cemetery was dedicated on December 9, 1978. The first interment took place the following spring. It was officially transferred to the control of the United States Department of Veterans Affairs and became a National Cemetery in 1989. In 1999, over 13 million dollars was spent on improving the ...
A 4-month-old infant died after she was exposed to extreme heat while visiting Lake Havasu in Arizona with her parents. The Mohave County Sheriff’s Office confirms to TODAY that Tanna Rae ...
Edward Wren Co. (Springfield), also was known as Wren's, sold to Allied Stores in 1952, merged with & rebranded as William H. Block Co. (Indianapolis) in 1984, closed 1987 [421] [422] [423] Zayre was a chain of discount stores that operated in the eastern half of the United States from 1956 to 1990, later sold to Ames (store)
On December 31, 1980, William Patrick "Pat" Redmond and his mother-in-law Helen Genevieve Phelps were murdered at Redmond's home in Phoenix, Arizona. [1] Three men knocked on the door of Redmond's home holding a gun and ordered Redmond, Phelps, and Redmond's wife, Marilyn, to a bedroom, where they were forced to lie down as their hands were bound.
Jeff Flake (born 1962) – Arizona U.S. Senator (2013–2019) Gabby Giffords (born 1970) – U.S. Representative, wounded in the 2011 Tucson shooting; Barry M. Goldwater (1909–1998) – longtime Arizona Senator (1953–1965, 1969–1987), and 1964 Republican nominee for president