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"Douglas, Arizona
It's First Seventy-Five Years, And A Few Before
"

Researched and Written by Ervin Bond, Douglas, Arizona, 1976

Indexed by Wilola Follett
Table of Contents Page #
A few years before 1
The beginning of a city 4
The first buildings 8
First law office and election 8
Douglas becomes a boom town 9
Water, Gas, Electricity, Ice-plant and telephones 9
Schools, Churches, and parks 15
Financial, and Postal system 19
Smelters blown, Douglas Incorporated 19
Original businesses still operating 25
American Legion Post #11 27
Outstanding buildings 29
Community growth 29
Buildings as they looked in 1975 30
City Government 33
See Elected Officials for a list of various Douglas Officials  36 - 43

Photographs
1902 - looking down Railroad Avenue (Pan American) Inside front cover
Ervin Bond I
1902 - Pioneer citizen Orvil O. Hammill III
1887 - Earthquake crack 2
1917 - 17th Calvary horses 2
1915 - Horrors of War 3
1903 - Calumet & Arizona Hospital 6
1906 - Gadsden Hotel 6
1914 - 10th Street Park 7
Douglas Drug Company & Douglas Hardware company 7
1918 - Douglas High School Baseball Team 11
1918 - Douglas High School Football Team 11
1923 - Douglas High School Football Team 12
1924 - Douglas High School football Team 13
1942 - Joe E.Carlson School (Clausen School) 14
1907 - Douglas Country Club 14
1917 - Liberty Loan Parade 16
1912 - 10th Street & G Avenue 18
1918 - East side of G Avenue 18
1916 - Large Snow Storm, G Avenue 23
1917 - 4th of July Parade, G Avenue 23
1912 - McCoy Hotel 24
1913 - Southern Pacific Train Depot 24
1973 - American Legion Post #II 27
1975 - Buildings as They Looked 30, 31, 32
Police Chief Percy Bowden 34
Police Chief Ronald J. Borane 35
1909 - United States Post Office, G Avenue Inside back cover


Index of Names Page #
Adamson, William 20, 21
Almanzar, Kim 28
Almanzar, Lenore 28
Almanzer, James 28
Appel, Henry 13
Applewhite, Samuel P. 15
Bahmfalk, Laura 27
Banta, Roy 12
Barnett, Elmer 9
Barnhart, 20
Bassett, C. H. 25
Beecroft, Berta 27
Bell, Alisa 28
Bell, Brian 28
Bell, Leona 28
Bell, William 28
Benson, Walter W. 33
Bentel, J. E. 15
Bergstrom, George 27
Beumler, Henry C. 8
Biglow, Parley 17
Bisbee, DeWitt 3
Bishop, Herbert 13
Bloomquist, Charles 19
Bollweg, Henry 12
Bond, Ervin 28
Bond, Irma Dalton 28
Borane, Ronald J. 33, 35
Bowden, Percy 21, 22, 33, 34, 35
Brock, J. A. 4
Brophy, James 4
Brophy, Mike 4
Brown, W. R. 19
Brown-Ferguson Trading Co. 25
Burgfield, George 15
Caldwell, F. E. 20
Campbell, Tommie 15
Carlson, J. E. 12, 13, 15
Carson, 20
Carver, Charles A. 9
Cary, Douglas 12, 13
Causey, Dr. Joe 12, 13, 22
Cavney, Dave 26
Childres, Harold 11
Cochise, Chief 1, 44
Contreras, Charles 13
Conway, Tammie 27
Couch, J. H. 12
Cruz, David 15
Cummins, Frank 12, 13
Cummins, Melvin 11
Cunningham, Henry 11
Cunningham, Mike 4
Curry, A. G. 21
Davidson, Hampton 11
Dawe, George 14
Dawe, Mrs. George 14
Dillinger, John 34
Douglas, Dr. James S. 4, 5
Douglas, Mrs. James 5
Dunlop, D. T. 21
Dunlop, Rev. R. D. 17
Dunn, Jack 2
Duron, Lydia 27
Earhart, Amelia 21
East, J. H. 33
Eddington, Ray 11
Eicks, 20
Ellis, C. O., 19
Estes, Roger 15
Fiore, Carol 28
Fiore, Richard 28
Fiore, Richard, Jr. 28
Fisher, W. H. 25
Flores, Ben 12, 13
Flores, Si 12
Follett, Marvin (note 1) 1
Follett, W. A. (note 1) 1
Foss, Gates 12
Foss, Ted 13
Foster, Charles 20
Foster, Chet 15
Franklin, Benjamin 44
Freeman, George 19
French, George 4
Gadsden, James 1
Gatliff, Leslie 33
Gaynor, Janet 29
Geronimo, Chief 1
Gheldof, Rev. Father Julio 17
Gomez, Dr. Michale 15
Gomez, Joe Y. 20
Goodman, John C. 44
Grant, Heber J. 17
Greene, Bill 12
Gurley, John A. 44
Hall, John 11
Hammill, E. O. (Bill) 26
Hammill, Maude 26
Hammill, Orvile O. III 25
Hanks, L. C. 19
Harris, Frank 12
Hawkins, W. C. 20
Heath, Cheryl 27
Helley, Lawrence 11
Henry, W. R. 8, 25
Herbert, Kumen 12
Herr, Ernie 4
Herring, Norman 13
Hess, Fred 20, 21
Hiatt, Everett 13
Hillburn, Fred 27
Hood, Bill 12, 13
Hooper, Benny 11
Houck, Gerald 11
Howard, General 1
Hughes, John 13
Hunt, George W. P. 44
Hustable, E. J. 20, 25
Igo, John 33
Jackson, W. J. 20
Jeffords, Thomas 1
Jenkins, Ronald 15
Johnson, J. Mercer 12
Johnson, J. Newell 19
Jones, Camp Harry J. 16, 21
Jones, Everett J. 19
Jones, O. E. 33
Kenyon, Horace A. 15
King, Floy May 29
Kirby, W. S. 33
Kline, Mose 8
Kline, Nathan 12, 13
Kline, William 8
Laskey, Jack 11
Lea, Frank 12
Levy, Ben 8
Levy, Jake 8
Lewis, Herbert J. 11
Lincoln, President Abraham 1, 44
Lincoln, Maude 15
Lintner, Robert E. 19
Littrell, Norman 15
Logie, Rev. George 17
Long, Sam 19
Lucas, Oakley 11, 15
Lukens, Marion 26
Mackey, F. O. 29
Mackey, Mrs. F. O. 29
MacRae, Rodrick 11
Madsen, Mrs. Russell 29
Madsen, Russell 29
Maechling, Harry 12
Marley, Sarah 15
Mays, Charlie 21
Mcartney, L. D. 25
McCourtney, Rev. L. D. 15
McPherson, Aimee Semple 34
Meadows, Mrs. 26
Meadows, Russell 26
Meguire, S. f. 15, 25
Melcher, C. H. 25
Melcher, Kendall 25
Meloy, Bill 12
Melter, Lloyd 20
Miles, General 1
Miller, A. T. 15
Moore, Russell 12
Negri, Tom 12, 13
Nelson, Alfred 13
Nelson, Leo 13
Nietert, Floyd 20
Nietert, Jr., Floyd 20
O�Sell, Levin 13
Overlock, C. A. 4, 20, 21
Patterson, Ellen 27
Patterson, Susan 27
Pattrson, August 11
Paul, Sr., Alfred 4, 8
Perry, Dee 11
Pickett, Homer 21  
Powell, � 20
Powles, Earl �Coley� 12
Randall, Stacy 27
Reay, Herb 13
Rehurek, Dan 15
Rice, Caleb 20
Roberds, Alta 11
Rogers, Bubby 29
Roosevelt, Mrs. Franklin D. 21
Rork, Charles 12
Rork, James 12
Rosales, Frank 25
Rucher, Lt. 2
Rutherman, Ernest 12
Rynning, Capt. Thomas H. 9
Sanders, Tom 12
Santa Ana, Director 1
Scherden, Ellen 27
Scherden, Maureen 27
Schultz, Raymond 11
Schweikart, Cline 25
Schweikart, H. C. 25
Scott, Gene 1
Scott, Marvin 13
Seeley, Dick 12, 13
Shanklin, Marcia 27
Shattuck, L. C. 4
Sherwood, W. A. 15
Sibler, Rev. I. A. 15
Simonson, Rev. E. W. 17
Slaughter, John 1, 4
Slaughter, Viola 1
Slaughter, William 25
Souers, Ralph E. 15
Sparks, Jack 8
Stacey, Albert 20, 25
Stacey, Rose 27
Stacey, Terri 27
Stambaugh, J. L. 33
Steele, George 19
Stephens, Sr., George 1
Stevens, Bill 12, 13
Stevens, Mr. 8
Stevenson, Hollis E. 15
Swain, Ray 13
Taylor, 20
Tetley, Edward 13
Tetley, Jack 12
Thompson, R. M. 11
Titcomb, Roy 10
Turvey, Harold 11
Villa, Pancho 3, 21
Waisamen, Francis Johnson 27
Wallace, Floyd 19
Warren, George 2
Washington, George 44
Washington, Richard 25
Washington, W. De H. 25
Webb, Joe 27
White, Renwick 20
Whitney, Park 4
Wiggins, C. B. 26
Williams, John 13
Williams, Ralph 11
Williams, Sr., Ben 19
Wood, Ted 12, 13
Wood, William E. 17, 20
Wright, Calvin 11
Wright, Dr. J. F. 15
Wright, Joe 27
Young, Harry 13
Zans, Ellen 27

 

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