This month: The life stories of ECC members Edith Ferris and Nellie Bartlett, plus the decision to allow men to join the Club.
Alison Bunting
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Glimpses Into Our Past: The Elgin Community Club, Part 2
Continuing the history of the ECC, begun in the last issue. It’s now 1938, and the clubhouse needs a fireplace…
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Glimpses Into Our Past: How the Elgin Community Club Began
Who were the women who had the vision to create an organization still in existence today, and how did they manage to build their club house during the Great Depression?
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Glimpses Into Our Past: Crittenden Chronicles
Harry Barnett was one of the cattle barons of Crittenden. In 1895 he came into serious conflict with another prominent local businessman, W. R. Sprecher.
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Book Review: “Burning the Breeze”
Three generations of strong women successfully brave the hardships of life in 1800s/1900s Montana in Lisa Hendrickson’s masterful nonfiction account.
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Glimpses Into Our Past: The Town of Crittenden
The town of Crittenden was created around 1882 when the New Mexico & Arizona railroad established a stop to serve the mines. This is the first in a series about the community and its most prominent residents.
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Ranch Festival Draws Large Crowds
Silversmith Byrd Moss demonstrates his craft at the Empire Ranch Cowboy Festival. Photo by Chris Leon The historic Empire Ranch came alive again for the 20th Empire Ranch Cowboy Festival […]
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Glimpses Into Our Past: Pioneer Thomas Edward Gardner
A short biography of the s10th-century settler that that Gardner Canyon is named after. His was an eventful life.
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Glimpses Into Our Past: E. N. Fish
Meet the 19th-century southern Arizona entrepreneur and businessman who Fish Canyon is named after.
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Glimpses Into Our Past: The Enzenberg Family
The next set of canyon names I’ll be exploring are those north of the Sonoita crossroads heading towards Tucson. Roskruge’s 1893 map of Pima County lists only Smith and Gardiner Cañons. […]