A fun recollection of Dr. Richard “Dick” Schorr is of the 42-mile (one-way) trip to school in Patagonia from Canelo in 1949.
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Glimpses Into Our Past: Sonoita Crossroads, 1949
Dr. Richard “Dick” Schorr, DVM, has many memories of growing up in the Elgin/Sonoita area between 1948 and the mid-1950s. Dick’s parents, Wagner and Marie Schorr moved from Pennsylvania to a ranch in Canelo in 1948 when Dick was 12. The map and photos that accompany this article illustrate Dick’s recollections of the businesses and buildings that […]
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Glimpses Into Our Past: Eva Ferra and Dick Jimenez
The story of Evangelina “Eva” Ferra and Ricardo “Dick” Jimenez is typical of many area families in the early 20th century whose parents or grandparents emigrated from Mexico to work in area mines and ranches. Dick’s father, Antonio Jimenez, arrived from Sonora, Mexico about 1906; his mother Maria Eugenia Soto was born in Arizona. Eva’s parents, Mariano […]
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Glimpses Into Our Past: Chappo Miranda and Jesús Maria Elías
Home of Chappo Miranda. L-R: Hadden McFadden, Norberta Miranda, Severa Miranda, Chappo Miranda (on ladder), Matilde Miranda O’Leary, Harry Heffner, ca. 1900. Photo courtesy Empire Ranch Foundation The January 2021 ‘Glimpses’ article tells the story of two of the vaqueros who participated in the famed 1890 cattle drive from the Empire Ranch, owned by Walter Vail, […]
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Glimpses Into Our Past: Blás Lopéz and George E. Lopéz
Blás Lopéz family (L to R): Maria Pallanes holding daughter Rita, Eléna, Arnulfo Peña, Blás (seated), and Rosario, 1900. Photo courtesy Eddie Gardner Most of the large ranches established in the late 1800s in the Cienega Valley relied on vaqueros of Mexican heritage for their operations. Some were employed full-time at the ranches, and others were […]
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Glimpses Into Our Past: The Telles Family
Juan and Juana Telles, ca 1908. Photo courtesy the Telles Family Three miles south of Patagonia, on the east side of Highway 82, is a highway turnout with steps leading to a shrine in a natural niche in the rock cliff. The shrine, dedicated to the sacred heart of Jesus, was constructed in 1949 by […]
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Glimpses Into Our Past: Allen T. and Calla Bird’s Newspaper, The Oasis
Allen T. and Calla Bird, 1920s. The first issue of The Oasis newspaper appeared on May 11, 1893 in Arizola, a community located about 25 miles south of Casa Grande in Pinal County. The editor was Allen T. Bird, who with his wife Calla and another partner, Dr. J. M. Hurley, established The Oasis Publishing […]
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Glimpses Into Our Past: Greaterville Tragedy
Town of Greaterville, 1898. Photo by Edward L. Vail. Courtesy of Empire Ranch Foundation The mining town of Greaterville was established around 1874 when placer gold deposits were discovered by A. Smith. Located in Pima County, about 45 miles south of Tucson, the Greaterville precinct’s population in the 1910 Census was 129; the majority of the […]
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Glimpses Into Our Past: The Jones Family
As noted in the May issue of the PRT, the Gatlin Jones Cemetery was established in 1907 and is located at 508 S. Third Avenue in Patagonia. James Isaac Jones (1849-1931), the patriarch of the Jones family, moved to Santa Cruz County around 1907. Unless otherwise noted, all the Gatlin Jones family members mentioned are […]
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Glimpses Into Our Past: The Gatlins
Elizabeth and James Gatlin, 1922. Photo Courtesy of Claudine Gatlin-Evatt The Gatlin Jones Cemetery in Patagonia was established in 1907 with the burial of Bessie Inez Jones Gatlin who died at the age of 19 from kidney problems. [The Oasis 7/13/1907]. This private cemetery is located at 508 S. Third Avenue, Township 22S, Range 16E, […]