Mesa Historical Society
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Found in 54 Collections and/or Records:
Oral history of Eva Watson Johnson Quist, 1987 April 3, 2006 March
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Identifier: MHM2005-027-031-1
Abstract
Johnson gives an account of her family's move to Arizona in 1925 to benefit her mother's health. Her family settled on 10 acres on Broadway Road, near the Mormon Temple, where they farmed and raised chickens. She talks about her father, Charles Watson, who was a talented actor and singer. She also tells the story of her mother, Irene Watson, starting Watson's Flowers, a longtime family-owned business in Mesa. Quist tells of training as a registered nurse, taking care of her mother before she...
Dates:
1987 April 3; Digitization: 2006 March
Oral history of Harriet Palmer McCarter, 1979 April 12, 2006 March
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Identifier: MSM97-176
Abstract
McCarter, who was born at Roosevelt Dam, tells of her father coming to Arizona in 1902 and becoming the 43rd registered physician in the state. She mentions that the Historical Museum is publishing a book he wrote about his life in Arizona. McCarter talks about her childhood in Mesa, her schooling, and mentions some of her childhood friends. She discusses some of her father's accomplishments including building Everybody's Drugstore, building the Southside Hospital, and starting the Rotary...
Dates:
1979 April 12; Digitization: 2006 March
Oral history of Ida Ione Pomeroy Johnson, 1979 April 23, 2006 March
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Identifier: MSM02-28
Abstract
A member of the prominent Pomeroy family, Johnson was born in Mesa in 1896, at Robson and Second Ave. Her father was the first Mormon Bishop of Mesa, and one of her distant cousins served as Mesa's mayor in the 1970s. Johnson's father was also a rancher and a dairyman. She recalls driving a wagon to town with her sister to deliver eggs and milk to the local stores. She describes downtown Mesa with its dusty, and sometimes muddy, streets and mentions a few local business including Everybody's...
Dates:
1979 April 23; Digitization: 2006 March
Oral history of Isaac Owen Rogers, 1981, 2006 March
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Identifier: MSM97-181
Abstract
Born in Mesa in 1903, Rogers tells of how his family was sent by Brigham Young to colonize Arizona. His father, Isaac Higby Rogers, worked as a blacksmith and invented a new device to shoe mules. He recalls details of farming with no machinery and home life with no electricity or running water. They used wet burlap to keep milk, eggs and butter cool. Rogers' grandfather was president of the Indian mission of the Mormon church, and Rogers gives a lot of detail about the daily life of Native...
Dates:
1981; Digitization: 2006 March
Oral history of Iser Tibshraeny, 1985 February 21, 2006 March
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Identifier: MSM02-51
Abstract
Oral history talk during which the audience asks questions.
Dates:
1985 February 21; Digitization: 2006 March
Oral history of Lelah Schornick, 1976 May 5, 2006 March
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Identifier: MSM97-184
Abstract
Schornick tells of her family's move to Mesa from Cherryville, Kansas, in 1909, to help her father's bronchiectasis. She recalls crops grown in those days: almonds, peaches, cantaloupe, citrus, dates. There were many ostrich farms and they ate ostrich eggs. She also talks about keeping cool by sleeping outside and wrapping water jars in wet burlap. Schornick married her husband Eugene (Gene), in 1917, and they had two children. Gene fought in World War II and retired from a career at Salt...
Dates:
1976 May 5; Digitization: 2006 March
Oral history of Louetta Freeman, 2002 September 7, 2006 March
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Identifier: MSAoh-f877a
Abstract
Freeman tells the story of her families move to Arizona in 1927 in a covered wagon. She talks about her father's experience as a school bus driver driving relatively long distances to pick up kids for school and mentions the homes where her family lived. She recalls that her family had one of the first phones in Mesa and that many people stopped in to borrow it. Freeman describes downtown Mesa and mentions several business including Molly's, J.C. Penney's, Woolworth's, and Everybody's...
Dates:
2002 September 7; Digitization: 2006 March
Oral history of Lucille Peterson Hanson, 1985 January 10, 2006 March
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Identifier: MSM02-46
Abstract
Hanson begins by telling the story of her parents' move to Mesa at the request of Brigham Young; they were asked to help ?colonize? the area. Her father, Hyrum Smith Peterson, served as the Town Marshall of Mesa, but was killed while serving in office. She talks about becoming a teacher and marrying Thomas Franklin Riggs, a blacksmith. Hanson discusses plays, parks, dances, and other things residents of Mesa had for entertainment. She describes dealing with the hot weather, medicine, and...
Dates:
1985 January 10; Digitization: 2006 March
Oral history of Mr. and Mrs. Larkin Fitch, 1980 March 4, 2006 March
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Identifier: MSM97-151
Abstract
As one of the last farmers to hold farm land inside the city limits of Mesa, Mr. Fitch discusses the difficulties of holding onto his land and farming in the city. He talks about his career as a farmer working with dairy, sheep, cotton, citrus, and hay. The Fitches have been in Mesa since it was a town of about 4000 in 1928, and have lived in the same house on N. Center since 1933. Mr. Fitch talks about how much Mesa has grown, the development of houses and business, and the loss of farm...
Dates:
1980 March 4; Digitization: 2006 March
Oral history of Norris and Margaret Steverson, 1984 July 9, 2006 March
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Identifier: MSM02-42
Abstract
Mr. Steverson was born in Mesa in 1910 at the corner of Main and Sirrine in the Territory of Arizona, and lived in many different places, including, Yuma, El Paso, Florida and Mexico City, Mexico. He gives his family's background and information about his parents. His father played for the St. Louis Cardinals and a team in El Paso. He worked as an was an engineer on the Roosevelt Dam. Steverson's mother, Laura B. Rogers Steverson Quick, earned a lifetime teaching certificate from Tempe...
Dates:
1984 July 9; Digitization: 2006 March
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- Central business districts -- Mesa (Ariz.) -- History 10
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- Indigenous peoples of North America -- Social life and customs 2
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- Influenza Epidemic, 1918-1919 -- Mesa (Ariz.) 1
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