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Mesa (Ariz.) -- History -- 20th century

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Subject Source: Local sources

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Oral history of Dolly Beville Robertson, 1985 March 4, 2006 March

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Identifier: MSM02-43
Abstract Robertson begins by recounting her family's move from California to Arizona in 1911. Her father, Paul Baxter Beville, a citrus farmer, moved to Mesa to grow citrus because the land was plentiful and the temperatures were ideal. Robertson recalls that her father became a community leader, serving on the Mesa City Council and as mayor in the mid-1910's. She mentions several prominent Mesa families and local businesses including Everybody's Drugstore, the Toggery, Wendel's jewelry store,...
Dates: 1985 March 4; Digitization: 2006 March