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This week in Flagstaff history

Saturday, August 30, 2008

100 years ago -- A. E. Hackett, our enterprising weather man has a scheme by which the summer tourist business in Flagstaff may be made to add 500 to a 1,000 to our population every summer. He proposes to form a stock company and build 20 to 30 summer rental cottages.

Thos. Sayer reports a rather thrilling experience. During the last storm he was on his way to the Dent & Sayer sheep ranches near Kendrick Mountain, when he was caught just this side of the old Maxwell ranch. Soon the water covered the road 200 yards wide and was rushing along carrying trees 2 feet through with it! Then the water came up to his wagon bed. That sure kept him busy for a while. Trainmaster Duffle of Winslow was in the other day much elated over the reports from the Dunkirk mine near Parker. The shaft is down 84 feet and the free milling ore is running at $76 per ton with 3 percent copper. All the stock is owned by railroad men working out of Winslow with Supt. E. J. Gibson Pres. of the company.

The Coronado Social Club will give a "Shirtwaist" Dance" at McMillan Hall this evening. 100 invitations have been issued.

75 years ago

Registrations are being taken for work on the new County construction projects with former service men and their families being given preference.

A 1 -room school house is to be erected at Kendrick Park with the ranchers donating the service. County Superintendent Mrs. Bessie Kidd Best has assigned $500 for 26 children.

A Tuba City-Cortez Road is planned to be built with Indian Service Funds and Indians in the CCC Camp.

School funds have been reduced by 15 percent. Our superintendent is planning to keep up our high plane of teaching in the face of a $71,492.80 budget.

The Arizona Lumber Company's production is down the 1908 levels with a total of 58,061000 board feet of which 91 percent is Ponderosa.

The Hopi Snake Dances have bought light showers.

50 years ago

Construction of the new ultra modern Southern Union Gas Co. building at 420 N. San Francisco St. is under way and is expected to cost more than $50,000! It will be the headquarters for more than 30 employees, part of the long range plan to serve over 4000 customers in the Flagstaff area.

Residents of the area around Mormon Lake are protesting Flagstaff's application to the State Land Dept. to appropriate 3 billion gallons of water from their lake.

Our schools have added 20 new teachers giving us a total of 168. Forty new classrooms are under way. Our high school enrollment is currently 956 with an increase to 1,000-1,100 expected. There are 550 children in grades 1 to 6 at our two parochial schools and 250 pre-registered in our State College Training School.

The Civil Aeronautics Board has received a proposal to grant Bonanza a 5-year permit to provide service to Flagstaff, Page and Kanab as drop offs from their Phoenix to Salt Lake City run.

H. 78 Fri. L. 45 Tues. Rain 0.25" Thurs. our 14th day of rain!

25 years ago

The new AT&T is opening a local phone center at the mall and plans to become the "vendor of choice" in the new and developing personal ownership of residential and small business phones market. Items now available for outright purchase include basic phones, decor models, cordless phones, answering sets, many high functioning electronic products and full line of do it yourself installation equipment.

Northern Arizona continues to be the focus of plague activity, according to John Doll, Arizona Dept. of Health Service Vector borne and Zoonotic Diseases Control Program.

NAU's new natatorium features solar heating, the first such facility to incorporate a Trombe all passive system. The innovative pool includes at 50-meter course and holds 7,004 gallons of water.

The original list of 100 applicants for the position of Coconino County Manager is down to five, including Brian Hawley who has been acting Manager for the past 18 months while also serving as director of the Dept. of Commercial Development.

Compiled from the files of the Coconino Sun and the Arizona Daily Sun by Susannah Carney.

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