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Embracing Arizona’s History

February 13, 2012 By Patty McCormac

With Arizona's Centennial this week, we decided to feature Flagstaff Historian Richard Mangum and wife, Sherry for this month's community profile.  The original town of Flagstaff burned to the ground in 1886. “A dancer in a saloon did a high kick and knocked over a kerosene lamp. At the time, they used sawdust on the floors to soak up whisky and such. The lamp fell on a patch where there was whisky and started it. In that day, buildings were made of wood and there was no fire department. … [Read more...] about Embracing Arizona’s History

Filed Under: Community Profile Tagged With: 35th wedding anniversary, kerosene lamp, richard mangum, superior court judge, wife sherry

Flagstaff to Celebrate AZ’s Centennial Downtown

February 2, 2012 By Theresa Bierer

As one of the predominant buildings in Flagstaff, the Weatherford Hotel on Arizona’s very first statehood day, Feb. 14, 1912, likely hosted a gathering of well-dressed townspeople and travelers in woolen overcoats and formal hats maneuvering among the few automobiles and horse-drawn buggies. Historian and former judge Richard Mangum says the move from territory to statehood meant getting ahead in the world, being recognized as an equal among the rest of the country and having a self-elected, … [Read more...] about Flagstaff to Celebrate AZ’s Centennial Downtown

Filed Under: Local News Tagged With: formal hats, horse drawn buggies, ponderosa pine forest, richard mangum, weatherford hotel

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