Historic Photo and Letters to be Returned to Pifer Family

Tomorrow (Friday) afternoon Jim Ole will return a historic picture and letters to the Pifer family.

The picture and letters were found inside an old tobacco can while remodeling the “arch building” downtown.

The young girl in the picture was Charlotte Pifer and the letters were written to a young man back in 1920.

The Pifer family had a presence in Globe for many years and the Pifer Ranch was just outside the City Limits close to the Globe Cemetery.

Globe staff did some research and found Charlotte’s nephew Tom Pifer in Casa Grande.

The items will be returned to the Pifer family tomorrow at 3:pm at the old walking bridge across Pine Street from the Old Dominion parking lot. That’s close to the spot where the picture was taken 93 years ago.

Ted Lake Looking for Information About Historic Easter Sunrise Events at Oak Flat

With Easter Sunday right around the corner, long time newsman Ted Lake says he is looking for folks who remember celebrating Easter  at or near  the Oak Flat recreational area east of Superior.

Oak Flat  has  been a traditional site  for many people in our communities, including the early pioneers.  Short stories and public announcements appeared in historic editions of the Arizona Silver Belt and Arizona Record newspapers. They can be found within the  hundreds of rolls of microfilm copies of  old  publications at the Rosenbaum Achives Center in Phoenix.

Ted says he is looking at the possibility of putting together a manuscript about " Easter at Oak Flat " for a future book or magazine publication, and a possible series of news articles.  If you have any photos of  past Easter Sunday events held in this area, or an old newspaper write up or photo, please send him a  photocopy.  Write your name on the photocopy, and describe briefly the event at Oak Flat and include your telephone number. Note when the photo was taken or at least an approximate date.

If you don't have any photos but you do remember times  when you went to the Oak Flat Campgrounds  for an Easter event, then please write a brief description about when you were there and what the event was.
Then sign  your name and give your telephone number.

If your church  held Easter Sunrise  services there, drop him a note about that, too, especially if you have the church bulletin announcing the event. Include your name and telephone number.

Please do not  send any original photos or original church bulletins at this time.  This information can be mailed to Ted Lake, P.O. Box 31, Globe, Arizona 85502.  Or email Ted at teddlake@yahoo.com.

State Historian Jim Turner in Globe-Miami This Weekend

Arizona’s State Historian Jim Turner will be the guest speaker at the First Friday program tomorrow at 6:30pm at the Bullion Plaza. His presentation about Arizona statehood is free and light refrreshments will be served after the program.

Turner will also be at the Gila County Historical Museum on Saturday from 11 until 3. This is a book signing for his Centennial Book, “Arizona—A Celebration of the Grand Canyon State."

Miami Hardscrabble Presentation Wednesday Night

The Miami Hardscrabble history lecture Wednesday night will feature author Jack San Felice. His topic is “Stage Coach Robbery Trail, Silver King to Globe.” The program starts at 6:30pm at the Miami Library.

San Felice has written several books about this area. His latest is “Around Miami,” one of the Arcadia Publishing series on places around the country.

Museum Presents 'First Christmas in Globe 1876'

The Gila County Historical Museum presents a special Christmas production tomorrow (Friday) and Saturday night in the St. Paul’s United Methodist Church Fellowship Hall.

Performances of “The First Christmas in Globe, Arizona 1876” begin at 7:pm.

Former Gila County Historical Museum Director Bill Haak and Bullion Plaza Museum Director Tom Foster will play Bill McNelly and Felix Knox, who are hosting a Christmas gathering at their saloon in early Globe.

There is no admission fee for the production which will be followed by light refreshments.

'Ghosts of Globe' Walking Tour on Saturday

The 13th Annual Ghosts of Globe Walking Tour begins at 6:30pm Saturday. Tours depart from the Historic 1906 Gila County Courthouse front steps every 15 minutes. The last tour leaves at 8:pm. A $5 donation to the Historic Jail Restoration Fund is requested.

The tour includes a building on the Haunted Registry and the recreated Old Historic Cemetery. An actual “Ghost Hunters” team will answer questions following the tour.

You are also invited to visit the Historic 1910 Sheriff’s Office and Jail which is also on the haunted regstry. It will be set up as the “Prison of Terror” Haunted House.

'Wyatt Earp: A Life on the Frontier'

The Cobre Valley Center for the Arts presents Wyatt Earp: A Life on the Frontier at 1:pm on Saturday. The play is set in the mid 1920’s. An elderly Wyatt Earp tells of his adventures during the final days of the American frontier. The play features The Contemporary Wyatt Earp, a descendent of the historic Wyatt. It has toured throughout the Southwest, as well as Alaska, England, Hungary, Ireland and Scotland.

Tickets are $10 and are available at the Center for the Arts Front Desk. For information call 425-0884.

First Friday Presents Harvey House History

Tomorrow’s First Friday program is the first of three to be connected with the Smithsonian traveling exhibit, “Key Ingredients: America By Food.” The exhibit’s coordinator Ann-Mary Lutzick will give a visual presentation about 1870’s entrepreneur Fred Harvey who opened a series of eating houses along the Santa Fe Railway. They evolved into America’s first restaurant chain, the Harvey Houses.

The program starts at 6:00 at the Miami Library.

Walking Blogger Passes Through Globe-Miami, Writes About It

Blogger Peter Teeuwissen is walking across the US and just passed through San Carlos, Globe and Miami. A nice, long article about it includes photos and a bit of history about mining and the wild west.

I then wend my way back to Broad street to follow it back out to 60. On the way I pass a marble slab with an inscription. It says that near here was the Hanging Tree, a sycamore where L.B. Grime and C.D. Hawley were lynched in 1882 for the holdup murder of two men. It says the culprits had a 'fair hearing' before someone on Tuesday evening, and at 2 a.m. Wednesday morning they were taken out and hanged. 'Saloons were closed and it was an orderly lynching.' And--get this--the monument is dedicated to the law enforcement officers of Gila County. 'Protect and serve.' Behind it stands a young sycamore, perhaps twenty years old, which might be a descendant of the Hanging Tree.

That’s a pretty interesting commentary on local law enforcement. I don't know about you, but I get a little nervous in a place that brags, in the name of the law no less, about an orderly lynching.'

There's even a rant about "right wing radio." I love it.

Read the entire article here.

Flickr Photo: Globe 1920's

'dressed up teens'

freeparking on Flickr:

Grandpa and his friends in Globe, Arizona, late 1920s. They seem more dressed up than usual, even for the time. Something fun is surely going to happen!