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historicalmarkerproject/markers/HM1D11_w-c-smith-rittenhouse-arriolas-cosmopolitan-store_Coolidge-AZ.html
In 1901, Aquiles Arriola opened his store here with a great variety of goods lining the store walls. Arriol's son, Gustavo, grew up to be a well-known cartoonist with his own comic strip "Gordo". He wrote in his auto biography "Accidental Ambassad…
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HMLOH_those-who-are-gone_Coolidge-AZ.html
The Casa Grande is the most prominent remnant of an ancient civilization that once occupied the Salt and Gila River valleys from A.D. 300-1450. Archeologists call these people Hohokam, a Pima word meaning "those who are gone."
The Hohokam were …
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HMI2U_stephen-tyng-mather_Coolidge-AZ.html
He laid the foundation of the National Park Service. Defining and establishing the policies under which its areas shall be developed and conserved unimpaired for future generations. There will never come an end to the good that he has done.
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HMHSU_aquiles-arriola-square_Coolidge-AZ.html
The first fired-brick building in Florence was built here in 1886 for William R Stone, District Court Clerk, later Territorial District Attorney. The next year Stone added an office where he and District Attorney Richard E. Sloan, later Judge and …
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HMHR5_juan-avenenti-building_Coolidge-AZ.html
Juan Avenenti, an Italian immigrant who came to Arizona about 1870, purchased this property in 1886 from Frank M. Griffen. Previously, it had belonged to Florence pioneers Levi Ruggles and Charles Douglas. Avenenti, a grocer, butcher and rancher, …
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HMHR4_white-mccarthy-lumber-and-hardware-company_Coolidge-AZ.html
This single-story commercial building includes a partial basement, wide-open interior spaces, and a tall, carefully detailed, Main Street store front of exposed, buff-colored, pressed brick. The other walls are composed of common red brick. A meta…
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HMHR3_c-g-powell-peoples-store_Coolidge-AZ.html
Town founder Levi Ruggles built a store on this site in 1876. In 1882, it became Peter Will's Brewery. It was demolished for the construction, in 1915, of the C. G. Powell People's Store, a single-story, commercial building. Prominent Phoenix arch…
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HMHR2_mauk-building_Coolidge-AZ.html
Built in 1925, this is an example of early 20th Century Commercial style. One of three structures in Florence designed by George Mauk of Phoenix. He was an architect movie house mogul, and U.S. marshal. This building was used as Arizona Edison and…
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HMHQP_charles-rapp-saloon_Coolidge-AZ.html
This mid-1870 commercial building was built on the corner of Main and 7th streets. This Sonoran style building is the most intact of the four remaining untransformed examples of the adobe-walled, earth-roofed Sonoran traditional design which still…
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HMHPK_tom-mix-tony-jr_Coolidge-AZ.html
This is the original Tony, Jr. that was used for the memorial to Tom Mix which was dedicated on December 5, 1947, south of Florence.The silhouette was designed by Fernando Arriola. This Tony, Jr. was stolen and missing for two years. The re-dedica…