Letter, 1938 Dec. 22, Prescott (Ariz.), to Mrs. John W. Mayes, Phoenix (Ariz.)
Letter to Mrs. John W. Mayes from J.W. Walden, Superintendent of the Arizona Pioneers' Home, December 22, 1938.
Collection area: Arizona and Southwest
Collection dates: 1938
Typescript (original) letter describing his mining and mercantile activities in Nogales and Ajo (Ariz.), 1883-1931, including his business dealings with Albert Steinfeld, Randall Ore Reduction Company, Cornelia and Rescue Company, C & A Mining Company, and Ajo Consolidated Copper Company. Also includes a letter of transmittal to Bernard Fontana, in which Mrs. George Peterson describes an anecdote about Mr. Sam Clark, the founder of Clarkston, Arizona, and a trip he made from Clarkston to Los Angeles, California.
Pioneer, miner, shop-keeper and postmaster in Ajo, Arizona.
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