In February 1902, Nelly Peery Price and her seven-month-old son Peery traveled by train from Elkader, Iowa, to Phoenix. They, along with Nelly’s mother and a sister who traveled from California, visited the Valley of the Sun until spring. The April 15, 1902 Arizona Republic announced, “Mrs. Nelly Peery Price, Dr. Bessie Peery and their mother Mrs. Emma H. Peery left for the Grand Canyon this morning.”
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