By Mona Lange McCroskey
It took three health-seeking trips to Prescott to convert Will "Gib" Gibson into a permanent resident. In 1902, at age sixteen Will traveled to Arizona from Morgantown, Indiana, seeking relief from "bronchitis." He rode the narrow gauge railway to Poland where he worked for a summer in the Bashford-Burmister store for James A. Whetstine, later mayor of Prescott from 1943-1947.
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