Audio Presentation
Title:  Trinity Presbyterian Church History for Bicentennial Celebration
Presenter:  Kay Manley [ Written & Ready By]
Audio Number:  90
Duration:  00:42:04
Acquisition Number: ACC# 2021.098
Date of Presentation:  April 1977

Time          Topic /Subject Discussed
00:00:17    Bicentennial program reading
00:00:38    Church outgrowth of 2 Yavapai Indian missions
00:00:47    Early Anglo development
00:00:55    Established in 1876
00:01:05    Reading of program
00:02:09    Southwest protests
00:02;20    Arizona Territory 1863, Arizona Statehood 1912
00:02:29    1700’s Apache revolt against Spanish missionaries
00:02:40     Padres revolt  began 1687, extended through next century
00:02:49    Apache resentment strong throughout the Southwest
00:02:56    Apaches destroyed all but 2 missions
00:03:01    San Xavier del Bac (south of Tucson)
00:03:02    Tumacacori (near Tubac)
00:03:15    San Xavier decorated in Moorish style
00:03:25    Thick walls of Tumacacori protected mission
00:03:33    Apaches mentioned because Yavapai Indians associated with them
00:03:42    Apache Mohaves
00:03:51    Chieftess Grace Mitchell
00:03:52    Yavapai peace loving tribe
00:04:03    Yavapai Apaches withdrew
00:04:15    Yavapai moved farther west
00:04:18    North of Gila River and east of Colorado River
00:04:28    1863 – Arizona Territory Map – Yavapai settlement
00:04:36    1873 -Map 3 – expansion – almost includes Flagstaff and surrounds Prescott
00:04:49    Members of Yavapai Tribe southeast of Phoenix
00:04:50    San Carlos Reservation
00:04:56    1870’s – General George Crook
00:05:07    Fort Verde best place for Yavapai Tribe
00:05:11    Urged desert tribe to move to the Verde area
00:05:16    Game, water and plenty of land
00:05:24    Military instructed to aid Yavapai in every way
00:05:32    Some Yavapai remained in Phoenix region on Fort McDowell
00:05:32    Christian foundation
00:05:58    Yavapai mission at Clarkdale
00:05:59    Emmanuel Presbyterian Church
00:06:04    Baptist mission
00:06:13    Established by Reverend Mr. Joseph Wellington
00:06:16    Wellington home too small to hold meetings
00:06:25    1917 – Wellington lived on mission site
00:06:30    Wikiups and teepee
00:06:35    Now homes built by government for Yavapai tribe
00:06:41    Yavapai mission in Prescott – 6th Street and Merritt
00:06:44    Built on land purchased in 1926
00:06:50    Building began in 1927
00:06:53    Became too small for meetings
00:06:55    Moved to larger quarters
00:07:00    Building dismantled
00:07:01    Now vacant lot left side of entrance to Yavapai Indian Reservation
00:07:06    Wellington preached on alternate Sundays 
00:07:15    Clarkdale and Prescott missions
00:07:19    Caught mail truck or hitchhiked to Prescott
00:07:24    Helped build mission in Prescott
00:07:33    Hand sewn braid – Baptist mission
00:07:56    Grandmother Bonaha & Grandfather William E. Davis
00:08:00    Yavapai teenager – Clarkdale 1930s
00:08:04    Late as 1930, Yavapai women dressed in Indian costumes
00:08:17    Viola Jimulla
00:08:24    Cofounder of church
00:08:29    Anglos – held early services
00:08:40    Reverend Charles M. Blake
00:08:45    Held first Presbyterian church service in Arizona Territory
00:08:48    12/28/1866 – service held in log cabin
00:08:58    Chaplain at Fort Whipple
00:09:06    Prescott capitol of Territory
00:09:11    Conducted first community service in Prescott
00:09:15    Funeral of Margaret McCormick
00:09:16    Wife of Governor McCormick
00:09:48    Blake and family lived at Prescott a little more than a year
00:09:51    Church services
00:09:56    Mary Blake
00:10:00    Blakes moved to San Francisco
00:10:06    Blake became a teacher, a newspaper editor and founder of a college in California
00:10:17    May 1869 – Reverend James Skinner succeeded Blake
00:10:28    1st minister sent by Presbyterian Board of Domestic Missions to Arizona Territory
00:10:33    Charles H (Kook) Cook
00:10:56    12/23/1870 - Arrived at Sacaton, AZ 
00:11:06    Teacher for Pima Indians
00:11:14    Developed school – had over 50 pupils1
00;11:15    Resigned 1877
00:11:20    Charles P. Hayden
00:11:30    Dr. Sheldon Jackson
00:11:34    Persuaded Cook to become Presbyterian
00:11:38    1881 – Cook ordained at Los Angeles, California
00:11:53    Trained Pimas for Christian Leadership
00:11:55    Founded training school
00:12:02    Cook Christian Training School (Tempe, AZ)
00:12:11    Main source of lay leadership
00:12:33    Theological training
00:12:51    Extension courses on reservations
00:13:20    20% school budget denominational support
00:13:46    Native leadership for all denominations and tribes
00:13:59    Pima tribe most completely Christianized tribe
00:14:08    Joseph Wellington was Pima Indian
00:14:10    1914 Graduate of Crook Christina Training School
00:14:12    Dr. Sheldon Jackson 
00:14:22    Superintendent of Indian missions for Arizona
00:14:28    Established several hundred missions in southwest
00:14:30    Also Alaska
00:14:38    1878 – Sheldon Jackson College established
00:14:39    Still at Sitka, AK
00:14:44    Reverend John A. Merrill
00:14:48    10/9/1876 -  gave first sermon in First Methodist Episcopal Church, North Marina Street
00:14:59    10/1/1876  - Original Presbyterian church in Prescott
00:15:09    Chaplain Alexander Gilmore assisted
00:15:14    Dr. Jackson laid ground for organizing church
00:15:20    Paid $130.00 monthly for 1 bedroom and board                                                                                          
00:15:30    Merrill’s salary - $1000.00 per month
00:15:32    Merrill protested to Jackson
00:15:33    Postmaster Otis
00:15:47    Coles Bashford
00:15:48    R. H. Burmister (Bashford’s sons in law)
00:15:50    Burmister rented one of his houses to the church - $25/month
00:16:01    Coles Bashford ex-governor of Wisconsin
00:16:20    Bashford House home of William Bashford
00:16:25    Bashford and Burmister department store  (“B&B”) – closed  1930s
00:16:41    Merrill’s served 1876 – 1879
00:16:46    Son was born in Prescott
00:16:49    Merrill’s returned east 
00:16:50    1879 – Reverend J.L.Mckeon
00:16:58    Church dissolved
00:16:59    Members affiliated with Congregational Church
00:17:02    Established 1880
00:17:05    Merrill’s returned to Prescott
00:17:16    Churches held in 2nd story of old courthouse
00:17:24    Methodists build Tri-rectangular building
00:17:33    Building started 1871 – completed 1875
00:17:40    10/1/1876 – Reverend John Merrill organized church
00:17:54    Building stood where parking lot of Hassayampa Inn is now located (east side of Marina)
00:18:00    1891 – Methodist Church damaged by fire
00:18:10    Building sold – services held at Elks Opera House
00:18:12    Present North Marina Church  erected
00:18:32    Members united with Methodist Episcopal South Church on Gurley
00:18:39    1939 – Methodist Episcopal South Church became United Methodist Church on West Gurley
00:18:51    1976 - Old Methodist church building became home of present Prescott  Presbyterian Church in America
00:19:02    1876 -  1877 – Presbyterians met in Methodist Church
00:19:19    Bids for new church ranged from $6800.00 - $8000.00
00:19:29    Met elsewhere and disbanded
00:19:35    Joined Congregationalists
00:19:47    1884 – 1951 – No Presbyterian Church
00:19:59    Yavapai  Indian Tribe founded Trinity Presbyterian
00:20:36    Yavapai Tribe established missions in Camp Verde and Prescott Area
00:20:45    Mr. & Mrs. Thomas Clemens
00:21:01    Viola Jimulla, Grace Mitchell and Lucy Miller
00:21:07    Reverend Claude Morton National missions field executive
00:21:19    1951 Yavapai Missions in Prescott became Trinity Presbyterian Church
00:21:26    Moderator Chaplain Paulding Forrey 
00:21:33    21 members
00:21:44    Invited Anglos to worship
00:21:58    All races attended – Blacks, Chinese, Indians and  Mexicans
00:22:06    Men sat on one side, women sat on other side
00:22:15    Some acting pastors graduates of Cook Christian Training School
00:22:21    Joseph Wellington – Pima Indian – first minister for Prescott and Camp Verde
00:22:27    Laymen Andrew Jackson served at $25.00/month
00:22:34    Viola Jimulla
00:22:42    Dr. George Walker president of Cook Christian Training School 25 years – moderated 2 missions
00:22:48    1936 – Last  Easter service held in building at 6th Street and Merritt
00:22:59    Attending:
                  Mr. Niday
                  Don Mitchell – 1st Elder
                  Esther Russell Scott
                  Lucy Miller
                  Sam Russell 
                  Grace Mitchell
                  Viola Jimulla
00:23:42    Sermons given in English and Yavapai
00:23:48    Yavapai now becoming written language
00:23:51    Viola Jimulla’s family:
                  Ruth Welsh – granddaughter
                  Gracie Welsh – great granddaughter
                  Viola Jimulla
                  Grace Mitchell
00:24:15    1976 – Gracie Welsh became Miss Indian Arizona
00:24:19    Later became runner-up – Miss Indian America Pageant
00:24:22    1976 Also rodeo contestant in Arizona and New Mexico
00:24:45    1957 – Services held in old Monday Club – North Marina
00:24:59    Moderator Morton – Easter Sunday
00:25:09    60 new members,  10 babies baptized by Chaplain Forrey
00:25:27    6/2/1957 – church formally organized
00:25:37    10/1/1957 – First communion held for Yavapai and Anglos
00:25:47    When Monday Club was dismantle, services moved to Oddfellows Hall
00:26:00    Oddfellows Hall located where current Barrow Furniture is (Cortez between Union Street and Goodwin)
00:26:04    1958 3 and 2/10th acres land purchased
00:26:10    06/18/1959 – ground breaking took place
00:26:14    Viola Jimulla turned 1st spade of earth
00:26:24    Pastor’s study was located in the garage
00:26:30    First construction of Trinity portion of 3 part plan
00:26:40    Dedication held 1/1/1960
00:26:53    Reverend Donald Kramer
00:26:59    Reverend Claude L. Morton
00:27:03    Chaplain Paulding Forrey
00:27:14    Alice Forrey first church secretary
00:27:22    Phyllis Rusk present secretary – began in 1972
00:27:29    Pastors:
1957 – 1962    Reverend Donald D. Kramer
1962 -  1973    Reverend Richard Anderson    
1973 to present Reverend Donald W. Watkins and wife Norma
00:27:57    Church activities today
00:28:07    Choir director Richard Longfield
00:28:10    Director of Yavapai College Faculty
00:28:17    Lois Longfield – Christian Education
00:28:22    Cabinet Bell Choir
00:28:32    Library, monthly bulletin – “The Tidings”
00:28:42    United Presbyterian Women
00:28:44    Boy Scout Troop 2 – sponsored by church
00:29:15    Second phase – library, restrooms, classrooms, office facilities
00:29:24    Chieftess Viola Jimulla
00:29:50    Lucy Miller
00:29:51    Viola born on San Carlos Indian Reservation 1868
00:30:22    Early 1920s Viola converted to Christian faith
00:30:45    Joseph Wellington performed baptism
00:30:59    Viola first Yavapai Indian converted to Christian faith
00:31:44    Elder and Sunday School Superintendent
00:31:55    Taught adult bible class in English and Yavapai
00:32:16    Viola originated annual Southwest Indian Bible Conference
00:32:33    All tribes represented
00:32:46    Maggie Hayes leader in Clarkdale
00:33:04    1948, 1940 Viola elected representative to Southwest Missionary Conference in Flagstaff
00:33:52    1951 – Yavapai Mission accepted by Presbytery
00:34:03    Viola suggested name Trinity
00:34:21    Viola – “Mother Confessor and Medical Advisor to her people”
00:34:26    December 1966 – Viola died
00:34:30    Daughter Grace became Chieftess
00:34:40    Served as deacon and elder
00:34:51    Grace Sunday School teacher, officer and member of United Presbyterian Women
00:35:00    Died 1976
00:35:04    1976 – Lucy Miller – Grace’s sister – Chieftess of Yavapai Tribe
00:36:01 – 00:42:04 “How Great Thou Art” – Terry Brekka