George Cook's Jewelry Store
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Group of citizens gathered in front of one of George H. Cook's jewelry stores.
George H. Cook (b. 1857 - d. 1936) was born in Bellefont, Pennsylvania on January 11, 1857. He had a jewelry business in Flagstaff beginning in 1887. He went on to open stores in Prescott, Phoenix, Jerome and Tucson in 1899, as well as Pioneer, Nevada. He served as Postmaster while residing in Flagstaff. He was also prominent in the mining industry in Yavapai County, Arizona. He had also lived in San Francisco and Los Angeles, California. Cook sold his last remaining jewelry store, in Phoenix, in May of 1907. He retired to Los Angeles in 1910 and died there on September 13, 1936.
Sources: sterlingflatwarefashions.com, Arizona Weekly Journal-Miner, Arizona Republic, Legacy database
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