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Grace and Jack Sparkes, Sharlot M. Hall and Dan Seaman at dedication of Blythe Bridge

SHARLOT MABRIDTH HALL (b. October 27, 1870, d. April 9, 1943) moved from Lincoln County, Kansas to Arizona in 1882. She moved twelve miles southeast of Prescott, Arizona at Lynx Creek, with her father, James Knox Hall, her mother, Adeline Susannah Hall, and her brother, Edward "Ted" V. Hall.

Sharlot became a poet, a writer, a journalist, an associate editor of "Out West" magazine, and served as Arizona's Territorial Historian from 1909-1912. In addition, she became the first steward and curator of the Arizona Governor's Mansion in Prescott, which she eventually turned into a Museum beginning in 1928. Today, she is the namesake of the Sharlot Hall Museum.

GRACE MARIAN SPARKES (b. January 21, 1893 - d. October 23, 1963) was a major figure in promoting Prescott growth and tourism during the depression era and beyond.  She served as Secretary of the Prescott Chamber of Commerce for 33 years (1913-1945) and also served as Secretary for the Prescott Frontier Days for 30, among many other positions.  She was a close friend of Sharlot M. Hall.  She has been inducted into the Arizona Women's Hall of Fame, and Sharlot Hall Museum Library and Archives has a large collection of her papers and photographs.  Her brother Jack Sparkes (b. may 3, 1890 - d. May 24, 1939) also lived in Prescott.

DAN SEAMAN (b. October 13, 1895 - d. November 22, 1969) was Superintendent of the Arizona Pioneers Home from 1931-32, and was managing editor of the Prescott Courier newspaper for 18 years.  He had been a charter member of the Prescott Corral of Westerners, as well as the Smoki People, among many other positions he held.  He was Justice of the Peace in Prescott from 1954-1966.