Sharlot Hall with Friends & Ranching Neighbors


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E. M. Jennings, Portrait & Landscape Photographer, Prescott, Arizona Unknown po0149.2pa.jpg MS-12, Box 19, Folder 9 Sepia 1928-0001-0119 po0149.2pa Photo Card Print 5x7 Photo Collections c. 1890 Reproduction requires permission. Digital images property of SHM Library & Archives

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Sharlot M. Hall in a formal group portrait with her friends and Dewey ranching neighbors John Mars and his niece Mary E. Bowers (later Reid).

In 1884, Mary E. Bowers of Pittsfield, Illinois arrived in Arizona to stay with her uncle John Mars. John Mars owned the land that would later become Fain Ranch out in the Dewey, Arizona area. The headquarters of Mars' ranch was located near the junction of Lynx Creek and the Aqua Fria River. A few miles up Lynx Creek was James Hall’s Orchard Ranch, which the Halls had settled in 1882. It was during this time that Mary Bowers, “Aunt Mary,” and Sharlot began a friendship that was to last their lifetimes.

By 1886, Mary had met a freighter by the name of James “Jim” A. Reid and they married on March 29, 1891 in Prescott. Together they settled the Reid Ranch and stage stop along the Buckeye Road near Salome, Arizona. Sharlot remained good friends with Mary and during one visit to the stage stop, Sharlot wrote a poem about freight teams watering at twilight, which is in Sharlot’s book, “Cactus & Pine.”

NOTE: There is a second similar photo in this collection with Call Number 1928.0001.0120 that was not placed on website.

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