Who
was Sharlot M. Hall?
Saving the Past
A Home for Her Collection
Sharlot as a Politician
Sharlot As Activist
Sharlot As Historian
Sharlot As a Writer and Poet
Sharlot As a Woman
Moving West
Ranch Woman
ARIZONA
by Sharlot M. Hall
The Genesis of
the Earth and Moon
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Saving the Past
Sharlot Hall saw the need to save Arizona’s history. The territory
had been founded in 1863 and by 1900, as early settlers died, their
possessions were lost, along with their stories. There was also widespread
looting of Arizona’s spectacular Indian ruins to supply the eastern
market with "Indian relics." To save what she could, Sharlot
began to collect both Native American and pioneer material.
Next...
Piggy bank used to collect Museum donations.
This hammered copper bowl from the United Verde Extension
Mine in Jerome was filled with money and presented to the museum by the
Monday Club in 1930.
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Judge Henry Fluery, long time owner
of the Governor's Mansion in about 1890. His stories of the building's
early occupants awakened Sharlot's interest in history. |
