Sunday, March 1, 2020

Arizona Pioneers Home - Making News Through the Years

 A sampling of media about Pioneer Home - by no means a comprehensive list, but enough to begin to paint a picture

1909 Bill that created Pioneer Home
https://pioneershome.az.gov/sites/default/files/documents/files/Bill2_1909.pdf

 

1911 – Prescott Journal Miner – Tribute to Pioneer Home
https://news.google.com/newspapers?nid=914&dat=19110405&id=1GBPAAAAIBAJ&sjid=rlEDAAAAIBAJ&pg=1824,3871371&hl=en

1922 – Report of AZ Mental Hygiene Survey
https://books.google.com/books?id=gNU1AQAAMAAJ&pg=PA72&lpg=PA72&dq=Life+in+AZ+Pioneer+Home+Prescott&source=bl&ots=dxuHjy46lO&sig=ACfU3U2udR7cMHN5820o_1_XXlnTrb9xQA&hl=en&sa=X&ved=2ahUKEwj5jave0vDmAhUFI6wKHaq_Ch04UBDoATAGegQICRAB#v=onepage&q=Life%20in%20AZ%20Pioneer%20Home%20Prescott&f=false


1947 Life Magazine story 
https://pioneershome.az.gov/sites/default/files/documents/files/LIFE_Nov_3_1947.pdf

 

1979 Audit Report https://www.azauditor.gov/sites/default/files/97-5.pdf

 

1985 – Arizona Republic – Dennis Deeper – Pioneer Home Musician
https://www.newspapers.com/clip/14090896/dennis_deeper_pioneer_home_musician/

 

1991 – Ch 5 about Frank M. Murphy (donated land for Pioneer Home)
https://www.miningfoundationsw.org/resources/Documents/Publications/History%20of%20AZ%20-%20V%202/05_COGGIN_1991_HIST_MINING_AZ_2.PDF

 

2000-2001 – AZ Master List of State Government Programs
http://www.ospb.state.az.us/mlist/pia.pdf

 

2006 – NBC News / Assoc. Press – Exhumation of bones believed to be Billy the Kid
http://www.nbcnews.com/id/15386186/ns/us_news-life/t/no-charges-filed-billy-kid-exhumation/#.XhQQrkdKhLs


2010 – July – Daily Courier
Arizona Pioneers' Home nears 100th anniversary

https://www.dcourier.com/news/2010/jul/24/arizona-pioneers-home-nears-100th-anniversary/

Originally Published: July 24, 2010 11:50 p.m

 
2010 – Aug – Daily Courier
Pioneers Home met city leaders' vision

https://www.dcourier.com/news/2010/aug/28/pioneers-home-met-city-leaders-vision/

Originally Published: August 28, 2010 10:02 p.m.

 

2014 Blog Haunting Experience Tours

http://ahauntingexperiencetours.blogspot.com/2014/03/arizona-pioneers-home-yes-its-haunted.html

Arizona Pioneer home – Yes it is Haunted   March 7, 2014

 

2014 Copper Area.com
http://www.copperarea.com/pages/the-life-of-a-j-doran-part-2/
The life of A.J. Doran, Part 2
By John Hernandez August 26th, 2014 

2015 – Daily Courier
Remembering Our Heroes – recognizing vets at Pioneer Home
http://mingusmountainpost10227.org/uploads/3/4/6/8/34689404/_pioneer_home_remembering_our_heroes_2015.pdf   Nanci Hutson

2017 blogpost
https://prescottazhistory.blogspot.com/2017/01/arizona-pioneers-home-gibraltar-of.html

Prescott AZ History – AZ Pioneer Home: A Gibraltar of Civic Pride
by Drew Desmond

2017 – Sep – Daily Courier
Stealing History From AZ Pioneer Cemetery (big nose Kate’s grave marker taken)
https://www.dcourier.com/news/2017/sep/20/stealing-history/

By Scott Orr

Originally Published: September 20, 2017 6:07 a.m.

2017 – Sep – Daily Courier
Annual Rummage Sale
https://www.dcourier.com/news/2017/sep/07/pioneers-home-hosting-rummage-sale-friday-saturday/

 

2018  Prescott Living Magazine
https://prescottlivingmag.com/story-arizona-pioneers-home/

THE STORY OF THE ARIZONA PIONEERS HOME

February 2, 2018

by Drew Desmond for the Prescott Western Heritage Foundation, Inc.

2018 USA Today – Famous Graves in AZ (Big Nose Kate)
https://www.usatoday.com/story/travel/arizona/road-trips/2018/04/27/famous-graves-arizona-big-nose-kate-cochise-earp-boot-hill/522289002/

2019 – Feb - Daily Courier

Pioneers’ Home superintendent resigns, effective immediately

Past superintendent comes out of retirement as interim

By Tim Wiederaenders   TWieds_editor

Originally Published: February 8, 2019 9:43 p.m.

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