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& Timber company's plant. Mr.. Sui
livan was certain they camped near a
rocky point within mile of the pres
ent townsite. The part was short
ltof fresh meat, and turkey tracks had
been observed that afternoon in the
snow. Two men took their guns and
had proceeded less than mile, when
they came upon flock of turkeys and
succeeded in bagging the flock. When
they were counted it was found they
had killed nineteen, a turkey for each
member of the party. Mr.. Sullivan
states they were little short of cram
berry sauce and celery, but that they
had the rest of the trimmings.
The first recorded transfer of prop
erty in Flagstaff is trust deed from
Dewitt G. Newell to A. j. Barr, l.. P.
Gillies and w. G.. Gardner of Albu-
querque, N. M. The acknowledgment
is date December IA, 1883. The prop
erty is described as "Lot A, being 25X
100 in East Block, Flagstaff, and oc-
cupied as store" Under the terms
of the deed the property should be
i sold "at the court house door in
i Flagstaff" provided certain note for
! $202.80 was not paid by Newell when
! due. This was a prophetic provision
I by the Albuquerque creditors, for it
was just little over ten years until
Flagstaff was provided with a court
house door, unless Justice of the Peace
John E. Beede's door could have been
legally construed as such. Although
subsequent deed from Newell to
/ William H. Whitman for this same
4 property refers to map of the town
4 of Flagstaff "as laid out at this date
4 by the Atlantic & Pacific railroad" ("
no such map is on file in the record
er's office at Prescott. The only two
maps filed there and approved by the
Board of Supervisors were filed on
i September s, 1889 and February 5,
1890 The property sold by Mr.. Newell
\ was located somewhere in the vicinity
of the Pine Hotel
/ The second deed filed for record is
from Charles F. and Anna Spinney to
/ John w. Mclean, and is dated Janu-
ary %, 1884. The property is de-
/ scribed as follows: Bounded on the
! south by Railroad avenue, on the east
by property claimed or owned by
Jesse Gregg, on the north by an alley
/ Of said Railroad avenue, and on the
west by property claimed or owned
and occupied by Daggs Brothers and
i Clark, in the new town of Flagstaff,
4 and being designated as lots and 6,
block 2, in said new town of Flagstaff
according to the Atlantic & Pacific
Railroad company's plat thereof" The
property described is the present site
4 of the Commercial Hotel.
Mr. Mclean was not in possession
/ Of lot 5 very long, for on February
4 81, 1884 John Stenmer, "in consider
alton of marriage and $780," decided
lot 5, block 2, to Mary Slansker, and
on February 26, 1884, or five days
4 after the deed from John Stemmer to
Mary Slansker, John and Mary Stem
mer decided the property to J. B.
Smith, together with all furniture and
| fixtures.
4 People Who Were in Flagstaff
Forty Years Ago
/ Among the old-time printers of
! Arizona, along with Bill Luddy, who
j probably set the first stick of type
on the Arizona Republican, and others
there are none better remembered
I than A. E. Fay. Twenty-Five years
/ ago he was known in every printing
office throughout the territory. The
Fay printing office was located or
lots / and 2, block No. /, and, as he
states in a deed for the property,
"iust south of the railroad tracks.
facing north" Fay edited The Cham
pion.' The paper flourished along in
1885 and 1886, but in the latter year
on December 16, Fay sold the Cham
pion printing office, which is again
described as being across the railroad
tracks, near James Blacks place. to
Senator Ralph H. Cameron and A. A.
Dutton. How much printers ink SEN
atort Cameron got on his fingers is
unknown, for / regret that / did not
trace the ownership of The Champion
The Flagstaff Flag and the Frisco
Signal are also referred to in some
of the records about the same time.
]. d. Donahue sold the Blazing
Star saloon to Susie Burton for 2
consideration of $3.50 on Novembel
4 IT, 1885. It's location is described as
follows: SITUATED Immediately south
Of the walk from said town of Flag.
staff to the Ayre mill, formerly used
| by F. w. Middleton as jewelry
store, and by him sold to Ole Peter.
son and by Ole Peterson to j. d. Don
ahue." The witness to the deed was
C. M. Montgomery, and it was
acknowledged before Walter J. Hill
notary public.
The Blazing Star, however, was MOI
the only thirst emporium of which
Flagstaff could boast in those days
for on June IL, 1886, ID. A. and Allie
Murphy sold one-half interest ir
The Phoenix, to W. j. Murphy, fol
S1D80 1t was located on one-half OF
Lot 8, Block 2 which would place il
somewhere about the location Of the
present taxi stand ON Railroad ave.
nue.. About four months after the
Murphy transfer James A. Vail pur
chased of W. W. Prentice lot l, blocl
2, paying $500 for the same. This i
the present site of Frank Fairchild
billiard hall.
How many of the present generation
ever heard of the Texas building il
Flagstaff? And yet from the mum
Der of times it is referred to in lega
documents of the SOS it must hav