Hats, Hats and More Hats
03/13/2023
by Marjory J. Sente When asked where she bought her hats, a 19th century Boston Blueblood is supposed to have said, “I don’t buy my
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Miss Hazel Keyes: A “Very Daring and Nervy Little Woman”
03/06/2023
by William D. Kalt III Prescott’s Knights of Pythias Hall whirred with action and anticipation in late June 1901. Local women kept three new sewing
Ocotillo’s Postmistress Pearl Childers Orr
02/27/2023
Marjory J. Sente The Ocotillo Post Office was established in 1916, and Pearl C. Orr was named its first and only postmistress, serving until it
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