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.

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.

WHO WAS SHARLOT M. HALL? | A HOME FOR HER COLLECTION | SHARLOT AS A POLITICIAN | SHARLOT AS AN ACTIVIST | SHARLOT AS A HISTORIAN | SHARLOT AS A WRITER AND POET | SHARLOT AS A WOMAN |  MOVING WEST | RANCH WOMAN | ARIZONA BY SHARLOT HALL | THE GENISIS OF THE EARTH AND THE MOON