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| 2 | Author: | unknown | Add to Favorites | | Title: | John “Danny” Freeman Papers, SHM MS-6
1947-2000 ead | | | Date(s): | 1947-2000 | | | Abstract: | John Daniel “Danny” Freeman was born in 1911 on a cattle and wheat ranch near Tulia, Texas.
He received a Bachelor of Science degree in agriculture in May 1935, from New Mexico State University. He worked for
the United States Soil Conservation Service and as a Range Examiner. He did range surveys, soil erosion studies, and
determined capacities for area ranches in cooperation with the CCC and WPA. He became an area conservationist overseeing
range management issues for five northern Arizona counties and worked with dozens of area ranchers to promote modern
scientific methods of ranch management. He served in Vietnam as an agricultural advisor. He was highly involved in the
Society for Range Management, the Yavapai County Fair Association, the Prescott Frontier Days Rodeo, and Cattle Growers’ Association. | | | Repository: | Sharlot Hall Museum | | | Subjects: | Area Conservationist | Lehman Lovegrass | Matt Culley Collection | Pioneer Stockman | Yavapai Calf Sale | | | Similar Items: | Find Similar Guides |
4 | Author: | unknown | Add to Favorites | | Title: | Boyd Tenney Papers, SHM MS-33
1965-2006 (Bulk Dates: 1965-1973) ead | | | Date(s): | 1965-2006 (Bulk Dates: 1965-1973) | | | Abstract: | Nathan Boyd Tenney served in the Arizona House of Representatives from 1962 to 1964,
and as Arizona State Senator from 1964 to 1982. His many accomplishments during his time in office include:
establishing community colleges in Mohave and Yavapai counties, aiding in the creation of five state parks,
securing funding for transportation and rural roads, and initiating legislation that helped restore the Governor’s
Mansion at the Sharlot Hall Museum. He served as the Vice Chairman, and then the Chairman, of the Senate Appropriations
Committee, Chairman of the Joint Budget Committee, and Chairman of the Natural Resources Committee. This collection
includes newspaper articles, genealogical information, Senator Tenney’s scrapbooks of news clippings from 1965, the
meeting minutes from the 1973, San Carlos Apache Mineral Strip hearing, photographs, and campaign memorabilia. | | | Repository: | Sharlot Hall Museum | | | Subjects: | Angora Goat Seminar | Mormon Church - Missions | Pioneers--Arizona--Prescott Region—Biography | Ranching - Arizona - History | Ranch life - Arizona - Prescott Region - Anecdotes | Ranching Heritage Oral History Project (U.S.) | San Carlos Apache Tribe of the San Carlos Reservation, Arizona | United States. Act to Provide for the Settlement of the Water Rights Claims of the Yavapai-Prescott Indian Tribe in Yavapai County, Arizona, and for Other Purposes | | | Similar Items: | Find Similar Guides |
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