.270 Report post Posted February 14, 2012 Happy 100th birthday Arizona. Lark. 1 Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
yotebuster Report post Posted February 14, 2012 oh I misread this, I thought you were 100 today Lark! Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
biglakejake Report post Posted February 14, 2012 some birthday. a hundred years ago all we had to worry about was pancho villa and a few grizzly bears. nowadays we're up against el chapo guzman and the sfw tag monster. me thinks i would rather have to face up to pancho and ol' suzy.....at least those would be some straight-up fights.... lee insanity runs in the family... it practically gallups... Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
billrquimby Report post Posted February 14, 2012 The early 1900s were not all that they were cracked up to be. For example, medicine still had a long way to go in 1912. I would have not have survived the blood poisoning I got from a dog bite in the 1970s or from the heart attack that struck ten years ago. My wife, daughter and granddaughter still are with us, too, only because of medicine and treatments that did not exist 100 years ago. Bill Quimby 1 Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
stanley Report post Posted February 14, 2012 Happy B-day AZ, indeed!!! Out of curiosity, who is a native of the state. I am! Proud to say that I'm the native son of an AZ copper miner! (Born and raised in Kearny!) Any other natives out there? S. Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
POB Report post Posted February 14, 2012 Born in Tucson, 61 years ago. Loved reading Bill's columns in the paper. Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
WHT_MTNMAN Report post Posted February 14, 2012 I'm at least a 4th generation native. Don't remember if I'm more than that. Couple of my great, great grandparents helped settle the Pinedale area. Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
izquik72 Report post Posted February 14, 2012 5Th generation for me and 6th for my boys! Happy Birthday to our Great state! About 1.5 years ago Scott Baxter contacted my family as he was tasked with finding 100 Ranches that have been in the same family for over 100 years. http://www.100years100ranchers.com/ Our family was blessed to be one of them. Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
bonecollector Report post Posted February 14, 2012 Spent all of my 31 yrs in good ole AZ. There is no place else I would want to be. Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
stanley Report post Posted February 14, 2012 Wow! Some of you guys have some LONG tenure on me! My grandpa imigrated to the US (legally..... ) from Norway in the early 1900's, and dad migrated from Missouri to AZ after WW2 as a young engineer/geologist. Only a single generation native here, but proud to be raising my kids in the great state of AZ! S. Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
.270 Report post Posted February 14, 2012 5th generation for me. 6 for my kids and now we have grandkids too. I think that adds up to 7 or so. And yotebuster is not a nice guy. I ain't near as old as bill. And I would still rather live here. Lark. Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
pwrguy Report post Posted February 14, 2012 5th Generation for me..on my maternal side. Although not born here, this is home where I have lived 3/4 of my life. Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
billrquimby Report post Posted February 15, 2012 "Happy B-day AZ, indeed!!! Out of curiosity, who is a native of the state. I am! Proud to say that I'm the native son of an AZ copper miner! (Born and raised in Kearny!) Any other natives out there? S." Stanley: I used to hunt quail with my father-in-law where Kearny is now. He lived in Hayden Junction, when there still was such a place. We also caught bass in a little lake in the town of Ray, which also is long gone. I remember when Tiger, Christmas, Twin Buttes, Mohawk, Aguila and Tacna were inhabited. Where Green Valley is now, we used to shoot doves and quail, and hunt javelinas and mule deer. My birth certificate says I was born in 1936 in Pima County, three miles east of Tucson. That event took place on my grandfather's ranch on Speedway near Alvernon. Campbell marked Tucson's city limits on the east in those days. Grant Road was its northern limit. I know I'm old but, in my mind, I'm a 16-year-old trapped in an aging body. Bill Quimby Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Snapshot Report post Posted February 15, 2012 I am not a native. Transplanted from Minnesota when I was 11. Been here 38 years. Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Pine Donkey Report post Posted February 15, 2012 In 1879 my great, great grand father on my mothers side came to Arizona, and Cochise County as a Taylor for the army. In 1880 my great great grandparents on my fathers side came to Tombstone because the mines in Leadville Colorado were playing out. This makes me 5th generation Arizonan and Cochise county on both sides of the family. I married a third generation Arizona girl so and we have three 6th generation Arizona kids. No grand kids yet, but hopefully it won't be too long. Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
