Elsie: Adventures of an Arizona Schoolteacher 1913-1916
by Barbara Anne Waite
In 1912, the first year of Arizona's statehood, rural Verde Valley was home to enterprising ranchers and farmers who raised cattle, crops--and children. These children needed a school. So just as they mail-ordered supplies from the Sears catalog, the community mail-ordered a teacher.
ELSIE HAYES, a college graduate, came from a world of concerts and literary clubs. The teacher's tiny shack in Cornville was a far cry from her family's lovely home in Long Beach, California. This cultured young woman drank water from an irrigation ditch, bathed in Oak Creek, and taught in a one-room schoolhouse to children first considred "common," but with whom she soon developed a mutual love.
In this true story, Elsie's 100-year-old journals, photographs and detailed letters home paint a picture of a time and place that has since faded, and give insight into the early history of Cornville and Williams, Arizona. Even more than this they are a vivid portrayal of colorful adventure, tragedy, and a heartbreaking story of lost love.
Elsie: Adventures of an Arizona Schoolteacher
217 Pages
$14.95
Biography
Published by
PALOMAR MOUNTAIN
BOOKWORKS
Click cover to go directly to item on storefront
