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1st Lieutenant Ralph Ambrose O’Neill
1896 — 1980
Hailing from Nogales AZ, Ralph O’Neill served in the U.S. Army Air Service with the 147th Aero . . . — — Map (db m102904) HM WM
The 3-Inch Mark 33 is a twin dual-purpose drive mount on a carriage base ring structure used with selective remote or local control. The Gun is primarily designed for defense against enemy aircraft and was installed on combat ships. Each gun is . . . — — Map (db m102917) HM WM
This propeller, one of four, was installed on a B-29 Super Fortress. The B-29 was the largest and deadliest American heavy bomber of WWII. It is the aircraft that effectively ended WWII by delivering atomic bombs on Hiroshima and Nagasaki in August . . . — — Map (db m49868) HM
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Arizonan Tuskegee Airmen
1940 — 1949
“Red Tails”
The Tuskegee Airmen set the precedent African-Americans could excel in military . . . — — Map (db m102913) HM WM
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Arizonan Women Airforce Service Pilots – WASP
1942 — 1944
“We live in the wind and sand … and our eyes are on the stars!”
The . . . — — Map (db m102898) HM WM
For nearly forty years, couples from Arizona settlements left their homes each fall after harvest and traveled 400 miles to St. George, Utah. Winding slowly through desert and steep canyons, crossing barren plateaus, and passing rivers and pools of . . . — — Map (db m27552) HM
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Barrett Tillman
Barrett Tillman (born 1948) is an award-winning author who has made significant contributions to aviation history. As a teenaged private . . . — — Map (db m102907) HM
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BGen. Joseph J. Foss
1915 — 2003
Medal of Honor
Brigadier General Joseph J. Foss was awarded the Medal of Honor while flying with Marine Fighting . . . — — Map (db m102912) HM WM
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Captain Ted Elvans Lines (AAF)
1921 — 2005
Born and raised in Arizona, Ted Lines joined the U.S. Army Air Forces after his graduation from Mesa Union . . . — — Map (db m102908) HM WM
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Colonel Bruce Perry Crandall U.S. Army (Ret.)
1933 —
Colonel Bruce Crandall served two tours in Vietnam as a Army helicopter pilot, leading over 900 . . . — — Map (db m102901) HM WM
Commemorative Air Force
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Dr. S. Harry Robertson III
1934 —
Father of Crashworthy Fuel Systems
Dr. S. Harry Robertson, a life-long Arizonan, has made unique contributions to . . . — — Map (db m102902) HM
This commemorative area was dedicated on May 30, 1991 by her Honor the Mayor of Mesa, Peggy Rubach, in memory of these airmen who gave their lives in the cause of freedom while training at this airfield during World War II.
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General Seth Jefferson McKee, USAF (Ret.)
1916 —
During World War II, General Seth McKee commanded the 370th Fighter Group in Europe and achieved . . . — — Map (db m102909) HM WM
[Upper Marker]:
Mormon Church 2nd Alma Chapel meeting house, 1911. Sold, 1954 to Producers Insurance Company. First Campus Mesa Community College, 1963. Converted to a restaurant in 1973.
[Lower Marker]:
This is the site of . . . — — Map (db m49906) HM
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Lt. Frank Luke, Jr.
1897 — 1918
The Arizona Balloon Buster
Lieutenant Frank Luke, Jr. became “The Arizona Balloon Buster” of WWI. Flying with the 27th . . . — — Map (db m102899) HM WM
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Major Frederick E. Ferguson
1939 —
Medal of Honor
Frederick E. Ferguson gradated from the US Army Warrant Officer flight program in 1957 and was . . . — — Map (db m102900) HM WM
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Major Gen Carl G. Schneider, USAF (Ret)
Carl Schneider enlisted in the U.S. Army Air Force in 1946. He graduated from Williams AFB flying the P-51 Mustang. . . . — — Map (db m102905) HM WM
Early in 1878 a hardy band of Mormon pioneers arrived on this mesa. With a straight edge and a spirit level they proved the feasibility of using the ancient Montezuma Canal to bring life-giving irrigation water from the Salt River to the desert . . . — — Map (db m27551) HM
This monument is dedicated to the founding men, women and children of Mesa whose efforts, with others of all races, religions and cultures, changed a harsh desert land into this vibrant city of today.
When the first settlers came in 1877-78, . . . — — Map (db m27550) HM
On March 9, 1917, fifty-three women, inspired by Margaret Wheeler Ross, past president, 1914-1916, of the General Federation of Women's Clubs of Arizona, chartered the "Woman's Club of Mesa". Since 1901, Federated Women's Clubs, an international . . . — — Map (db m27554) HM
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MGen Barry Morris Goldwater, USAFR
1909 — 1993
Barry Goldwater served in World War II with the U.S. Army Air Force as an instructor and Ferry Command . . . — — Map (db m102903) HM
On June 12th, 1982, this plaque was unveiled to commemorate the years 1941 to 1945 when Falcon Field was established as No. 4 British Flying Training School.
To this airfield came many air cadets of the British Royal Air Force, British . . . — — Map (db m49869) HM
Built in 1891, this ranks among the city's oldest business estab;ishments. One of Mesa's first buildings with electricity. The second story, Pomeroy Hall, was used for social gatherings. — — Map (db m204896) HM
Approximately 300 B.C. Prehistoric Indians entered the Salt River Valley. They developed an extensive canal system and raised corn, beans, squash, agave and cotton.
Over 500 miles of Hohokam canal have been recorded in the Salt River . . . — — Map (db m49877) HM
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Rear Admiral Hugh Dennis Wisely (USN, ret)
Admiral Wisely entered the Naval Aviation Cadet Program in 1961. He flew 350 combat missions with VF-114 over . . . — — Map (db m102906) HM WM
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Rear Admiral Walter Lewis Chatham, USN (Ret)
1934 —
Naval Aviator
Rear Admiral “Lew” Chatham, USN (Retired) has approximately 5,000 . . . — — Map (db m102910) HM WM
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Sergei I. Sikorsky
1925 —
Rotorcraft Pioneer
Mr. Sergei Sikorsky learned aviation from the ground up working with his father, Igor. He began . . . — — Map (db m102911) HM
Joel Sirrine arrived here in 1878 with the 'Mesa Company' of Pioneers. He constructed this house, which is Mesa's best example of Victorian architecture.
— — Map (db m49905) HM
An adobe-walled refuge against Apaches
Built by the Lehi Pioneers of March 6, 1877
First Mormon colonists in central or southern Ariz.
[Left Column]:
Daniel W. Jones
• Harriet E. Jones
• Daniel P.
• Wiley C.
• Edwin . . . — — Map (db m49930) HM
Wayne C. Pomeroy was born in Mesa, a fourth generation Mesan whose great grandfather Francis Martin Pomeroy organized the "Mesa Company" and founded Mesa in 1878.
At an early age of 7 when most kids were pulling other kids in their wagons, Wayne . . . — — Map (db m204786) HM
Honor Roll Williams Field, Chandler, Arizona J. W. Allsbury 42-13 · C. V. S. Duncan Jr. 42-F · J.J. Colasuonno 42-E · P. G. Jameson 42-H · D. L.Burgess 42-E · R.C. Greybill 42-16 · C.W.Khidrup 42-G · W. H. Hamilton 42-G · S. M. Magill 42-16 · . . . — — Map (db m152472) WM
Dan Hibbert originally opened the OK Livery Stable July 8, 1901
In 1911, early pioneer Zeb Pearce started in the produce business, two buildings to the east, and moved to this location in 1915. It was occupied by the Pearce family for 88 years. . . . — — Map (db m204893) HM
February 4, 1877 - March 10, 1969
Zebulon "Zeb" Pearce was a leading participant throughout 90 years of central Arizona history. He graduated from Tempe Normal in1899 and later went on to become a teacher, the Mayor of Mesa, city councilman, . . . — — Map (db m204891) HM
This manufacturing and mercantile company built in 1889 housed Mesa's first general merchandise store. Zenos, a prophet in the Book of Mormon, was an early name for Mesa. — — Map (db m204912) HM
