Early Days of the Arizona Society Sons of the American Revolution
Compiled by David A. Swanson
Early Days of the Arizona Society Sons of the American Revolution
David A. Swanson , Barry M. Goldwater Chapter President and Chapter Historian AZSSAR
2014
Preface
hroughout the last few years I have attempted to gain at least some knowledge about the early history of the Arizona Society Sons of the American Revolution but unfortunately that Tinformation is scarce and what there is of it not easy to locate (at least not by me). As I found more and more I began compiling and then publishing it in my Barry M. Goldwater Chapter newsletters. History is just plain fun and there is nothing more fun than resurrecting the accomplishments of those who were instrumental in the creation, organization, and maintenance of our early Society through their membership and contributions. Who would have known that the last Arizona territorial governor, Richard Sloan and the first state governor, George W. P. Hunt were AZSSAR members? John Greenway (one of the heroes of the Spanish-American War), and Winfield Scott, the founder of Scottsdale, were also members. We had Compatriots from Arizona towns such as Silverbell, Warren, and Las Palmas. The Arizona Society of the Sons of the American Revolution was organized on June 13, 1896, although its inception dates to 1891. Now don’t think you are going to read an exhaustive history of the Society, quite to the contrary, but this sketch and it is only a sketch, will at least give some information of its early beginnings. One interesting bit of information that is contained is the identification of Compatriots and the offices they held in our Society from 1896 to 1923.