Hicks Family History, Part 1

November 13, 2016, 9:00 pm

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B.C. Hicks and his wife came to Texas from Tennessee and settled for awhile before moving on to Arizona Territory in an emigrant train. They first stayed in Casa Grande. Then they moved to Gila County crossing over Pioneer Pass. They first settled in the Bloody Tanks area before buying the Hicks Ranch in Wheatfields, between Globe and Miami. Their son Mark was Roy's grandfather. Roy is a great storyteller, knowledgeable of local history, and all the details. He tells the history of Wheatfields from before Miami existed, of neighboring ranchers, farmers and Native Americans living in area. He refers to the Apache Kid and General Sieber, and the construction of Roosevelt Dam.

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Hicks Family History, Part 2

November 13, 2016, 9:00 pm

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Roy Hicks continues his family history, now with his parents meeting and marrying, and his childhood growing up on the Hicks Ranch during the Great Depression. He tells more stories of early Globe, of ranching and mining and the neighbors. He talks of the days of the roundups, of cattle being driven to their ranch to be weighed before shipping at nearby Radium. The Hicks Cattle Company was formed in 1962 shortly before Mark Hicks died. The ranch has been sold now, but Roy still lives on it and remembers.

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Holder Family History

November 13, 2016, 9:00 pm

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Kendrick's grandparents John and Sarah Holder and brother brought Angora goats to Arizona from New Mexico. He started several post offices in New Mexico and Arizona and consequently named several towns. They lived in the Prescott and Payson areas. Frank Holder was Kendrick's father. He was a cattle and horse rancher in the Tonto Basin and Payson area. Kendrick grew up helping his father on the ranches and in their subsistence farm during the Great Depression. His mother was Naomi Mary Stuart. Her father Sam Stuart, owned 320 acres of land where Payson is now. Kendrick recalls early ranching customs of the area, the roundups, and neighboring ranchers. After high school he punched cows on ranches for a while, then went to San Diego and got a job working for Ryan Aircraft. Goodyear Aircraft started up in Phoenix so he moved back to Arizona. He met Laura Mae Clark Haught at a dance in Payson, but they didn't get together until 1943 while working for the war plant making airplanes. They have four children. Kendrick and Laura Mae moved back to Payson and operated a general store. They then bought and operated the Flying H Ranch on Cherry Creek until 1956. They sold it and moved to ranch in California for a year, then returned to operate the ranch they now live on off of Highway 60. The U.S. Forest Service has so limited the number of cattle there is no way to make a living, so he decided to sell out to the Mines. They now live on a remaining 150 acres of land.

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