DG 'Rusty' Alderson,
TOAST President
Mostly 1830 -1930
Rusty's
All American
Stories
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Not an official Metra Site
Gilded Age & Train Historian
Train Railfan
Historical Characters, Lincoln Family,
Frontier Arizona, Early Railroads
TOAST email: GAstorybook@gmail.com
FAYE'S PAGE
Thank you for helping to get my RMD straightened out.
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After a career as CEO of a children's charity, I moved to Tucson (although Phoenix 'Chicago in a desert' was my intended destination) and began looking for those stories I didn't remember from my history classes.
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Enjoying many an afternoon at Gentle Ben's and Frog and Firkin, I began learning about numerous U of A personalities as well as Tucson's earlier settlers.
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​Hope you enjoy these stories.
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DG 'Rusty' Alderson
Interesting
U of A Characters
Louise Marshall, U of A's first female professor, killed her husband, was acquitted. Her legacy: Main Gate Square
U of A's first president, Dr. Handy, a physician, got his wife addicted to drugs and then divorced her. A lawyer decided to help her.
Pop McKale, U of Arizona’s legendary coach and athletic director, thought he had become a millionaire.
For U of A's 100th anniversary, the school bought this streetcar that ran on 4th Avenue and on University.
Interesting
Tucson Personalities
Who would believe that an Irishman, Hugo O'Conor, is considered the European founder of a sleepy Spanish town of Tucson
Spanish Tucson's French Connection involves Tucson's most popular restaurant and more
On Tucson's western entrance visitors are 'welcomed' by the second to last person, Pancho Villa, to have invaded the United States