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Speaker Event: William Wesley “Bill” Huggett… The Early Years (1878-1924)
April 26 @ 3:00 pm - 5:00 pm MST
The Oracle Historical Society (OHS) will give a presentation of the early years of one of Oracle’s pioneer residents, William “Bill” Huggett. Bill Huggett was an early Arizona trail and tour guide, dude ranch operator, and purchased the 36,000 acre Oracle area 3C ranch properties in 1924.
OHS has received an extensive 100-year-old collection of large format photographs, photographic post cards and original glass plate negatives from the estate of Wilma Elna Huggett, via William “Flint” Carter and noted author Robert Zucker.
Royal John Medley will be the speaker, and his presentation will include photos from a 1921 guided tour across northern Arizona with Mr. and Mrs. Zane Gray. Also shown will be three dozen large format desert photos from a 1922 tour with early landscape photographer Stephen H. Willard of California. Willard’s photographic style and composition of the Mohave and Sonoran deserts have been compared to western photographic artist Ansel Adams.
The presentation will occur at 3:00 PM, Saturday, April 26 at the Oracle Historical Society Acadia Ranch Museum, 825 E. Mt. Lemmon Highway, Oracle, AZ. Reservations are not required. A donation of $5 is suggested for non-OHS members. Membership forms will be available at the door.