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I just found this group and thought I would introduce myself. My grandparents moved to Tucson in the mid 50's. My father was born in Tucson in 1958. In the mid 60's they moved to California and didn't

Jim Thank you for your long tour of duty to the people of Tucson. We lived in the county not far from the Drexel Heights FD but years back they didn't have the great equipment or station like they

I just saw this side bar at the Arizona Daily Star "Mining Tales" feature. It's a regular feature on Mondays (today's:

Deb, Yes I was with TFD from 1970 to 1997... The Pioneer Hotel Fire caused lots of changes to be made, in equipment, firefighting tactics and in fire codes and enforcement. if you're interested

Thank you John for your post. Yes, guess that's one birthday you'll remember. -Deb

Jim I worked for the sheriffs dept for over 10 yrs and I know what you mean about the smell. Did you go on to work for TFD? That fire had to be quite an intro for you. But it did cause the FD a lot of

Roy Thank you for all the info. I did see the lower area years ago when I was working with County Atty's office and courts downtown. I left Tucson in late 2001, have made trips back but never went to

I remember there was an interesting pet cemetery behind the Broadway Animal Hospital. There are storage lockers now in that location..I wonder what was the disposition of the pet graves?

I remember the business continued at least into the early 1960s. We used to bring our pets to the Broadway Animal Hospital next door in those years. Not sure exactly when the ZS operation closed

He was released this spring. http://azstarnet.com/news/local/man-held-years-in-deadly-tucson-pioneer-hotel-fire-to/article_984a194e-7c21-53d6-946e-ae1a1a53d303.html Sent from Yahoo! Mail on

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Catherine, Lewis Taylor was recently released from prison after spending more than 40 years (and ALL of his adult life) in custody. Legal wranglings and such..but he "admitted" to having a part in

If someone googles "pioneer hotel arsonist," a whole rash of stories will turn up, from news sources across the country and even in the UK.? 60 Minutes did a segment on him. The man held 42 years

http://www.slate.com/blogs/the_slatest/2013/04/02/louis_taylor_released_pioneer_hotel_fire_killed_29_the_man_convicted_of.html

Catherine , I use to hear stories that security guards and other people would hear noises at night from the old hotel kitchen area and voices when the building was pretty much vacant . I believe at

Catherine, When I first moved to Tucson in the mid 60's the Pioneer Hotel and Steinfields Dept store were still open and very popular places to go. My sister-in-law who was older than me was a

Dec. 1970. I was still in Fire Training it was about 1 week until graduation, most of us recruits (12 of us remaining in the class at that time) received phone calls to get down to the Fire Academy on

Zary South died as a young man, age 40, in 1951, so not sure if the business continued under same name or not. He is buried at Evergreen. I found a Zary South Financial Corp. listed, but not sure if

This business at 2310 E Broadway is interesting for several reasons. It was opened in February, 1948, by Fred Patterson and Zary South. It sold leather goods for sportsmen and ranchers, as well as

December 20, 1970..what can I say, the fire was on my birthday! The building is still there, and is doing well. John H