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Archives for July 2014

By Boyce Thompson

Boyce Thompson Cactus Really Does Bloom

Several trips to the Boyce Thompson Southwestern arboretum provided no evidence that the cactus named after my great uncle, Echinocereus boyce thompsonii, actually blooms. I even bought one in the visitors center and brought it home to Maryland, where it failed to bloom over several years but did succeed in ruining a couple nice shirts. […]

Filed Under: Thompson Tagged With: William Boyce Thompson

By Boyce Thompson

The Man from Asarco Once Visited St. Louis

Julius Kruttschnitt, Jr. (1885-1974), was so famous in Australia that a letter addressed “Julius Kruttschnitt, Australia” was likely to reach him. But in the late 1960s when the mining magnate visited the St. Louis suburb where my family lived, he was just another great grandfather visiting his great grand children. According to his biography, The Man from Asarco, […]

Filed Under: Families, Kruttschnitt Tagged With: Felicia Caire Kock, Julius Krutschnitt, Mount Isa Mines

By Boyce Thompson

Judah P. Benjamin Was Forced to Leave His Desk Behind

When Judah P. Benjamin fled the country following the Civil War — he needed to skedaddle since he’d served as Secretary of State for the Confederacy — there was only so much he could take with him. First, the portly attorney could only fit so much on his horse, which he rode through the South, […]

Filed Under: Benjamin, Families Tagged With: George W. Healy, Jr., Judah P. Benjamin, Katie Hall, Louisiana State Museum

By Boyce Thompson

Long-Lost Hugh Simmers Bracelet Recovered

Anne Oxley of Vermont earlier this year bought a bunch of sterling silver at an auction, thinking she’d sell it for scrap. Thankfully, she noticed that one bracelet had the name “Hugh Simmers” inscribed on the front. On the back another inscription read, “Good Luck From Kings Cinema Staff, Edinburgh. 10-10-17.” “I have always wanted […]

Filed Under: Simmers Tagged With: Hugh Simmers

By Boyce Thompson

J.E. Thompson Brought Indoor Plumbing to Greer, Ariz.

Locals remember the scene when J.E. Thompson first visited Greer, Arizona, on his way from New York to Phoenix. He arrived in 1919 with his clan in a Twin 6 Packard touring car, which was about the grandest thing that many residents had ever seen. He was referred to as the local millionaire. But the […]

Filed Under: Families, Thompson Tagged With: Anthony Richard Thompson, Bess Boner, J.E. Thompson, Karen Miller Applewhite, Thompson Lodge, Turners' Lodge, William Ernest Thompson

By Boyce Thompson

J.E. Thompson’s Greer Cabin Went Up in Flames!

Great Grandfather J.E. Thompson (1875-1950) used to vacation at a cabin in the White Mountains on a plateau about 1,000 feet above the town of Greer, Ariz. Great grandfather called the small, one-room building far from civilization his “hunting shack.” Unfortunately, the cabin burned a few years ago, leaving only a concrete foundation, the two-oven […]

Filed Under: Families, Thompson Tagged With: J.E. Thompson, Robert Oldfield, Sylvia Lee

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