Southern Arizona Connection

by Mary Kasulaitis She was the subject of a novel and they made a movie about her, but still, Lucretia Roberts is not a household name in Southern Arizona. Well she should be, for Mrs. Roberts was the first woman deputy sheriff in Arizona…

By Mary Kasulaitis This is the story of two pioneer teachers in Southern Arizona. They were the kind of tenacious self-sufficient teachers that used to be prevalent in the rural schools of Arizona. Of necessity, they were tough, and they didn’t let a little…

By Mary Kasulaitis Although it was only there a few years, you old-timers may remember Bell’s Bar as a stopping place on the Arivaca Road.  Paul and Irene Bell are recalled by many more of us as the Sopori School bus drivers in the…