Notable Residents

The following are notable residents of the Arizona Pioneers' Home.

Sharlot Mabridth Hall

• Resided in Room 108. She moved into the Pioneers’ Home on April 2, 1943, and passed away April 9, 1943.
• More info on Sharlot Hall

Mary K. Cummings (Big Nose Kate)

• More info on Mary Cummings

John Miller (Possibly Billy the Kid)

• "Another Billy the Kid?"

Nathan Boyd Tenney (AZ Senator)

• More info on Nathan Tenney

Albert Franklin Banta

• Discovered the huge Meteor Crater west of Winslow

Opal Tenney-Allen

• Founding member of Yavapai College and dubbed “The Mother of Yavapai College.”

Frances Knagge (was in movies with John Wayne)

Mrs. Margaret Rowe Clifford

• Author of Arizona's first state anthem, titled "Arizona," copyright 1915.
• Resident of the Pioneers' Home from 1921-1926.

Effie Anderson Smith AKA Mrs. A. Y. Smith

• Known as the Dean of Arizona Women Artists. Effie was an impressionist painter of desert landscapes, many of Cochise County, and the Grand Canyon.
• More info on Effie Anderson Smith