In 1629, Spanish missionaries in Arizona intended to honor the volcanic peaks north of Flagstaff by naming them after the Catholic Saint Francis de Assisi, the mystic patron of animals and the environment.
Almost four hundred years later, 77-year-old Flagstaff Citizen of the Year Tom Mackin has spent thousands of hours in the shadow of the San Francisco Peaks and not thought much about their naming. But, of his own volition and moral compass, he has lived a life consistent with the that saintly legacy.
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Pictured from left to right are, Dave Downes, Bob Dyer, Bruce Belman and Tom Mackin, members of the Friends of Northern Arizona Forests, the 2017 Arizona Daily Sun Organization of the Year.
Jake Bacon, Arizona Daily Sun
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