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FLAGSTAFF HISTORY

Flagstaff History: Garbage disposal was needed to fight 'fly menace'

100 years ago

1924: The first case of smallpox Flagstaff has had in a long time has been rigidly quarantined by Dr. Felix Manning, county health officer, who is keeping two guards on the place to see that the quarantine is enforced. Mrs. Frank Gabaldon, rooming housekeeper, is the patient. She is improving rapidly. Her case was well-developed before any knowledge of it came to anyone responsible. There are six roomers in the house and cottages belonging to it, which are near the (African American) church on East Railroad Avenue, and they are being kept there. It is not believed there will be any spread of the disease.



Susan Johnson has lived in Flagstaff for over 30 years and loves to delve into her adopted hometown鈥檚 past. She has written two books for the History Press, Haunted Flagstaff and Flagstaff鈥檚 Walkup Family Murders, and, with her son Nick, manages Freaky Foot Tours. You鈥檒l find her hiking the trails with her corgi, Shimmer.

All events were taken from issues of the Arizona Daily Sun and its predecessors, the Coconino Weekly Sun and the Coconino Sun.



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