Mesa Ranch School
The Evans School for Boys in Mesa, Arizona was established in 1902 by H. David Evans, a Briton with a Cambridge education who arrived in Arizona in 1899.[1] It was designed to offer students from the eastern seaboard a western ranch lifestyle in a "dry and equable climate". Modeled as western equivalent of Philips Andover, the Evans School was a college preparatory academy for 20 boys ages 15–18.[1][2] Life at the school was described as "simple, even rough, the boys living each in his own cabin, keeping horses and making camping trips."[2] In the mountains near Flagstaff the school maintained a summer tutoring camp.[3]
The Mesa Campus was located 2½ miles SE of downtown Mesa on El Rancho Bonito near the modern intersection of Stapley Dr and Southern Ave. In 1922 the school was renamed the Mesa Ranch School,[4] a name it retained until it was destroyed by fire in 1943.[5]
Notable alumni
- Grenville Goodwin, anthropologist [6]
- Jonathan Latimer, writer [7]
- John Davis Lodge, Congressman, Connecticut Governor, and Ambassador [8]
- Tad Nichols, filmmaker and photographer
- Archie & Quentin Roosevelt, the youngest sons of President Theodore Roosevelt[9]
- William H. Vanderbilt III, Governor of Rhode Island [10]
References
- ↑ 1.0 1.1 LOUIS C. HUGHES (1916) Arizona, prehistoric, aboriginal, pioneer, modern; the nation's youngest commonwealth within a land of ancient culture. p. 58. CHICAGO: THE S. J. CLARKE PUBLISHING CO.
- ↑ 2.0 2.1 Porter Sergeant (1922) A Handbook of American Private Schools: An Annual Survey, 7th Edition. p. 136-137. Cambridge, MA: The Cosmos Press.
- ↑ Porter E. Sergeant (1915) A Handbook Of The Best Private Schools Of The United States And Canada An Annual Publication, 1st Edition. p. 86. Boston: Porter Sergeant.
- ↑ "MEMORIAL TO LIONEL F. BRADY (1880–1963)". GSA Bulletin (August 1965; v. 76; no. 8; p. P113-P116) (Geological Society of America).
- ↑ "AHF Subject Photograph Collection". Arizona Historical Foundation. Unknown parameter
|Folder=ignored (help); Unknown parameter|Box=ignored (help) - ↑ Dan L. Thrapp (1991) Encyclopedia of Frontier Biography, Volume 2: G-O, Lincoln: University of Nebraska Press ISBN 080329419
- ↑ "Register of the Jonathan Latimer, Miscellaneous Scripts and Screenplays". Retrieved 2009-08-12.
- ↑ "Arlington National Cemetery Website: John Davis Lodge Captain, United States Navy Member of Congress - American Diplomat". Retrieved 2009-08-12.
- ↑ Theodore Roosevelt (1916) A Book-Lover’s Holidays in the Open, New York: Charles Scribner’s sons.
- ↑ "Register to the William H. Vanderbilt Papers". University of Rhode Island Library Special Collections and Archives. Retrieved 2009-08-12.