Mesa_Ranch_School

Mesa Ranch School

Mesa Ranch School

Former boys school in Arizona

The Mesa Ranch School was a ranch school in Mesa, Arizona, that 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 Phillips Academy, 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 2+1⁄2 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

See also

References

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    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.
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    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.
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    "AHF Subject Photograph Collection" (PDF). Arizona Historical Foundation. Box 47, folder 6.
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    "Register of the Jonathan Latimer, Miscellaneous Scripts and Screenplays". Retrieved 2009-08-12.
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    Theodore Roosevelt (1916) A Book-Lover’s Holidays in the Open, New York: Charles Scribner’s sons.
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    "Register to the William H. Vanderbilt Papers". University of Rhode Island Library Special Collections and Archives. Retrieved 2009-08-12.

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