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
- Grenville Goodwin, anthropologist [6]
- Jonathan Latimer, writer [7]
- John Davis Lodge, Congressman, Governor of Connecticut, and United States Ambassador to Spain
- Archie & Quentin Roosevelt, the youngest sons of President Theodore Roosevelt [8]
- Leverett A. Saltonstall, U.S. Senator from Massachusetts
- William H. Vanderbilt III, Governor of Rhode Island [9]
See also
References
- ^ a b 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.
- ^ a b Porter Sergeant (1922) A Handbook of American Private Schools: An Annual Survey, 7th Edition. pp. 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)" (PDF). GSA Bulletin. No. August 1965, v. 76, no. 8, p. pp. 113–116. Geological Society of America.
- ^ "AHF Subject Photograph Collection" (PDF). Arizona Historical Foundation. Box 47, folder 6.
- ^ Dan L. Thrapp (1991) Encyclopedia of Frontier Biography, Volume 2: G-O, Lincoln: University of Nebraska Press ISBN 0-8032-9419-0
- ^ "Register of the Jonathan Latimer, Miscellaneous Scripts and Screenplays". 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.