February 29, 2024
1884 PRESCOTT Arizona Territory Grover Cleveland Democratic Invitation
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Original 1884 Prescott, Arizona Territory Grover Cleveland Democratic Ratification Invitation Rare Arizona Territory political ephemera. Invitation to the Cleveland & Hendricks Democratic Ratifiacation and Barbecue. Invitation measures 3" x 4 /12". It is printed on a heavy card stock. It was removed from a scrap book and there is a bit of paper adhered to the back. it is in otherwise very good condition. This is part of the B.A. Fickas collection of Tombstone and Arizona Territory photos, documents and ephemera that I will be listing over the next few weeks. B.A. Fickas was a prominent figure in Tombstone and Territorial Arizona as an entrepreneur, businessman, newspaperman and public servent. He relocated from San Diego to Tombstone, AT in 1878. He ran for mayor of Tombstone in January of 1880 and was narrowly defeated. While in Tombstone he served as a member of the Eleventh Territorial Legislature, where he was instrumental in the formation of Cochise County and as Clerk of the Cochise County District Court. He was the first Grand Chancellor of the Knights of Pythias of Arizona and served as Commander of Tombstone's Burnside Post, Grand Army of the Republic in 1882. He relocated to Phoenix in 1887 where he served as Maricopa County Undersheriff from 1888 to 1889. He also served as President of the Phoenix School Board, as
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