Original 1884 TOMBSTONE, ARIZONA Territory Invitation Card

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Original 1884 TOMBSTONE, ARIZONA Territory Invitation Invitation to the Knights of Pythias Ball at Schieffelin Hall in the wild west town of Tombstone, Arizona. The invitation is printed on card stock and folded over at the top. It measures 2 1/2" x 10" opened and 2 1/2" x 5" closed. It was removed from a scrap book and there is some paper adhered to the blank inside of the card. It is in otherwise excellent 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 servant. 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 read more

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