The Tucson and Southern Arizona Exhibition Hall
This Tucson Exhibition Hall focuses on the southern one-third of the current State of Arizona. Tucson is its largest city.
The cities and towns of Yuma, Nogales, Bisbee, and Tombstone all were part of the Jewish Pioneer period in Southern Arizona.
Contents
Early Jewish Pioneers of Tucson & Southern Arizona
Nathan Benjamin Appel: First Jewish Settler in Arizona
Dr. Herman Bendell: Superintendent of Indian Affairs, Arizona Territory
Rosa Katzenstein Drachman: “Tough” Pioneer Woman of Tucson, Arizona
Philip Drachman: Early Pioneer of Tucson, Arizona
Samuel H. Drachman: Tucson Tobacco Merchant and Community Leader
Abraham H. Emanuel: Pioneer Mayor of Tombstone
Leopold Ephraim: Arizona Jewish Merchant & Miner
Fred Fleishman: Jewish Pioneer Druggist of Tucson, Arizona
The Marcus Goldbaum Family of Tucson
Hyman Goldberg: Tucson Indefatigable Early Jewish Pioneer
Isaac Goldberg: Early Jewish Pioneer of the Arizona Territory
Isaac & Jacob Isaacson: Original Pioneer Brothers of Isaacson/Nogales, Arizona [Updated by family]
Lionel and Barron, The Jacobs Brothers of Tucson, Arizona: Merchants & Bankers
John B. “Black Jack” Newman: Jewish Miner, Developer & Farmer
Hattie Ferrin Solomon: First Jewish Girl Born, Educated & Wed in Tucson
Charles Moses Strauss: First Jewish Mayor of Tucson
Louis Zeckendorf: Pioneer Jewish Merchant of Tucson
William Zeckendorf: Flamboyant Tucson Jewish Merchant
Organizations
From Arizona’s First Synagogue to the Jewish History Museum of Tucson
