Points of Interest
Below is a listing of locations and how they are of interest to the Dickinson family.
Old Town Cottonwood
Main Street Cottonwood, AZ
Dickinson Store and Post Office
North of 1045 N Main Cottonwood near the jail.
The building was torn down in 1960 according to the local historian Glenda Farley.
The Strahan family sold the property and store to the Samuel Cotton Dickinson family. Edward V. Dickinson took over the Cottonwood Post Office as postmaster on January 18, 1904, and was followed by Frank Dickinson on August 4, 1905. The Dickinson family sold the property and store to Alonzo "Lon" Mason.
Movie Theatre
914 N Main St now The Tavern Grill
Helen's sister, Alta Mae Dickinson, sold tickets and her cousin took tickets at the movie theater.
Boarding House
913 N Main Street
Frank and Hulda Dickinson’s family lived across the street from the movie theater.
Hulda ran the upstairs boarding house. Alta May sold tickets at the movie theatre and her boyfriend ran the projector.
Vaudrey Dickinson's House
This is a private home, please do not disturb occupants.
115 E Pinal St, Cottonwood, AZ 86326
Click here to view photo
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Fort Verde
125 E Hollamon St, Camp Verde, AZ 86322
Wedding photos of Frank Lee Dickinson and Hulda Susan Smith Dickinson are on the wall in one of the buildings.
Vaudrey Samuel Dickinson was born at Fort Verde October 4, 1900.
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Montezuma Well National Monument
5525 E Beaver Creek Rd, Rimrock, AZ
In 1888, William Back and his wife Marjorie Ann Dickinson Back traded two horsed for the ranch.
They had seven children. Mildred (Fain) was the oldest, then came Fred, Bertha, Harry, twins Jessie and Jennie, and William. When Bill traded for the Well property, neighbors thought he got a bad deal because the land was wild, covered with cat's-claw and mesquite.
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V Bar V Ranch
6750 Forest Service Rd 618, Rimrock, AZ 86335
Once owned by Frank and William Dickinson.
This is now open to the public with a visitor center, restroom and bookstore operated by the Forest Service.
The Crane Petroglyph Heritage Site and the Arizona Natural History Association are located on site.
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Fallen Lawmen marker Jerome
305 Main St, Jerome, AZ
See photo in the chapter “Lawmen”
This plaque is located outside the Jerome Police Department.
Two of the 4 lawmen listed have ties to the Dickinson family.
James Hawkins married Mariah May Dickinson, sister of Frank Lee.
The murderer of James Lowry was killed by Frank Lee Dickinson.
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Flagstaff Homes
223 W. Cherry Flagstaff, AZ William Green Dickinson House 1895
House 601 N. Leroux Flagstaff, AZ William Green Dickinson 1910-1916
304 E. Birch Flagstaff, AZ Frank Lee Dickinson House 1910-1916
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Cottonwood Cemetery Grave Sites
599 N Main St, Cottonwood, Az
Margie Ann Dickinson Back 17 Sep 1862 – 3 Jul 1926
Owned Montezuma’s Well. Frank Lee’s sister.
Alfred “Alf” Dickinson
21 Jul 1870 – 26 Apr 1940
Plot info: C 435
Frank Lee’s brother
Bernice May Dickinson
6 Oct 1923 – 8 Nov 1923
Plot info C 441
Daughter of George Arthur Dickinson
Charles Dickinson
Aug 1853 – 5 Dec 1926
Plot info C 429
Son of Samuel Cotton Dickinson and Adline Green Dickinson. Frank Lee’s half-brother.
Edward Virgil Dickinson
1 Aug 1872 – 17 Jul 1958
Plot info C 448
Frank Lee’s brother
Frank Lee Dickinson
13 Jan 1867 – 22 Oct 1925
Plot info: C 449
Diana Rowe’s grandfather. Jessica Rowe’s, Chris & Micheal Moxcey’s great grandfather
George Arthur Dickinson
28 Feb 1897 – 21 Jan 1975
Plot info: C 451
Son of Charles and Martha Dickinson
Ida May Van Deren Dickinson
28 May 1876 – 24 Oct 1945
Plot info C 434
Wife of Alfred “Alf” Dickinson
Leroy Archie “Roy” Dickinson
25 Feb 1887 – 7 Jul 1937
Plot info C 426
Son of Charles and Martha Dickinson
Martha Priscilla Burford Dickinson
1 Feb 1863 – 15 May 1931
Plot info C 428
Wife of Charles Dickinson.
Nancy Jane Green Dickinson
22 Apr 1836 – 7 Nov 1916
Plot info: C 436
Second wife of Samuel Cotton Dickinson. Frank Lee’s mother. Diana Rowe’s great grandmother
Samuel Cotton Dickinson
16 Aug 1827 – 7 Jan 1907
Plot info: C 437
Frank Lee’s father, Diana Rowe’s great grandfather
Walter Edwin Dickinson
23 Sep 1899 – 21 May 1946
Plot info: C 433
Son of Alfred “Alf” Dickinson and Ida May Van Deren Dickinson
William Green “Willy” Dickinson
29 Sep 1868 – 10 Sep 1931
Plot info: C 427
Frank Lee’s brother, first Deputy Sheriff of Cottonwood, elected Sheriff of Coconino County.
Mildred Back Fain
17 Sep 1879 - 13 Jan 1967 (aged 87)
Niece of Frank Lee, wife of Dan Grandville Fain, grandmother of AZ Senator Norman Fain founder of Prescott Valley. Read the last chapter of the book “Amazing Girls of Arizona by Jan Cleere.
Dovie May Dickinson Fisher
7 Aug 1882 - 20 May 1968 (aged 85)
Plot info
Daughter of Charles and Martha Dickinson
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Squaw Peak Cemetery in Camp Verde, AZ
4983 Winchester Trail, Camp Verde, AZ
GEO coordinates: Latitude: 34.49576, Longitude: -111.83199
Diana and Bill Rowe have visited this site. I was hard to find and on private land, please be respectful.
More details and photo in Cemeteries folder.
M C Smith Gravesite (photo below)
Father of Hulda Susan Smith Dickinson Marshall 1881–1985, Diana Rowe’s great-grandfather.
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Mountain View Funeral Home and Cemetery
7900 E Main St Mesa, Arizona
Helen May Dickinson Moxcey
Birth 14 May 1917 Verde Valley Arizona
Death 2017 (aged 99–100)
Buried alongside her husband Roland Stockwell Moxcey
Mother of Richard Loise Moxcey and Diana Kathleen Rowe
Loving Grandmother of Chris, Jessica and Micheal.
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Valley Memorial Park Cemetery
Also known as Heritage Valley Memorial Park Cemetery
6894 AZ-287, Coolidge, AZ
Hulda Susan Smith Dickinson Marshall
Born 2 Nov 1881 Missouri
Death 5 Dec 1985 (aged 104) Florence, Arizona
Plot Sec X
Frank Lee’s wife
