Special thanks to the late Dr. Bernard L. Fontana for research assistance and advice on numerous Street Smarts articles. Also, reader Gilbert Haro for suggesting this street name.
Phone interview and emails from Dr. Phil Dodson, great-nephew of James Dodson
Emails from Donna (Dodson) Fraser, great-great-niece of James Dodson
World War I Registration Card (James Dodson DOB info)
Benjamin C. Dodson (1870 & 1880 U.S. Census Adair County, Mo)
Note on the appointment of B.C.Dodson to Road Overseer, Weekly Graphic (Kirksville, Mo.), Aug. 24, 1888
Married, Bryant-Dodson, Weekly Graphic (Kirksville, Mo.) April 19, 1895
Marriage Record (Herbert "Hert" Bryant & Flora Dodson) on April 15, 1895, Missouri, Marriage Records, 1805-2002
Married, Dodson-Scobie, The San Francisco Call, July 30, 1899
Marriage Index (J.W. Dodson & A.J. Linhart) on Dec. 11, 1899, California, Marriage Records from Select Counties, 1850-1941
Drs. Dodson--Osteopathists ad, 1902 Oakland City Directory
Dr. John and James Dodson 1910 U.S. Census, Eden Township, Alameda County, California
Hebert E. and Flora Bryant 1910 U.S. Census, New Precinct, Cochise, Calif.
Herbert Bryant, 1918 World War I Registration Card
James Raymond Dodson World War I Registration Card
1918, 1919, Tucson City Directory
1919 Fernall Dodson birth certificate
"Growth of Menlo Park Is Surprise To Visitors," Arizona Daily Star, March 9, 1920
1920 Arizona Business Directory
Menlo Park, Menlo Park Annex & South Menlo Park plat maps and Amendment and Supplemental Map
C.L. Sonnichsen, "Tucson: The Life and Times of an American City," University of Oklahoma Press, 1982
Henry F. Dobyns, "Spanish Colonial Tucson," University of Arizona Press, 1976
J. George Hilzinger, "Treasure Land 1897: A Handbook of Tucson and Southern Arizona," The Rio Grande Press, 1969 (pgs. 19-20)
City of Tucson, Sentinel Peak online info: https://www.tucsonaz.gov/preservation/city-owned-historic-destinations
Byrd Howell Granger, "Arizona Names: X Marks The Place," Treasure Chest Publications, 1983 (pg. 553)
"Sentinel Peak," Arizona Daily Star, March 28, 1878
Civil War note, Arizona Daily Star, Sept. 8, 1883
"Sentinel Peak," Arizona Weekly Citizen, Sept. 1, 1883
David R. Wilcox and Stephen M. Larson, "Introduction To The Tumamoc Hill Survey," The Kiva, Vol. 45, Nos. 1-2, 1979
G.E.P. Smith, The Story of The Acquisition of Sentinel Hill Park (AHS files)
"Historic Spot Long Property Of The People, Drachman Says," Tucson Citizen, Oct. 1, 1925 (Mose Drachman interview)
"A Stereoscopic View," Arizona Daily Star, March 15, 1884 (Picket Post Butte)
1880 Official map of the Territory of Arizona by E.A. Eckhoff (AHS) (Picket Post Butte)
1881 Territory of Arizona map (In Private Collection) (Picket Post Butte)
Board of Regents of the University of Arizona, Tucson Chamber of Commerce et. al. vs. James R. and Christine Dodson (Legal Case--AHS Files)
"Private Owner Keeps Title To Sentinel Peak," Unknown Paper, Jan. 23, 1925
"Cost of Beautifying Barren Tract Will Be Prohibitive, He Feels," Unknown Paper, Jan. 23, 1925
"No Trespassing Sign Adorning Sentinel Peak," Arizona Daily Star, Feb. 7, 1925
"All of Sentinel Peak or None, Says Mayor as Council Hires Lawyers to Contest Claims of Private Owners," Unknown Paper, Feb. 8, 1925
"Park Committee Asks Council Endeavor To Get Sentinel Peak," Unknown Paper, Feb. 8, 1925
"'A' Mountain Claimed By Private Interests As City Council Protests," Unknown Paper, Feb. 10, 1925
"Papers Signed In Appeal For Sentinel Peak," Tucson Citizen, March 9, 1925
"Claimant to Sentinel Peak Land Is Missing as Date of Hearing Is Set," Unknown Paper, July 15, 1925
James Dodson Death Inquest (Arizona, County Coroner & Death Records, 1881-1971)
"Dodson Slayer Once Before In Shooting Case," Arizona Daily Star, Aug. 23, 1925
"Other Shooting Told By Victim," Arizona Daily Star, Aug. 23, 1925
J.F. Weadock, "I Shot The Man Who Wrecked My Home, Says Slayer As He Surrenders to Police Chief," Arizona Daily Star, Aug. 23, 1925
J.F. Weadock, "Alfred Shackleford To Begin Fight To Escape Gallows This Morning," Arizona Daily Star, Oct. 5, 1925
"Shackleford Insane Is Testimony of Schnabel In Dodson Murder Case," Arizona Daily Star, Oct. 9, 1925 (Life insurance note)
"Shackleford Is Cleared of Murder, Tucson Citizen, Oct. 11, 1925
J.F. Weadock, "Shackleford Acquitted," Arizona Daily Star, Oct. 11, 1925
"Dodson Insurance Is Given To Wife," Arizona Daily Star, Nov. 13, 1925
"History of Sentinel Peak Will Be Stressed In Land Case To Be Opened Today," Arizona Daily Star, Oct. 9, 1925
"Old Residents Tell Of Uses of Sentinel Peak During Old Days Here," Arizona Daily Star, Oct. 10, 1925 (Herbert Drachman interview)
"History of 'A' On Peak Told," Arizona Daily Star, Oct. 11, 1925
"Sentinel Peak Hearing Is Continued Until Tuesday, A Cost of $6,000 Revealed," Tucson Citizen, Oct. 11, 1925
"Sentinel Peak Value Fixed At $100 Per Acre," Arizona Daily Star, Oct. 14, 1925
"City Wins 'A' Mountain," Arizona Daily Star, March 4, 1926
"Dodson's Lose All Claim to Sentinel Peak," Arizona Daily Star, July 29, 1926
"Sentinel Peak Case Decided For Tucson By Int. Department," Tucson Citizen, Feb. 21, 1927
"Mayor Orders Purchase of 200 Acres On Peak for City Park," Tucson Citizen, March 1, 1927
"Sentinel Peak Now Tucson's Every Dodson claim Denied," Arizona Daily Star, Nov. 18, 1928
"Seeks Use For Sentinel Peak," Arizona Daily Star, Nov. 25, 1928
"Tucson's Mountain Park," Tucson Daily Citizen, July 1, 1929
"We Must Perfect Our Title," Tucson Daily Citizen, Aug. 15, 1929
"Sentinel Peak Road Assured," Arizona Daily Star, Jan. 25, 1930
"Sentinel Peak and Mt. Lemmon," Arizona Daily Star, Sept. 28, 1930
"Why A Road to 'A' Mountain," Arizona Daily Star, Jan. 31, 1931
"Mountain Park Plans Pushed by Councilmen," Arizona Daily Star, Feb. 17, 1931
"Scenic Road Job Started By City," Arizona Daily Star, March 1, 1931
"'A' Mountain Road Is Near Reality," Arizona Daily Star, March 18, 1931
"Sentinel Peak Work Will Start," Tucson Citizen, April 11, 1931
"Scenic Route Start Planned," Arizona Daily Star, April 24, 1931
"Sentinel Peak's Challenge To Society Told To D.A.R," Arizona Daily Star, March 15, 1933
