Still in City Hall But Moving On

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Still in City Hall.

Down the hall from the Buick Convertible is a wall of honor. All of the employees for the city who have been in the service are honored with a flag hung under the branch of service they were in. I thought that was a really neat thing to do.

 Farther down the hall and around the corner is a grand old fire truck which is the Yuma Fire Department's first fire engine. It is a 1916 American La France Ford Model T. 

It was originally a hand cranked starter which was replaced in 1922 when it was converted to electric starter. 

The wood Carousel in City Hall was carved by the Yuma North End Wood Carvers for Yuma's Centennial celebration in 2014.

Pictures of other interesting things in City Hall. 

 

Our next stop is to find Robert G. Fowler. On September 11, 1911 Bob took off from San Francisco to become the first person to traverse from the West Coast to the East Coast.  

 

He was flying a Wright Model B that he purchased from Orville and Wilbur Wright who taught him to fly.

 Bob left Los Angeles (a stop on his flight across the US) October 19, 1911 and on October 25, 1911 because the first pilot to land in Arizona. His statue is on 4th Avenue next to the Yuma Landing Restaurant.

 

Okay Blogger, let's just start centering everything!

 We still have more to see and do but that will be in the next blog.