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Edward Ambrose Tovrea (March 20, 1861 – February 7, 1932) was an American entrepreneur who is best known as a prominent Arizona cattle baron. [1] Tovrea Castle. Edward Tovrea was born at Sparta in Randolph County, Illinois. He was the owner of Tovrea Stockyards in Phoenix. Tovrea opened his stockyard operation in 1919.
Tovrea was born in Phoenix, Arizona to Philip Edward Tovrea Sr. and Helen Green Tovrea. His family was involved in the family cattle business in Arizona. His uncle Edward A. Tovrea, known as a Cattle Baron, established the Tovrea Packing Company in 1919, the base from which the Tovrea family made its fortune.
Greenwood Memory Lawn Mortuary & Cemetery is the official name given to a cemetery located at 2300 West Van Buren Street in Phoenix, Arizona owned by Dignity Memorial.The cemetery, which resulted as a merger of two historical cemeteries, Greenwood Memorial Park and Memory Lawn Memorial Park, is the final resting place of various notable former residents of Arizona.
The Tovrea Stockyards were stockyards operated by the Tovrea Land and Cattle Company that existed in Phoenix, Arizona. Existing on 200 acres, it was once considered the largest feedlot in the world, until encroaching development led to its eventual closure in the late-20th century.
Tovrea is a surname. Notable people with the surname include: ... Edward A. Tovrea (1861–1932), American cattle baron; Philip Edward Tovrea Jr. (1920–1982 ...
Ed Pastor – U.S. House of Representatives [395] Mary Peters – U.S. Secretary of Transportation [396] DeForest Porter – mayor of Phoenix; Justice, Arizona Territory Supreme Court [397] Ben Quayle – former U.S. representative [398] Dan Quayle – former U.S. Vice President [399] William H. Rehnquist – Chief Justice, U.S. Supreme Court ...
The Tovrea Castle was built between December 1929 and January 1931 and is located at 5041 E. Van Buren St. 'the house is listed on the National Register of Historic Places on Oct. 1, 1996. The Judge Fred C. Jacobs House was built in 1928 and is located at 6224 N. Central Avenue.
Phoebe Millicent Hearst Cooke (July 13, 1927 – November 18, 2012) was an American businesswoman, philanthropist and heiress of the wealthy Hearst family.She served on the board of directors of the Hearst Corporation from 1962 to 1998.