Wickenburg Sun (Wickenburg, Arizona)
Wednesday, April 22, 2020, p. A-5
Clara Cooke passed away in March at the age of 96. She lived in Wickenburg for most of her life.
The Sun published an article featuring her in 2018.
There will not be a service as she requested to be cremated.
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Wickenburg Sun (Wickenburg, Arizona)
Thursday, February 5, 1981, p. 6
Morristown Might Well Have Been Known As Laskowskyville
Laskowskyville might have been the designated title of the area known as Morristown had John Laskowsky arrived on the scene a few years sooner. Like his predecessor, Henry Wickenburg, Laskowsky found gold in a piece of quartz. Unlike Ole Henry, John's find was the culmination of an eighteen year search in the area seven miles north of Morristown, rather than the result of throwing a piece of quartz at a stubborn mule!!
It was February 1948 when Laskowsky, at 59 years of age, found a quartz stone webbed with gold. In two weeks time he was able to mine $2,000 worth of gold, nearly a $29,000 yield by todays prices.
John Laskowsky's story was carried by The Wickenburg Sun, Phoenix papers and the United Press. Reportedly, John flew to Minneapolis in April of '48 to escape curiosity seekers who were making constant demands on his time. His strike was recognized by the mining industry, the Arizona Department of Resources and the U.S. Mint at San Francisco.
Laskowsky's children, Clara, Carl and John, still have vivid memories of the "Gold Rush" of '48. Eldest daughter, Clara Cooke, still resides in Morristown with her husband and her mother, Clara Williams. Clara is the proprietor of the ABC Antique Shop, and every year at this time displays old mining tools in her window to commemorate the "Gold Rush Days" of both Wickenburg and her late father, John Laskowsky.
Wednesday, April 22, 2020, p. A-5
Clara Cooke passed away in March at the age of 96. She lived in Wickenburg for most of her life.
The Sun published an article featuring her in 2018.
There will not be a service as she requested to be cremated.
~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
Wickenburg Sun (Wickenburg, Arizona)
Thursday, February 5, 1981, p. 6
Morristown Might Well Have Been Known As Laskowskyville
Laskowskyville might have been the designated title of the area known as Morristown had John Laskowsky arrived on the scene a few years sooner. Like his predecessor, Henry Wickenburg, Laskowsky found gold in a piece of quartz. Unlike Ole Henry, John's find was the culmination of an eighteen year search in the area seven miles north of Morristown, rather than the result of throwing a piece of quartz at a stubborn mule!!
It was February 1948 when Laskowsky, at 59 years of age, found a quartz stone webbed with gold. In two weeks time he was able to mine $2,000 worth of gold, nearly a $29,000 yield by todays prices.
John Laskowsky's story was carried by The Wickenburg Sun, Phoenix papers and the United Press. Reportedly, John flew to Minneapolis in April of '48 to escape curiosity seekers who were making constant demands on his time. His strike was recognized by the mining industry, the Arizona Department of Resources and the U.S. Mint at San Francisco.
Laskowsky's children, Clara, Carl and John, still have vivid memories of the "Gold Rush" of '48. Eldest daughter, Clara Cooke, still resides in Morristown with her husband and her mother, Clara Williams. Clara is the proprietor of the ABC Antique Shop, and every year at this time displays old mining tools in her window to commemorate the "Gold Rush Days" of both Wickenburg and her late father, John Laskowsky.
Wickenburg Sun (Wickenburg, Arizona)
Wednesday, April 22, 2020, p. A-5
Clara Cooke passed away in March at the age of 96. She lived in Wickenburg for most of her life.
The Sun published an article featuring her in 2018.
There will not be a service as she requested to be cremated.
~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
Wickenburg Sun (Wickenburg, Arizona)
Thursday, February 5, 1981, p. 6
Morristown Might Well Have Been Known As Laskowskyville
Laskowskyville might have been the designated title of the area known as Morristown had John Laskowsky arrived on the scene a few years sooner. Like his predecessor, Henry Wickenburg, Laskowsky found gold in a piece of quartz. Unlike Ole Henry, John's find was the culmination of an eighteen year search in the area seven miles north of Morristown, rather than the result of throwing a piece of quartz at a stubborn mule!!
It was February 1948 when Laskowsky, at 59 years of age, found a quartz stone webbed with gold. In two weeks time he was able to mine $2,000 worth of gold, nearly a $29,000 yield by todays prices.
John Laskowsky's story was carried by The Wickenburg Sun, Phoenix papers and the United Press. Reportedly, John flew to Minneapolis in April of '48 to escape curiosity seekers who were making constant demands on his time. His strike was recognized by the mining industry, the Arizona Department of Resources and the U.S. Mint at San Francisco.
Laskowsky's children, Clara, Carl and John, still have vivid memories of the "Gold Rush" of '48. Eldest daughter, Clara Cooke, still resides in Morristown with her husband and her mother, Clara Williams. Clara is the proprietor of the ABC Antique Shop, and every year at this time displays old mining tools in her window to commemorate the "Gold Rush Days" of both Wickenburg and her late father, John Laskowsky.
Wednesday, April 22, 2020, p. A-5
Clara Cooke passed away in March at the age of 96. She lived in Wickenburg for most of her life.
The Sun published an article featuring her in 2018.
There will not be a service as she requested to be cremated.
~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
Wickenburg Sun (Wickenburg, Arizona)
Thursday, February 5, 1981, p. 6
Morristown Might Well Have Been Known As Laskowskyville
Laskowskyville might have been the designated title of the area known as Morristown had John Laskowsky arrived on the scene a few years sooner. Like his predecessor, Henry Wickenburg, Laskowsky found gold in a piece of quartz. Unlike Ole Henry, John's find was the culmination of an eighteen year search in the area seven miles north of Morristown, rather than the result of throwing a piece of quartz at a stubborn mule!!
It was February 1948 when Laskowsky, at 59 years of age, found a quartz stone webbed with gold. In two weeks time he was able to mine $2,000 worth of gold, nearly a $29,000 yield by todays prices.
John Laskowsky's story was carried by The Wickenburg Sun, Phoenix papers and the United Press. Reportedly, John flew to Minneapolis in April of '48 to escape curiosity seekers who were making constant demands on his time. His strike was recognized by the mining industry, the Arizona Department of Resources and the U.S. Mint at San Francisco.
Laskowsky's children, Clara, Carl and John, still have vivid memories of the "Gold Rush" of '48. Eldest daughter, Clara Cooke, still resides in Morristown with her husband and her mother, Clara Williams. Clara is the proprietor of the ABC Antique Shop, and every year at this time displays old mining tools in her window to commemorate the "Gold Rush Days" of both Wickenburg and her late father, John Laskowsky.
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