"Josiah Bond was a pioneer of Santa Cruz County, Arizona. Born in Kenosha, Wisconsin, Josiah graduated from the Colorado School of Mines and worked as a mining engineer in Mexico, before marrying and settling down in the little mining town of Alto, Arizona, in 1906. That year he built a modest adobe house, one room of which served as the official Alto Post Office from 1907 to 1933. Josiah's wife, Minnie, was postmaster and also a schoolteacher. After her tragic death by lightning in 1922, Josiah became the postmaster and schoolteacher. He was also a talented poet who wrote "Arizuma," a tale of the Conquistadors' search for a lost vein of ore. Josiah spent the remainder of his life in Alto raising children and never remarried. He was buried in the Alto Cemetery on September 12, 1938."
"Josiah Bond was a pioneer of Santa Cruz County, Arizona. Born in Kenosha, Wisconsin, Josiah graduated from the Colorado School of Mines and worked as a mining engineer in Mexico, before marrying and settling down in the little mining town of Alto, Arizona, in 1906. That year he built a modest adobe house, one room of which served as the official Alto Post Office from 1907 to 1933. Josiah's wife, Minnie, was postmaster and also a schoolteacher. After her tragic death by lightning in 1922, Josiah became the postmaster and schoolteacher. He was also a talented poet who wrote "Arizuma," a tale of the Conquistadors' search for a lost vein of ore. Josiah spent the remainder of his life in Alto raising children and never remarried. He was buried in the Alto Cemetery on September 12, 1938."
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