Franz, Margaret "Peg"

This interview was recorded on April 10th, 2024 in Tucson, Arizona and it covers the following themes:  

b. 1934 

  • Family background in Wisconsin. Move to Tucson in 1958 to take over a wholesale garden supply business with husband and in-laws at the defunct Diamond T Ranch. 

  • First impressions of Tucson. Moving to far east side near Houghton and 22nd. 

  • Changes in plant wholesale business. Summer in Tucson. 

  • Life on the far east side: sending children to small, rural school in Vail in early 1960s. Corona de Tucson, horseback riding, Saguaro National Monument. 

  • Sale of family business to larger chain. Selling gardening hardgoods. 

  • Growth of Tucson and perceived decline in friendliness. 

  • Rocking K ranch development. 

  • Rezoning for the All Faiths Memorial Park. Wells and water use. 

  • Traffic. 

  • Calvert’s Saguaro Corners Restaurant. 

Aengus Anderson