The man known as the “Father of Arizona” passed away nearly penniless in Phoenix. Today, his grave sits beneath a stone pyramid near Florence 🌵👀 Charles Debrille Poston helped push for Arizona to become its own territory in 1863, separate from New Mexico. He later became Arizona’s first territorial delegate to Congress, but his political success didn’t last. After election losses, failed ventures and years moving between government jobs, Poston struggled financially. In 1899, the territorial legislature recognized his contributions and granted him a $25 monthly pension, later increased to $35. He passed away in 1902 and was initially buried in Phoenix. But Poston had wanted to rest on a hill near Florence, where he once planned to build a religious temple that never materialized. In 1925, his remains were moved there, beneath the pyramid at what’s now called Poston Butte. He helped establish Arizona Territory but never lived to see it become a state in 1912. Have you ever seen ...