{"id":24,"date":"2021-04-28T22:37:55","date_gmt":"2021-04-28T22:37:55","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/in.nau.edu\/hat-ranch\/?page_id=24"},"modified":"2026-02-17T19:26:49","modified_gmt":"2026-02-17T19:26:49","slug":"hat-ranch-history","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/in.nau.edu\/hat-ranch\/home\/hat-ranch-history\/","title":{"rendered":"Hat Ranch History"},"content":{"rendered":"

Hat Ranch History<\/h1>\n

The Hat Ranch, historically known as the Quarter Circle XX, hosted many notable figures in American history.<\/p>\n

Isabella Greenway<\/strong> (1886-1953) bought the Ranch in 1928. She served in the U.S. House of Representatives from 1933-1936 as the sole representative from Arizona. (At the time, Arizona\u2019s population was small, so it was entitled to only one representative.) Isabella won a statewide election, defeating two men, and was re-elected for a second term.<\/p>\n

While still in her teens, Isabella became friends with\u00a0Eleanor Roosevelt<\/strong>\u00a0(1884-1962). They remained close friends until Isabella\u2019s death.<\/p>\n

Eleanor sent two of her teenaged sons to work as cowhands on Isabella\u2019s ranch because she thought the boys needed to be toughened up. One of the Rockefeller boys joined them. When they went to town for their mail and told the postmistress their names, she refused to believe them. \u201cLawrence Rockefeller and Johnny Roosevelt?\u201d she snorted. \u201cYes, and I\u2019m the Queen of Rumania!\u201d<\/p>\n

Eleanor\u2019s husband,\u00a0Franklin D. Roosevelt<\/strong> (1882-1945), was running for president in 1932. Isabella played an important part in his nomination at the Democratic convention. Franklin visited the ranch on September 25, 1932 during a campaign tour of the West. There he met Arizona Congressman\u00a0Lewis W. Douglas<\/strong>\u00a0(1894-1974) whom he later named to serve as his Director of the Budget.<\/p>\n

Isabella\u2019s son, Jack Greenway, went to high school with George H. W. Bush in the late 1930s. By 1963, Bush had a 16-year-old son,\u00a0George W. Bush<\/strong>. In the tradition of Eleanor Roosevelt, George, Sr. asked Jack if his son could work at the ranch for a summer. George built fences and did other odd jobs for the foreman.<\/p>\n

The ranch\u2019s last private owner, Bazy Tankersley<\/strong>, was notable in her own right as a cattlewoman and breeder of Arabian horses.<\/p>\n\n

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