Elaine Sulger gets postmistress job
This article in the Tombstone Epitaph of April 19, 1962 tells that Mrs. Elaine Sulger was named to the be Huachuca City postmistress for the newly created post office.
High school class history - 1939
This page from the 1939 Tombstone High School yearbook tells about the history of the senior class that year.
Included in this class were Elaine Costello (Sulger), who would become the first Huachuca City postmistress, and David Sulger, who would be the first mayor of Huachuca City. Elaine and her sister Evelyn had been in the same class since first grade.
Tombstone school board - 1968
This pictures from the 1968 Tombstone High School yearbook show the school board that year, including superintendent James Clark, Elaine Sulger, Howard Lindsey, Sam Arnold, Houston Davids, and Lloyd George.
THS school board - 1963
This is a picture of the Tombstone Unified School District in 1963, which included Elaine Sulger. Mrs. Sulger was the first Huachuca City postmistress and the wife of the first mayor, Dave Sulger.
Mudder, Bailey, and Upchurch interview - July 9, 2020
This is an interview with Sharon Sulger Upchurch, Brenda Phillips Bailey, and Jane Castleberry Mudder, who grew up as childhood friends in Huachuca City in the 1960s and have remained friends since then. In the interview, they talk about their families, growing up in Huachuca City, early businesses there, going to school in Tombstone, different people they remember, and Sierra Vista (Fry) in the 1950s and 60s.
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Sharon Sulger Upchurch interview - July 9, 2020
This is an interview with Sharon Sulger Upchurch. Upchurch’s father, Dave Sulger, was the first mayor of Huachuca City, and her mother, Elaine (Costello) Sulger was the town’s first postmistress. In this interview, Upchurch talks about how her grandparents came to this area, her early memories of her parents, and early memories of the town.
(All content and interviews contained on this site are as supplied by the contributors. They have not been fact checked and do not represent the views of the Town of Huachuca City.)