The Meyer of Meyer Drug Store, Tucson’s first drug store. […or Meyer’s Drug Store?]
Bender, George A. A history of Arizona pharmacy. [Glendale, Ariz.] : Arizona Pharmacy Historical Foundation, 1985, page 22: “There is no evidence of an institution resembling a drug store in the area before the arrival of Charles Meyer in Tucson in 1856. Meyer, born and trained in pharmacy in Germany, arrived in Tucson as a participant in a cattle drive, but found employment as an assistant surgeon and physician serving the United States’ troops stationed near Tucson … In 1858, the young German opened the first drug store in what would become Arizona Territory…”
See History of Arizona medicine; collections of Orville Harry Brown, M.D. [AHSL Special Collections WZ 70 AA7 H673].
Quebbeman, Frances E. Medicine in territorial Arizona. Phoenix : Arizona Historical Foundation, 1966, page 358.
Farish, Thomas Edwin. History of Arizona, Filmer Bros. Electrotype Co., 1918, volume 2, page 240: Charles H. Meyer was a German and settled in Tucson in 1854. From 1875 he served several times as City Recorder. His court was unique; every man, when first brought before him for any misdemeanor, he would treat leniently, sometimes giving him a lecture but for the second offense, he usually imposed a heavy fine and in addition would send the offender to the chain gang. If the prisoner demurred to the sentence, the judge would generally double the time on the chain gang saying, "Well, I give you thirty days more on the chain gang for contempt of court." By this methods he kept Tucson an orderly city during his terms in office. He had the first drug store in Tucson, which he conducted for many years. One of the principal streets of the city , Meyer Street, is named for him. He died in Tucson, September 7, 1903 having been a resident of the town for forty seven years. [Portrait on page facing page 240]
Citizen contract surgeon at Camp Lowell replaced by Army surgeon, F.C. Bailey, on Dec 20, 1866.
Schuler, Harold H. “We served at Fort Lowell.” Arizona Historical Society, 2000.
See also: Street Smarts: Judge Meyer had scant legal knowledge but dispensed justice, Arizona Daily Star, February 4, 2014
See also: Arizona Historical Society collections
See also: http://judgecharleshermannmeyer.net/ [Charles Meyer family website]
Bender, George A. A history of Arizona pharmacy. [Glendale, Ariz.] : Arizona Pharmacy Historical Foundation, 1985, page 22: “There is no evidence of an institution resembling a drug store in the area before the arrival of Charles Meyer in Tucson in 1856. Meyer, born and trained in pharmacy in Germany, arrived in Tucson as a participant in a cattle drive, but found employment as an assistant surgeon and physician serving the United States’ troops stationed near Tucson … In 1858, the young German opened the first drug store in what would become Arizona Territory…”
See History of Arizona medicine; collections of Orville Harry Brown, M.D. [AHSL Special Collections WZ 70 AA7 H673].
Quebbeman, Frances E. Medicine in territorial Arizona. Phoenix : Arizona Historical Foundation, 1966, page 358.
Farish, Thomas Edwin. History of Arizona, Filmer Bros. Electrotype Co., 1918, volume 2, page 240: Charles H. Meyer was a German and settled in Tucson in 1854. From 1875 he served several times as City Recorder. His court was unique; every man, when first brought before him for any misdemeanor, he would treat leniently, sometimes giving him a lecture but for the second offense, he usually imposed a heavy fine and in addition would send the offender to the chain gang. If the prisoner demurred to the sentence, the judge would generally double the time on the chain gang saying, "Well, I give you thirty days more on the chain gang for contempt of court." By this methods he kept Tucson an orderly city during his terms in office. He had the first drug store in Tucson, which he conducted for many years. One of the principal streets of the city , Meyer Street, is named for him. He died in Tucson, September 7, 1903 having been a resident of the town for forty seven years. [Portrait on page facing page 240]
Citizen contract surgeon at Camp Lowell replaced by Army surgeon, F.C. Bailey, on Dec 20, 1866.
Schuler, Harold H. “We served at Fort Lowell.” Arizona Historical Society, 2000.
See also: Street Smarts: Judge Meyer had scant legal knowledge but dispensed justice, Arizona Daily Star, February 4, 2014
See also: Arizona Historical Society collections
See also: http://judgecharleshermannmeyer.net/ [Charles Meyer family website]
Master pnID
AMH-PN2486
Src1 DP
AHSL-DP
Residence(s)
Tucson