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4 unusual facts about Isabella Greenway


Charles Eugene Flandrau

Martha Macomb Flandrau married Tilden Russell Selmes, and their daughter, Isabella Selmes was the first female congresswoman from Arizona, under her married name Isabella Greenway.

Isabella Greenway

Shortly thereafter, while the Roosevelts were on their honeymoon, Isabella married Robert Munro-Ferguson, the younger brother of Ronald Munro-Furguson.

Robert was a family friend of the Roosevelts, as well as one of Theodore Roosevelt's Rough Riders.

Merritt Starkweather

Perhaps his most significant building is the Arizona Inn: a series of lush courtyards and pink plastered buildings commissioned by Isabella Greenway.