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History of the Flagg Show
By Ray Grant
Marc Watson gave me some information about past Flagg shows, and so for the record, here is a brief history of the show.
The first show was on Sunday, January 18, 1970. It was a one day show, the dealer cost was $5.00, and admission was $.50/ car for the public. The show was called the Superstition Mountain Mineral Festival, and was held at the Don's Base Camp on Peralta Road. There was a mineral auction, door prizes and entertainment. The Mineralogical Society of Arizona had a food booth. The show chairman was Floyd Getsinger.
The second and third years (1971-1972), the name was changed to Superstition Mineral Festival and the show was held at Pioneer Living History Museum off Black Canyon Highway north of Phoenix. The second year it was two days, Saturday and Sunday, Jan. 30 and 31. Dealers paid $10 per day and public admission was .$.50 per person. Barclay Bitner was the show chairman.
The fourth year (1973) the show was moved to the State Fairgrounds, next to the Arizona Mineral Museum. It was still called the Superstition Mineral Festival. It continued to be at the State Fairgrounds for the next five years (Fifth through Ninth annual show, 1974-1978). The name was changed to the Flagg Mineral Festival and the cost to dealers remained $10 per day. The cost of admission stayed at .50 per person. For this time the show was Saturday and Sunday and usually the last weekend in
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January.
The Tenth and Eleventh shows (1979-1980) were held at the Western Saddle Club on Seventh St. south of Thunderbird Rd. The dealer spaces were $12.50 and the admission was 75 cents per person.
From the data that Marc sent it appears there were no shows for the years 1981, 1982, 1983.
The twelfth annual Flagg Mineral Festival was January 7 and 8, 1984. This show and the thirteenth and fourteenth (1985 and 1986) were held at a State Fairground parking lot on the northwest corner of 19th Ave. and Encanto Blvd. Dealer spaces were $25 for the weekend, and admission was 75 cents for the 12th, $1 per car for the 13th, and $1 per person for the 14th.
In 1987 the fifteenth show was held at Mesa Community College. A Dealer space was $35 for the weekend and admission and parking were free for the public. Between 1987 and 2000 the cost of a dealer spaces rose from $35 to $45 and then to $55 and admission has been free.
This year is the Thirtieth Annual Flagg Show if the show was not held for those three years in the early 1980s (In the past newsletter I said this would be the 33rd show because I did not know about the three years with no show).
We are going to have a three day show this year for the first time, and the cost is $75 per dealer space for all three days if paid in advance.
Admission and parking are still free for the public.
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