Babbitt's ~ Flagstaff, AZ

I ran across a couple of these ghost signs, or brickart, while on my recent trip to Arizona where I visited  Flagstaff, my old hometown.  This one seemed to be advertising both Babbitt's Department Store and Babbitt's Drug Store.  The Babbitt brothers were prominent in business in Northern Arizona in the 1800s, involved in trading posts on the reservations, ranching, and the mercantile business.   They were one of the pioneer families in this area and Bruce Babbitt, a native of Flagstaff, served a Secretary of the Interior in the Clinton administration.  Babbitts have been known for their public service through several generations, most recently including Bruce Babbitt, Secretary of the Interior in the Clinton administration.