Image: Tempe-Double Butte Cemetery-1888-Estmer Hudson

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Description: The Grave site of Estmer W. Hudson (1881-1972). Hudson was instrumental in developing a local cotton industry. In 1920, the California Department of Agriculture dubbed him the "father of cotton" in Arizona.It was Hudson who experimented with a more durable variety of Egyptian cotton, which was introduced in the region as a more disease-resistant strain than grown in the Southeastern states. By 1916, Hudson had successfully developed a new cotton — Pima, an improved strain of Yuma, produced from a hybrid Egyptian cotton. His house is listed in the National Register of Historic Places. Hudson is buried in sec. 7-7.
Title: Tempe-Double Butte Cemetery-1888-Estmer Hudson
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List of historic properties in Tempe, Arizona

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