Ted and Alice Sliger

When their gas station burned down in 1935, the couple purchased ten acres of land at the northwest corner of Apache Trail and Recker Road then located miles east of Mesa. While digging a well, they discovered a mineral spring that spurred the development of a series of small bathhouses, complete with a Roman style bath and cooling room.

The resort quickly became a favorite pre-Spring Training ritual for select members of the New York and San Francisco Giants and other baseball celebrities over the years. Alice's lifelong commitment to saving the history of the Buckhorn has resulted in the preservation of a rich collection of baseball memorabilia, with emphasis on her friends in the Giants organization and also Mesa's Chicago Cubs.

Ted Sliger passed away in 1984, and Alice Sliger continued to manage the Buckhorn Baths until its closure in the late 1990s. Alice lived to be 103 years old, passing away on November 10, 2010.