In the early 1920s, Thompson, enamored with the landscape around Superior, built a winter home overlooking Queen Creek, the Picket Post House. This conviction, along with his faith in science, helped to shape his philanthropic projects around plants and plant science. The Russian experience convinced him that agriculture, food supply, and social justice are linked. As a member of an American Red Cross relief mission, he witnessed rampant crop failure and starvation and saw firsthand the suffering of the people. His visits to Russia before the Revolution and again in 1918 just after the Russian Revolution changed his life. He was the founder and first president of Inspiration Consolidated Copper Company in Globe-Miami, Arizona and Magma Copper Company in Superior, Arizona. Was an American engineer, financier, and philanthropist who created his fortune in the mining industry.
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