The Black Legend: George Bascom, Cochise, and the Start of the Apache Wars by Doug Hocking The Black Legend is a historical story of Lt. George Bascom at Apache Pass in February 1861 as he confronted the Chiricahua Apache chief Cochise over his perceived abduction of a white boy, Felix … Continue reading
Warren Earp was killed July 6, 1900. This article appeared in the Arizona Range News, July 11, 1900. The Headquarter Saloon was located on Railroad Avenue where the Flying Leap Tasting Room is currently located. Warren Baxter Earp is buried in the Historic Willcox Pioneer Cemetery off North 3rd Ave. … Continue reading
(The following story was written by Mike Anderson, a Bisbee resident and historian. It was written for Southern Arizona Guide in Summer 2020.) Bisbee’s Evergreen Cemetery, like many historic burial grounds, is a monument to the community’s past. Its most prominent occupants include George Warren, one of the earliest prospectors … Continue reading
I found this book on the history of Mt. Lemmon at the Palisades Ranger Station on Mt. Lemmon last summer and have been trying to get time to read it ever since. The complete title is: Look to the Mountains: An in-depth look into the lives and times of the people … Continue reading
Law of Necessity by James Rhodes is an historical fiction about the Bisbee Deportation of 1917. Warning. Published in 2013, this book is only available as an eBook or Kindle book. For some of us that might be a problem. The subject of the Bisbee Deportation has fascinated me for … Continue reading
Harshaw is a ghost town now. It stands in an old mining district of townships near Patagonia in Santa Cruz County. Recently new mining operations have begun in this area. Remnants of other ghost towns in this area include Duquesne, Mowry, Washington Camp, and Lochiel. Few remember them, but Clara … Continue reading
Part II – The Subjugation of the American Indian If you have not read Tucson Pioneers:Part I, you will find it here. Grant’s Underlying Assumption President Grant was certain that Anglo-Americans and Native Americans could not live side by side peacefully. Moreover, to accommodate U.S. citizens, the Indians would have … Continue reading
Part I: After the Civil War Editor’s Note. It’s not like the Apache Wars are ancient history. When my father was born in Tucson in 1919, Geronimo had been dead for only 10 years. Moreover, we have excellent contemporary accounts from participants on all sides of these brutal conflicts. They … Continue reading
Bartholemew William Barclay “Bat” Masterson (1853 – 1921) spent the first half of his life in what we know today as the Wild West. Among his contemporaries, he was famous as a buffalo hunter, Indian fighter, scout for the U.S. Army, and a renowned lawman in Dodge City Kansas where he and … Continue reading
