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Camp Grant Massacre: A Strange Epilogue

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Chief Eskiminzin

If you have read our stories about the Camp Grant Massacre and the trial of those Tucson citizens accused of this mass murder, you might find this brief follow-up note of interest. Following their acquittal, the leaders of the mob were rewarded with paying public positions. William Oury was elected … Continue reading

Chief Nana’s Revenge: An Extraordinary Life

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Apache Chief Nana: 1885.

The Mexicans called him Nana; meaning “Grandma”. In 1881, he was about 75 years old, and was crippled in one leg. Moreover, his eyesight was deteriorating. But he had one good leg, a keen mind, and all-consuming hatred of Americans and Mexicans. In the late 1870’s and early 1880’s, this … Continue reading

A Parade & Ceremonial Sword: Tucson Honors The Wrong Man … Again!

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Geronimo and a few warriors before his surrender to General Crook. Photo by C.S. Fly of Tombstone.

“No white man who ever in the service, or employment, of the United States … can keep pace with an Apache on foot when he is in a hurry …” Lt. Charles Gatewood from His Apache Wars Memoir. **************** I have often thought that if Tucsonans knew the actual history … Continue reading

A Targeted Killing: How Cushing Street Got Its Name

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Lt. Howard B. Cushing

In 1942, Eve Ball, author and friend to many Mescalero Apaches (NM), convinced Asa (Ace) Daklugie, a Chiricahua Apache, to tell her the stories of his people’s war with the United States of America and the Republic of Mexico (1861-1886). These stories had been told many times by White Eyes: … Continue reading

“Don’t Let The Sun Step Over You”: A White Mountain Apache Book

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Don't Let the Sun Step Over You

A great deal has been written about Chiricahua Apaches, probably because they so completely terrorized settlers for a quarter century (1861-1886) and were the last Native American tribe to surrender to the United States government. However, most of these books were written by Anglos. No matter how diligent the authors’ … Continue reading

Geronimo: His Place, The Man, His Time & Other Books About Geronimo

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Chiricahua Apaches by C.S. Fly

I recently read yet another account of the Chiricahua Apache wars with the Republic of Mexico and the United States of America that raged from 1861 to 1886. Geronimo: The Man, His Time, His Place (The Civilization of the American Indian Series) was written by noted Native American historian Angie … Continue reading

Butterfield Overland Mail Company and the Dragoon Springs Stage Station

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1860 drawing of Dragoon Springs Stage Station

Dragoon Springs is located at the northern end of the Dragoon Mountains in Cochise County, Arizona. The springs were an important source of water for Native American people a thousand years ago or more. In September 1695, Spanish troops camped here. They described this place as muy penascosa, “very rocky”. … Continue reading

A Fate Worse Than Death: How Pennington Street Got Its Name!

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Larcena Ann Pennington

How did Pennington Street in Downtown Tucson get its name? (a) Could Pennington Street be named for some 19th century politician and merchant like Estevan Ochoa, who established a successful business supplying Indian reservations and U.S. Army forts northeast of Tucson? He served as mayor (1875-76) and has a downtown … Continue reading

The Black Legend: A Book Review

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Apache Pass Arizona

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

How Tucson Pioneers Perpetuated the Apache Wars: Part II

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A young, brash John Clum (center) Indian Agent for San Carlos Apache Reservation.

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

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