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Category Archives: Arizona Territory
The Case of Tom Horn
Background Old West history books are filled with stories about large cattle ranches, the cattlemen that ran them, the long and dangerous trail drives that took months to complete, and the conflicts between cattle barons and small farmers and ranchers. … Continue reading
Posted in American Frontier, American Indians, American Military, American Southwest, Apache Indians, Arizona Territory, Cheyenne, Colorado, Corruption, Gunfights and such, History, Indian Territory, Indian War, Montana, Nevada, Northwest Territory, Oklahoma, Outlaws, Pioneers, Politicians, Range War, Texas, Utah, Wyoming
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José Cosme de Urrea y Elías González
Introduction There are several definitions for the word filibuster. In the modern sense, a filibuster is a prolonged speech that obstructs progress in a legislative assembly while not technically contravening the required procedure. In its historical context, a filibuster is … Continue reading
El Peludo
Introduction For thousands of years before the modern era, the land of present-day Arizona was home to several Indian civilizations. The first European to establish contact with Arizona Indians was Marcos de Niza in 1539. Several other historically significant Spaniards … Continue reading
Olive Oatman Fairchild
Background Joseph Smith Jr. (1805 – 1844) was an American religious leader and founder of Mormonism and the Latter Day Saints movement. Smith was born in Vermont, but by 1817, he had moved with his family to Western New York, which was … Continue reading
In Search of Justice
In 1885, Joseph Isaac Clanton, known to his friends as “Ike,” surrounded himself with men such as Lee Renfro, G. W. “Kid” Swingle, a man named “Longhair” Sprague, Billy Evans, and Ebin Stanley (Ike’s brother-in-law). They were a scruffy lot, all … Continue reading
The Apache Kid
The Aravaipa Canyon is a wilderness area managed by the Bureau of Land Management. It consists of a little more than 19,000 square acres in the southeast section of Arizona. The canyon area was the birthplace of an Apache Indian named Haskay-bay-nay-ntayl — … Continue reading
Barney Kemp Riggs
There was a time in America when folks just up and died. No one knew why … they just did. No one in the mid-1800s knew much about influenza, cancer, congestive heart failure, or stroke. And when they died, their … Continue reading
Cowboys in Neckties
Some background The United States is a nation of immigrants. Between 1580 and 1775, the population of Europeans went from zero to around 3.5 million. They arrived in waves, of course, and the attitudes toward new arrivals vacillated between enthusiastic welcome and … Continue reading
Tombstone Judge
With three men dead, two wounded, and one slightly injured, one would think that it was one hell of a gunfight. Well, it was — and it wasn’t. The fight only lasted around thirty-seconds, but within that short span of … Continue reading
Uncle Jim
An account of lawman James Franklin Roberts One may recall from The Pleasant Valley War that the long-running feud (lasting nearly fifteen years) was anything but pleasant for the folks in Gila County, Arizona. Right in the middle of this … Continue reading
Posted in American Frontier, Arizona Territory, Gunfights and such, History, Justice, Oklahoma
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Searching History 