Local Arizona notes and mining news from Tombstone era
A collage of notices from Maricopa County covering moved households and leases, county officials and police praise, a six feet wide Eagle Tail ledge yielding 75 dollars per ton, a 12 year old El Paso girl biking 24 miles, prison commissioners meeting in Yuma, hospital turnover to a new contractor, and copper mining prospects across Arizona and New Mexico. The piece cites rail, civic, and business updates with remarks on markets, cattle drives, and national sentiment on Indian policy.
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Eagle Tail Mountains
Maricopa County
Arizona climate promotion warned for invalids travel
A Florence Enterprise note discusses health seekers traveling from Arizona to California. It warns that open windows on the desert leg bring dry air and discomfort, while cooler damp coast winds aid pulmonary patients. The piece mentions a Cosmopolitan article by Gertrude Atherton on California’s literary development and Kate Douglas Wiggin.
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California
Arizona
Yuma
San Gorgonio Pass
Arisona
Florence
Gertrude Atherton
Mia
Kate Douglas Wiggin
Ariaona
Removal of General Forsythe and Miles in a palace car
A collage of excerpts recounts praise for General Miles and criticism of Forsythe amid wartime tension. The Phenix Republican lauds Miles as a frontier fighter in command of the Seventh, while Phenix Herald condemns the suspension of a top officer and questions a presidential bid. Enterprise notes injunctions in Arizona court matters and reports on Indian delegation plans to view the Walker Lake prophet amid plans for a Shoshone dance gathering.
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Miles
Phenix Republican
Sandy
Custer
Crack
Great West
A-Borning
Virginia
Eas
Nevada
Lodian
Rawlins
Walker Lake
Smoky Valley
Mesmerizing Fragment Daily News From The West
Friday’s Daily notes Me Wd Cheney visiting on the couch, Tom Dunbar paying Tombstone Bying yesterday, church services next Sunday, and General Wilson named assistant U.S. Attorney for Arizona. Reports on schools, mining, stage delays, social events, and legal contests mix with weather and trade notes across Arizona and nearby regions.
Pine Ridge Battle Looms Over Elkhorn River Valley
A Nebraska dispatch reports rising dread as a battle near Pine Ridge looms. National Guards and state troops brace along the Elkhorn and Missouri rivers with reinforcements from Governor Thayer. Buffalo Bill predicts a major fight may occur within days, fearing an Indian offensive that could threaten the region.
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Cmcaco
Lone Pine
Nebraska
Elkhorn
Missouri River
Pine Ridge
National Guards of
Thayer
W. L. Colby
Rushville
Cody
Buffalo Bill
General Colby
Miles
Buffalo
Bill
Indiana
Ping Ridge
Survey Alaska and Army Plans Face War News
The New York engineering and Mining Journal urges a $100000 appropriation for a topographical survey of Alaska to establish a post on the upper Yukon river and operate outward. Arizona is urged to supply troops for the Sioux war as California and Arizona mobilize. Captain Wallace, believed killed, is wrongly reported and is fighting with the 6th Cavalry under General Carr on dangerous ground near Neshr's Addition.
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Mail and Express
New York
Saya
Seventh Cavalry
New York Engineering and Mining Journal
Alaska
House Committee On Military Affairs
Paris
Yucon River
United States
Los Angeles Evening Express
Department of Arizona
California
Arizona
O'Neil
Secretary of War
National Guard of
Phenix
Wallace
Dravo
7Th Cavalry
6Th Cavalry
Carr
Dangerous Ground
Neshr’s
Cattle Gifts Reported From General Churchs to Yuma
The Herald notes two Holstein animals shipped to Yuma by General Churchs as Christmas presents for Mrs. In galls and Mrs. Carpenter. A bull of the same breed was sent to Harry Carpenter, the same source, for the season.
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Yuma
General Churchs
Frank Ingalls
Cochise County Board Notes January 1891 Meeting
The Cochise County Board of Supervisors met January 1891 with Chairman Geo W Bryan and Supervisors Montgomery and White. They approved minutes, ordered a county hospital inventory with cash values, settled a $32 overpayment by the sheriff, approved contracts for insane and indigent care, and ordered hospital property and staff handled by a contracted physician. Financing details show December license receipts, fines, and monthly salaries, with city bonds interest paid and land fund balances. Reports mention Ex-Governor Wolffe in Peoria and 1893 Columbian Exposition plans featuring a 1000-pound gold brick from Pacific Extension mine. A paymaster mine visit in Colorado desert describes extreme heat and miners working in drawers and boots, removing bootlegs to pour out water.
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Geo. W. Bryan
John Montgomery
Scott White
John H. Slaughter
Slaughter
Taylor
Cochise County
Territorial
Phenix
Geo. W. Hase
Chicago
Pinos Altos
Pacific Extension
Bell
Paymaeter
Colorado Desert
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Tombstone Epitaph
Esam
Fabbank Goo Am
Hisher
Ben Williams
Board of Prison Commissioners
Tucson
Farmers Alliance
Wemicre
D.M. Osborne
Wolcott
Mrs. McKay
McGrew Horse
Second Street
Rep PY
Judge Stilwell
Kibby
Washington
West End
Phensix
B.C. Hatch
Yuma Rides
Frank Blaisdell
Board of Supervisors
M. E. Church
Misa Jenwie Walz
el Paso
Yeleia
Sack
Robbins
Tombstone
W. D. Montenier
Dr. Huse
Great Lakes
Torbstone
Bouw
Tomtetone
Tub
J. A. Rockielow
New Mexco
Denver Republican
New Mexico
South West
Southwest
Lake Superior County
G. W. Lang
Benson
Maricopa
Gila Bend
Lang
Colorado River
Haskell Indian Schoolis
Aorie Ranmenthon
Mexico
Minker Regan
Criticiss
Forsythe
Phenix Herald
Col Forsythe
Winchester
Bien
George Push
A Crowly
N Brown
San Pedro
District Court
Pinal County Bank
Globe
W.d Cheney
Tom Dunbar
General Wilson
U.S
Phenix High School
Twiia
Tevis
Mra
Frank Leslie
Man
Geo. Fitsgeram
The
International Smelting Co
Custom House
Dows
Tombatone
Mra Leslie
Marquis de Lousille
Mining Exchange Hall
Mesers Walati & Hawke
King Pine
Republic
Globe Democrat
Melsar Osborn
Doz Cabezas
Willows
A. C. Bernard
James K Brown
Pima County
Sivan
J. K. Brown
Brown
Star
Journal Miner
Flagstaff Sandstone Company
Mr. Wand Priest
Sonora
Tod
Supreme Court of Minnesota
Lathrop Et al. Ve. Clayton
Guaymas
Department of Agriculture
Sacramento Bee
Grass Creek
Indian. News
Fremont Street
Overlook Building
the Board of Supervisors of
Cochise Co
G. W. Bayax
Licenas
D. A Sanford
Wolffe
Peoria, Ills
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