Arizona Wool Growers Association, 1880-1980.

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Arizona Wool Growers Association, 1880-1980.

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This collection consists of the office records of the Arizona Wool Growers Association. These records include personal, legal, and financial correspondence; organizational records, historical files and membership records. A large collection of maps have been separated from the collection and can be found under the call number NAU.MAP.426.1-292. The Majority of this material was organized and kept on file by the Secretary, Mr. Harry Embach. The photographs collection contains 225 photographs.

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Cline Library. Special Collections and Archives Department.

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Arizona Wool Growers Association

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Soon after Juan de Onate's arrival in 1598 sheep became the staple production of New Mexico.Sheep most likely moved into what is now Arizona by the Navajo in the early 1600s.The first breeding sheep, however, arrived in Arizona with Padre Eusebio Kino about 1700. From this point on sheep were raised, traded and purchased throughout New Mexico,Mexico, Arizona and California. In the middle of the 1870's Arizona's reputation as a sheep range was generally acknowledged. The 19th century brought incr...