Fourr papers, 1864-1983.

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Fourr papers, 1864-1983.

http://www.worldcat.org/oclc/38889996

Manuscripts of reminiscences, correspondence, and a family genealogy; chiefly consists of a handwritten six-volume memoir of his adventures entitled "A Young Man's Life in the West" which concerns Fourr's experiences from Missouri and Kansas to New Mexico and Arizona as a cattle drover at Fort Craig, fighting Apaches, crime and criminals, hardships on the mail run, and life on the stage route. He describes the early communities of Tucson, Prescott, Phoenix and Tombstone and life as a miner, farmer and cattleman. Individuals mentioned include King Woolsey, Charles T. Hayden, Jack Swilling, and Mangas Coloradas. There are also several versions of "Reminiscences as told to Mrs. Kitt, 1925-1930" which contain many of the same stories, and there are letters from Fourr to Mrs. Kitt. Also present is a 1864 oath of allegiance to the U.S. government signed by Fourr.

.5 linear ft. (1 box).

Arizona Historical Society, Southern Arizona Division

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SNAC Resource ID: 7408764

Arizona Historical Society, Southern Arizona Division

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Hayden, Charles Trumbull, 1825-1900

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Fourr, William, 1843-1935.

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Pioneer cattleman; managed Kenyon and Burk stage stations on the toll road along the Gila, ranched at Oatman Flat, and later established the Fourr-F Ranch in the Dragoon Mountains. From the description of Fourr papers, 1864-1983. (Arizona Historical Society, Southern Arizona Division). WorldCat record id: 38889996 ...

Swilling, Jack, 1830-1878

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Soldier, prospector, entrepreneur, and gentleman John William (Jack) Swilling was born in South Carolina on April 1, 1830. He spent the formative years of his life in the South before enlisting in the military in 1848 and serving in the Mexican-American War. In 1854, he sustained a painful head injury that would affect him for the rest of his life. He married and had a child in Alabama as before moving West. Swilling joined the ox train of the El Paso-Fort Yuma (Leach) Wagon Road at...

Woolsey, King S., d.1879.

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Mangas Coloradas, d. 1863.

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