Obermuller reminiscences, ca. 1884-1905.

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Obermuller reminiscences, ca. 1884-1905.

http://www.worldcat.org/oclc/39853183

Handwritten manuscript, 128 pages, of reminiscences by Obermuller, entitled "Life and Travels of a Mining Engineer," in which he describes his childhood in Missouri, encounters with Jesse James, the Youngers and others, Phoenix in 1889 and his friendships with Philip Tedro (Hi-Jolly) and Jack Swilling. Most of the manuscript describes his travels in Mexico, South America and Europeup to 1905.

.25 linear ft. (1 box).

Arizona Historical Society, Southern Arizona Division

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SNAC Resource ID: 7417393

Arizona Historical Society, Southern Arizona Division

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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...

Obermuller, Joseph L., 1864-1947.

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Mining engineer, came to Phoenix, Ariz. in 1889 and worked as a mining engineer in Mexico and South America. From the description of Obermuller reminiscences, ca. 1884-1905. (Arizona Historical Society, Southern Arizona Division). WorldCat record id: 39853183 ...

Hi Jolly, d.1903.

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