EKey papers, 1858-1960.

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EKey papers, 1858-1960.

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Manuscripts and correspondence of Ada EKey Jones and her father, Robert EKey. Manuscripts written by Ada include "The Growth of an Arizona Community," "Nogales Drum and Bugle Corps Drill Team," and "Troublesome Days in Old Mexico" concerning a 1913 battle in Nogales, Sonora, Mexico. There is information about western author and editor, Frank M. King. There are also a prospectus and a stock certificate for the Calabasas Irrigation Land and Water Company, a handwritten, 4-page, guide to California from Salt Lake City, 1858 giving directions, mileage, and conditions, and a small broadside "Call for a People's Party Convention" in Tucson 1894.

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Arizona Historical Society, Southern Arizona Division

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SNAC Resource ID: 7433614

Arizona Historical Society, Southern Arizona Division

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Populist Party (Ariz.)

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Jones, Ada EKey, d. 1960.

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Nogales pioneer; Ada was one of the first public school teachers in Nogales, Ariz. She was elected county recorder for Santa Cruz County in 1926 and served from 1927 to 1932. From the description of EKey papers, 1858-1960. (Arizona Historical Society, Southern Arizona Division). WorldCat record id: 41138984 ...

King, Frank M. (Frank Marion), 1863-

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Frank M. King, cowboy, ranchman, editor, and author, was born in Los Angeles in 1863. King, who was one-quarter Cherokee Indian, went to Texas with his family in 1873, then to Indian Territory. He returned to Texas in 1876, engaging in cattle driving there, and moved to New Mexico in 1879. King's formal education was extremely limited. He attended a school for two years in El Monte, California in 1880 and 1881 after which he returned to cattle driving in New Mexico and later ran a ranch in Phoen...

Calabasas Irrigation Land and Water Company (Ariz.)

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EKey, Robert, 1830-1905.

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