Nichols manuscripts, ca. 1950.

Geronimo, 1829-1909

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Geronimo, also known as Goyaałé, also known as The One Who Yawns'; born in Arizpe, Sonora, Mexico, June 1829 – died, Fort Sill, Oklahoma February 17, 1909), prominent leader and medicine man from the Bedonkohe band of the Apache people. From 1850 to 1886, Geronimo joined with members of three other Chiricahua Apache bands—the Tchihende, the Tsokanende and the Nednhi—to carry out numerous raids, as well as fight against Mexican and U.S. military campaigns in the northern Mexico states of Chihuahu...

Victorio, Apache Chief, -1881

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Douglas, James, 1837-1918

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Mining engineer, first President and Chairman of the Board of Phelps Dodge Company, philanthropist. From the description of Douglas papers, 1880-1938 (bulk 1880-1918). (Arizona Historical Society, Southern Arizona Division). WorldCat record id: 36854934 Presbyterian licentiate, mining engineer, first president of Phelps Dodge Corporation, and philanthropist. From the description of Sermons, 1859-1880. (University of Arizona). WorldCat record id: 28249120 ...

Crook, George, 1829-1890

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Crook was born to Thomas and Elizabeth Matthews Crook on a farm near Taylorsville, Montgomery County, Ohio (near Dayton). Nominated to the United States Military Academy by Congressman Robert Schenck, he graduated in 1852, ranking near the bottom of his class. He was assigned to the 4th U.S. infantry as brevet second lieutenant, serving in California, 1852–61. He served in Oregon and northern California, alternately protecting or fighting against several Native American tribes. He commanded t...

Slaughter, John H. (John Horton), 1841-1922

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Biographical note: Rancher; John Slaughter served two terms as Cochise County Sheriff beginning in 1887, served a term in the Arizona Legislature in 1906, helped to develop the town of Douglas, Arizona, and was a stockholder in the Bank of Douglas. In 1883, John Slaughter purchased about 40,000 acres of the San Bernadino Land Grant in southeastern Arizona on the Mexican border. He operated the San Bernadino Ranch and lived at the ranch until 1921. From the description of Slaughter fi...

Milton, Jeff, 1861-1947

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Cowboy, Texas Ranger, and U.S. Marshal; he came to Arizona in 1883. From 1903 to 1932, he was Chief U.S. immigration inspector for Arizona. He was also a deputy sheriff in Cochise County in the 1930s. From the description of Milton papers, 1920-1962. (Arizona Historical Society, Southern Arizona Division). WorldCat record id: 38736740 ...

Cochise, d.1874.

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Clum, John P., 1851-1932

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John P. Clum was an Indian agent at the San Carlos Indian Reservation in southeast Arizona from 1874 to 1877. He later served as founder and editor of the Tombstone Epitaph newspaper, postmaster, and mayor of Tombstone, Arizona, as well as postal inspector and lecturer in Alaska. His son, Woodworth Clum, was an editor of the Washington Star newspaper, and the author of a book about his father entitled Apache Agent . From the guide to the John P. Clum papers, 1860-1970 (bulk, 1874-193...

Cashman, Nellie, 1844-1925

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Nichols, Charles A., 1878-1970.

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Writer and amateur historian; established the International Laundry Company in Douglas, Ariz. about 1902. From the description of Nichols manuscripts, ca. 1950. (Arizona Historical Society, Southern Arizona Division). WorldCat record id: 42925548 ...

Pershing, John J. (John Joseph), 1860-1948

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Career Army officer who served in the Philippines as an adjutant general and engineer officer, collector of customs, and cavalry squadron commander, participating in actions against the Tausug (Moros), 1899-1903; later apppointed governor of Moro Province and commander, Department of Mindanao, 1909-1913. Well-known for his command of the American Expeditionary Forces in France during World War I, 1917-1919. From the description of General John J. Pershing photograph collection [pictu...

Eskiminzin, Apache Chief

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Brophy, William S.

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Earp, Wyatt, 1848-1929

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Lawman, U.S. marshal, and gunfighter of the American West; b. in Monmouth, Ill.; after serving as a peace officer in Kansas, was involved in the controversial gunfight at the O.K. Corral in Tombstone, Ariz., in 1881; b. Wyatt Berry Stapp Earp. From the description of Wyatt Earp collection, 1839-[ongoing]. (Unknown). WorldCat record id: 70954219 ...

Bledsoe, Nelson Charles, 1876-1974,

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Physician; born in 1876 in California, Bledsoe moved to Bisbee, Arizona in 1904 and worked as company physician for the Calumet Mining Co. He was activ in the Masons, Elks and scouting. In 1931, he moved his practice to Tucson, Ariz. where he died in 1974. From the description of Bledsoe Photo Collection, 1880-1974 (bulk 1910-1930). (Arizona Historical Society, Southern Arizona Division). WorldCat record id: 38995920 Physician; directed Calumet and Arizona Hospital, Bisbee, ...