Fallis photograph collection, ca. 1929-1939.

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Fallis photograph collection, ca. 1929-1939.

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Photographs of Border Patrol personnel and activities, Chinese and Mexican aliens, Jeff and Mildred Milton, Yaqui soldiers, Tumacacori Mission and Arizona and New Mexico scenic views. There are individual and group photographs of Border Patrol agents including Fallis, Frank Edgell, Fred Croxen, and Carson Morrow as well as 1930s target practice, men, tents, and meals at the Patrol's Desert Camp and men and camps while apprehending smugglers in the field. Images are present of Chinese alients forced out of Mexico in 1935, and Mexican aliens held for deportation. Photographs of Jeff Milton in his later years are taken at his home in Tombstone, at the Bird Cage Theater, at his cabin in Sunnyside Canyon, Huachuca Mountains, and on a camping trip to Sonoyta, Sonora, Mexico. There are photographs of Doc Holliday's gun, found by Jeff Milton. There are images of Nogales, Clifton, Tombstone, Tucson, the Tumacacori Mission, and the Arizona State Prison in Florence. Also present are images of Yaqui soldiers surrendering to the 10th Cavalry after crossing the border during the 1929 Revolution.

.5 linear ft. (1 box)

Arizona Historical Society, Southern Arizona Division

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SNAC Resource ID: 7544244

Arizona Historical Society, Southern Arizona Division

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Croxen, Fred W., 1887-

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Forest ranger, northern Arizona; Border Patrol Agent, southern Arizona; and law enforcement officer, Window Rock, Navajo Indian Reservation, 1940s. From the description of Oral history interview, 1973 Nov. 26 [sound recording]. (Arizona Historical Society, Southern Arizona Division). WorldCat record id: 36797990 ...

United States. Army. Cavalry, 10th

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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 ...

Holliday, John Henry, 1851-1887

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United States. Immigration Border Patrol

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Bird Cage Theater (Tombstone, Ariz.)

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Edgell, Frank

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Arizona State Prison

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Morrow, Carson

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Fallis, Earl.

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Chief Inspector for U.S. Border Patrol; Fallis photographed many Border Patrol activities in southern Arizona during the 1930s. He was a close friend of lawman Jeff Milton. From the description of Fallis photograph collection, ca. 1929-1939. (Arizona Historical Society, Southern Arizona Division). WorldCat record id: 44632064 ...