Paul H. Roberts papers, 1897-1963.

Roberts, Paul H. (Paul Henley), 1891-

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Biographical note: Forest Service employee; Roberts arrived in Arizona in 1912 and worked as a member of a Forest Service Range Reconnaissance crew, later became Inspector of Grazing for the Southwestern Region of the Forest Service. Still later, from 1922 to 1931, he served in Holbrook, Arizona as Supervisor of the Sitgreaves National Forest. From the description of Resume of Arizona Wool Growers' Association minutes, ca. 1897-1923. (Arizona Historical Society, Southern Arizona Divi...

Arizona Wool Growers Association

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Soon after Juan de Onate's arrival in 1598 sheep became the staple production of New Mexico.Sheep most likely moved into what is now Arizona by the Navajo in the early 1600s.The first breeding sheep, however, arrived in Arizona with Padre Eusebio Kino about 1700. From this point on sheep were raised, traded and purchased throughout New Mexico,Mexico, Arizona and California. In the middle of the 1870's Arizona's reputation as a sheep range was generally acknowledged. The 19th century brought incr...

Prairie States Forestry Project (U.S.)

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