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ARIZONA

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CONTENTS

CHAPTER XXV

FOUNDING A COMMONWEALTH

Establishment of a Government in a Wilderness-The First Officials-Their Westward

Journey Sworn in at Navajo Springs-Building a Capital City-Early Agriculture

-Ross Browne's Estimate of Arizona and Faith in Her Future...

CHAPTER XXVI

LAW BROUGHT TO ARIZONA

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Elections, Officials and Legislatures-McCormick's Continued Successes-Establishment

of Courts Creation of Counties-Highways-Yuma Land Dispute—A Loyal Peo-

ple-Fremont's Governorship-Divorces and Lotteries-The Thieving Thirteenth-

Bullion Tax Repeal.

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CHAPTER XXVII

CLEVELAND TO MCKINLEY

Troublous Political Times through the Administrations of Governors Zulick, Wolfley,

Irwin, Hughes and McCord-The Asylum Inquiry-Change of the Capital to

Phoenix-Lost Laws-Hold-over Muddle-Yuma Prison Labor Contract-New

Code

CHAPTER XXVIII

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CLOSING YEARS OF THE TERRITORY

The Various Capitols of Arizona Till Dedication of the State House at Phoenix-Admin-

istrations of Governors Murphy, Brodie, Kibbey and Sloan-Arizona's Song and

Flower-Raising the Taxes on Mines-Territorial Judges.

CHAPTER XXIX

HOW STATEHOOD WAS GAINED

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Enfranchisement Asked in Earliest Territorial Days-A Constitutional Convention that

Remonetized Silver-Congressional Inspection-The Joint Statehood Peril-The Con-

stitution and Its Preparation-Taft's Veto of the Recall-Statehood Gained—Terri-

torial Legislators

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CHAPTER XXX

ARIZONA UNDER STATEHOOD

Jeffersonian Simplicity Marked the Inauguration of Governor Hunt-Perpetual Legis-

latures and Many Referendum Submissions—The Governor's Opposition to Capital

Punishment How Delay Affected the Federal Judgeship-Popular Election of Sen-

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ators

CHAPTER XXXI

PASSING OF THE OLDEN DAYS

Decline and Fall of Arizona Gambling-Character of the Professional Gambler-Early

Efforts Toward Prohibition and Final Success-Female Suffrage and Its Effect upon

Politics-Non-alcoholic Baptism of the Battleship "Arizona".

CHAPTER XXXII

MINING AND MINERS

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Prospectors Ever in the Vanguard of Civilization-Wealth that has Come Through a

"Grubstake"-"Lost Mines" of the Southwest-The Miner Party-Fraudulent

Mining Schemes-Arizona Diamonds that Came from Africa-Quijotoa's

Boom

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CHAPTER XXXIII

MINES, PIONEER AND MODERN

Mohave was First in the North-The Old Vulture-Romance of the Silver King-Ed.

Schieffelin and the Discovery of Tombstone-Riches of the United Verde-Desert

Bonanzas-How the Vehol Was Found..

CHAPTER XXXIV

GREAT COPPER DEPOSITS

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The History of the Globe Section-Miami's Recent Development-Ray's Mines and

Hayden's Reduction Works-Clifton, a Pioneer Copper Producer-Bisbee's Real

Discoverer-Growth of the Camp-Mining for a Meteor-Copper Production...415

CHAPTER XXXV

IRRIGATION DEVELOPMENT

Long Effort and Millions of Dollars Expended on the Salt River Project-Electric Power

Generation-Roosevelt Dedicates the Roosevelt Dam-Yuma Well Served from the

Laguna Dam-Storage Plans for the Gila River Valley...

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CHAPTER XXXVI

THE LIVE STOCK INDUSTRY

Comboys, Typical and Otherwise-Stocking of the Arizona Ranges-Sheep and Their

Faithful Shepherds-Antagonism of the Two Stock Divisions-Elk Imported from

Wyoming-Rise and Decline of the Arizona Ostrich Breeding Industry. . . .445

CHAPTER XXXVII

MORMON COLONIZATION

The Church a Great Pioneering Force-John D. Lee Long a Refugee in the Grand

Cañon Settlements in Northern Arizona-Missionary Work of Jacob Hamblin—

Founding a Stake in the Little Colorado Valley-Communities Established at Lehi,

Mesa, Saint David and on the Gila....

CHAPTER XXXVIII

THE LAW OF THE FRONTIER

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Popular Administration of Justice at Many Points-Phoenix as a “Wild West" Town—

Globe's Hanging Tree-The Bisbee Massacre-Heath Lynching at Tombstone—

"Bad Men" and Frontier Sheriffs-Commodore Owens-Pete Gabriel and Joe

Phy
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CHAPTER XXXIX

CRIMES OF THE ROAD

The Great Wham Robbery and Its Political Complications-Gribble and Barney Martin

Murders A Female Bandit-Train Robberies that Proved Unprofitable—Jim

Parker's Path to the Gallows-Burt Alvord and the Cochise Train Robbery....471

CHAPTER XL

SOUTHWESTERN OUTLAWS

The Earps and Their Career at Tombstone-What It Cost to Take Sheep into Pleasant

Valley Justice as Rough Hewn on the Frontier-Arizona Rangers and Their Good

Work-Arizona's Penitentiaries-End of the Wild West Era.

CHAPTER XLI

RELIGION AND EDUCATION

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How the Work of the Missions Was Taken Up-Establishment of the Diocese of Tucson

-Entrance of the Episcopal Church-Bishop Kendrick's Good Deeds-Early

Protestant Missionaries-Foundation of the Public School System-The University

and Normal Schools..

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