Arizona Land Records

Land Ownership and Township Plat

…that include final certificates, applications with land descriptions, affidavits showing proof of citizenship, register and receiver receipts, notices and final proofs, and testimonies of witnesses. These documents are part of…

The Santa Fe Trail

…to embark upon the same enterprise. From this time may be dated the opening of what afterwards became known as the Santa Fe trail. About the year 1821, Capt. Becknell,…

Treaty with Mexico

…the office of Foreign Relations, and Don Salazar Ylarregui and General Mariano Monterde, as scientific commissioners, invested with full powers for this negotiation; who, having communicated their respective full powers,…

Early American Occupation

…long before Caballo en Pelo found that he had committed himself to the tender mercies of men who entertained the deepest suspicion of his professional amity. To test his sincerity,…

Early Mines and Mining

…merchandise could be obtained, there being no frontier customhouses at that time to interfere with free importation of supplies. The headquarters of the company, in the autumn of 1S56, were…

Arizona Census Records

…Federal Census 1930 Arizona Federal Census View Original Census Records Online at Ancestry! $ The most complete listing of Census images on the web. Ancestry has put online all images…

The Yuma, Cocopah and Maricopa Indians

…warmest of friends, for the period stated, frequently intermarried, were bound together by one common sympathy and one common cause, had the same enemies to contend with, the same evils…

California Column Drives out the Hostiles

…I had come to this conclusion, we perceived several riders coming toward us with all speed, and they soon proved to be the detachment of my company which had been…

Arizona Mining History

…of the mine is Mr. H. C. Grosvenor, and Mr. Pnmpelly is the engineer. The capital is $1,000,000. These mines were opened in 1856. Maricopa Mining Company; – this company…

Indian Raids and Treaties

…his command decided to start before daylight. The day before they started the advance guard of General West of the California Column, about thirty soldiers under command of Captain Shirland,

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