Arizona Genealogy

In Sylvester Mowry ‘s book: ” Arizona and Sonora,” 3rd Edition, published in 1864, is given the report of F. Biertu, metallurgist, on the Mowry mine and others situated in that part of the country, which describes, perhaps better than can be done in any other way, the condition of the mining industry around Tubac and Tucson in the year 1860. The report is as follows: “My first visit to the Patagonia Mine, now called Mowry Silver Mines, has lasted four days – the time necessary to give it a full examination in all its parts, and to make a … Read more

Arizona Biographies from History Of Arizona Volume 2 Biographical Sketch of John T. Alsap Biographical Sketch of A. F. Banta Biography of Peter Rainsford Brady Biography of Charles O. Brown Biographical Sketch of James Cusenberry Biography of Herman Ehrenberg Biography of Michael Goldwater Biography of Charles Trumbull Hayden Biography of Samuel Hughes Biography of L. J. F. Jaeger Biography of Captain Thomas Jonathan Jeffords Biographical Sketch of W. H. Kirkland Biography of Peter Kitchen Biographical Sketch of Charles H. Meyer Biography of Jackson McCracken Biography of Samuel C. Miller Biography of Sylvester Mowry Biography of Estevan Ochoa Biography of William … Read more

The Yuma Indians and the Mohave Indians live along the Colorado river; are and have been for some time at peace with the whites, and have received the largest portion of the appropriation made annually for the benefit of the friendly Indians of this Territory. They have received just enough assistance from the Government to cause them to believe that they can live without work, but too little to keep off the gnawings of hunger. The result is that they are reduced to the lowest stages of degradation. Licentiousness and disease are doing their work, and soon these Indians will … Read more

The market price of produce will average, at Tucson and south of the Gila River: Beef, on the block 12 to 15 cents per pound. Fresh Butter 75 cents per pound. Bacon 35 to 40 cents per pound. Irish Potatoes 6 cents per pound. Eggs 75 cents per dozen. Flour 6 cents per pound. Wheat, Barley and Corn 3 cents per pound. At Prescott and in Central Arizona: Beef, on the block 15 to 20 cents per pound. Fresh Butter $1.25 per pound. Bacon 35 to 40 cents per pound. Irish Potatoes 8 cents per pound. Eggs $1 per dozen. … Read more

Nearly every variety of wood and plant that grows in other portions of the United Slates is found in Arizona, and some that cannot be found except along this southern belt of country. Many varieties of the cacti species are found. The most noted is the Suwarrow, which grows to the height of thirty to fifty feet, and from ten to twelve inches in thickness; the main trunk is straight, and has numerous branches or prongs that grow from the main trunk in all manner of curious shapes. Blossoms spring from the top of the main trunk in Spring, and … Read more

The Pima Indians and Maricopa Indians occupy a reservation on the Gila river, about two hundred miles east of Arizona City, and number about four thousand. They have occupied this locality as far back as we have any written knowledge of them. Many years ago, they cultivated fields, also in other localities, though not far distant from the reservation, but the continued raids made upon them by the Apaches compelled them for self-protection to draw their settlements close together. They live in round huts, made by placing poles ten to twelve feet long in a circle of ten or twelve … Read more

These Indians occupy a section of country about seventy miles south from the Pima reservation, near the Sonora line, and in fact their settlements extend some distance into Sonora. They speak the same language as the Pimas, but have mostly embraced the Catholic religion, and are much further advanced in civilization. They live by cultivating the soil and raising stock. They are peaceable, well-disposed, and have never asked nor received hut little assistance from the Government. They are at peace with all the world except the Apaches, but toward them their hate is intense. They are docile and kind in … Read more

Mails was carried three times a week through this Territory from San Diego, California, to Mesilla, in New Mexico, via Arizona City, Maricopa Wells, Sacaton, Sanford, Florence, Tucson and Camp Bowie, and there are post-offices at each of the points named. The mails are carried with regularity on this route, except when interrupted by Indians. Three mails have been taken the present year east of Tucson and one west. From Tucson to San Diego there is a very comfortable stage line. The time required to make the trip is six days, and the fare is ninety dollars. From Tucson to … Read more