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Al Sieber stands to the far right of this dress parade of Yavapai scouts at Camp Verde, Arizona, in this circa 1880 photograph by W.H. Williscraft. Nine years had passed since he began his role as the U.S. Army’s chief of scouts. When asked to explain the secret of his success in managing his Indian scouts, he replied: “I do not deceive them, but always tell them the truth. When I tell them I am going to kill them, I do it, and when I tell them I am their friend, they know it.”

– Courtesy Sharlot Hall Museum Library and Archives, Prescott, Arizona –

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The Model 1860, .44 caliber Richards Conversion Colt this warbonneted brave holds looks to be his own, although it could be a photographer’s prop gun.

– Courtesy Phil Spangenberger Collection –

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Tombstone’s Competitor

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Contention City played a major role in the growth of southern Arizona at a time when the territory needed it most. An accidental stumble started it all.

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Native Americans in Movies

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It’s generally assumed that Indians were always portrayed in early movies as the heavy. When the Whites won it was a battle and when the Indian’s won it was referred to as a massacre.

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The kids in Las Vegas, New Mexico, reportedly got bad ideas about the Hanging Windmill (shown here, circa 1878) from their elders. They hanged their dolls and, even worse, their dogs and cats from the windmill until adults put a stop to it when they knocked down the windmill in 1880.

– Courtesy Las Vegas Citizens Committee for Historic Preservation –

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Mining Your Own Business

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Approximately 250,000 abandoned mines exist in the state of Arizona, testifying to the scope and impact of mining on the state.

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These Texas Territory foot soldiers at Fort Davis were laden with full gear as they prepared to march out for the field. When these heavily burdened infantrymen were fortunate, pack mules or escort wagons hauled the extras, including rations.

– Courtesy Beinecke Rare Book & Manuscript Library, Yale University –

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Guy Pierce My great aunt was Isabel Crawford born in Canada (1865-1961) She was a missionary in Oklahoma territory for the Kiowa, Comanche & Apache tribes at the Saddle Mountain Mission where she is buried. She wrote three books about her experience. Do you have any copies of her books?

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Joy Taylor Nelson You can do a search on Amazon using her name.

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Saul Mendoza That's Ft. Davis. Alot of buildings have been worked on to resemble how it might have looked back then. Lots to see. Even the Commissary got redone and open to view.

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The Original War Wagon

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After Johnny Slaughter, murdered on March 25, 1877, became the first stage driver killed along the Deadwood to Cheyenne Trail, the Cheyenne and Black Hills Stage Company built two steel-plated treasure coaches.

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