Mormon Settlement in Arizona: A Record of Peaceful Conquest of the DesertMcClintock, James H.
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Mormon Settlement in Arizona: A Record of Peaceful Conquest of the Desert
McClintock, James H.
Arizona -- History -- To 1950; Latter Day Saints -- Arizona -- History
Frank Lesueur and Augustus Andrew Gibbons--Mar. 27, 1900. Killed by
outlaws near Navajo, eastern Apache County. They had been deserted by six
Mexican members of a posse trailing American cattle thieves, who were
fleeing northward from near St. Johns, and were ambushed in a mountain
canyon. Lesueur was killed instantly by a shot in the forehead and
Gibbons, already shot through the body, was killed by a shot in the head
at very short range. The murderers were not apprehended.
Wm. T. Maxwell--1901. Killed by outlaws near Nutrioso. He was the son of
a Mormon Battalion member.
Wm. W. Berry--Dec. 22, 1903. Murdered in Tonto Basin. John and Zach
Booth, goat owners, were arrested for the crime. The latter was hanged
and the former released after disagreement of the jury. The crime also
embraced the murder of a 16-year-old boy, Juan Vigil, son of a herder.
Berry at the time was in charge of a band of sheep.
Hyrum Smith Peterson--Nov. 12, 1913. Killed near Mesa. Peterson, city
marshal, was shot down by thieves whom he was trying to arrest.
Frank McBride and Martin Kempton--Feb. 10, 1918. Killed 60 miles west of
Pima. McBride was sheriff of Graham County and Kempton was deputy. The
two sought arrest of the Powers brothers and Sisson, draft evaders, who
were in a cabin in the Galiuro Mountains. With them was killed another
deputy, Kane Wootan. In a following special session of the Legislature,
the families of the three were given $17,500, to be invested for their
benefit.
[Illustration: KILLED BY INDIANS
1--Geo. A. Smith, Jr. 2--Dr. Jas. M. Whitmore
3--Seth Wright 4--Jacob Ferrin 5--Eliza Merrill
6--Diana Davis Fife 7--Lorenzo Wright]
[Illustration: KILLED BY OUTLAWS
1--Nathan C. Tenney 2--Chas. L. Flake 3--Frank Lesueur
4--Augustus Andrew Gibbons 5--Wm. Wiley Berry
6--Hyrum S. Peterson 7--R. Franklin McBride 8--Martin Kempton]
INDEX
See Chronology, Mormon Settlement Place Names
A
Adair
Named for early resident
Adair, Samuel N.
Photo.
Adair, Wesley
Battalion member,
photo.
Agriculture
Mormon pioneers in,
first in N. Ariz.
Allen, Lt.-Col. Jas.
Commander Battalion,
died
Allen, Rufus C.
Battalion member,
to S. America,
in Las Vegas section
Allen, W.C.
Heads L. Colorado party,
photo.
Alma
Est.
Allred, Mrs. R.W.
With husband on Battalion march,
photo.
Allred, Reuben W.
Battalion member,
photo.
Alpine
Burial place of Jacob Hamblin,
est.
Ancient Races
Canal at Mesa,
in Arizona,
canals of,
in Gila Valley
Andrus, Capt. Jas.
Led party against Indians
Apaches
Encroachments on Forest Dale,
attack on Col. Carr's command,
attack on Camp Apache,
experiences with in Gila Valley,
Chiricahua outbreaks,
murders in Gila Valley
Arkansas Immigrants
At Taylor,
on L. Colorado
Artesian Water
At St. David,
wells in Gila Valley
Asay, Joseph
Aids Powell exp.
Atlantic & Pacific R.R.
Land grant
B
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