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1. The Last of the Plainsmen

   Original typescript, except for final chapter which is in the author's handwriting. Other holograph corrections throughout by a different hand. Correspondence attesting to authenticity of handwriting is laid in. This is a biography of Charles Jesse J ...

   castanoe - 2013-03-05 17:35

2. History of the Discovery of Tombstone, Arizona, as Told by Edward Lawrence Schieffelin

   Edward Schieffelin, 1847-1897, was a prospector and discovered the silver mines of the San Pedro Valley, which led to the establishment of Tombstone, Ariz. A version edited by Ben Traywick, was published by Red Marie's, 1988.Typescript, accompanied b ...

   castanoe - 2013-03-07 13:06

3. Papers of Joseph Thomas McKinney

   Joseph Thomas McKinney was a pioneer and law enforcement officer in the Arizona territory. He was born June 20th 1858 in Arkansas. He arrived in Arizona around 1885 and worked for the Wabash Cattle Company above St. Johns in Apache County for about a year ...

   castanoe - 2013-03-07 13:17

4. Papers of John J. Wingar

   John J. Wingar, 1833-1907, was a Methodist clergyman and Arizona pioneer. Wingar moved to Prescott in 1877, and later lived in Florence, Pinal, Globe, and Tempe. He was active in establishing a school at the San Carlos Apache Indian Reservation. The colle ...

   castanoe - 2013-03-07 13:25

5. Scrapbooks of Newspaper Clippings

    Louis C. Hughes, 1844-1915, was an Arizona pioneer,lawyer, newspaper publisher, and politician. Hughes established the Arizona Daily Star in 1877 and published it until his death. He served as district attorney, probate judge, attorney general of Arizona ...

   castanoe - 2013-03-07 14:48

6. Letter Book of Louis C. Hughes

   Louis C. Hughes was an Arizona pioneer; lawyer, newspaper publisher, and politician. Hughes established the Arizona Daily Star in 1877 and published it until his death. He served as district attorney, probate judge, attorney general of Arizona, U.S. Court ...

   castanoe - 2013-03-07 14:52

7. The Story of Patchy

   Typescript of unpublished manuscript, with photographs, concerning the story of Apache May, a young Apache girl found in May, 1896, by Cochise County cattleman and former sheriff, John Slaughter, in an abandoned Apache camp. She lived with the Slaughters ...

   castanoe - 2013-03-07 15:05

8. Correspondence of Bryan Ward Tichenor

   Bryan Ward Tichenor was an attorney, stenographer, notary public, and court reporter of the First Judicial District, Arizona Territory. The collection includes a holograph and typescript correspondence, both personal and professional, chiefly relates to a ...

   castanoe - 2013-03-07 17:51

9. Diary of Louis John Frederick Jaeger

   Holograph notebook describes voyage as passenger on the ship Mason from Philadelphia to San Francisco, Feb. 22, 1849-Dec. 31, 1849. Later part of diary tells of operating a boarding house in San Francisco, and working as a carpenter. Included materials: M ...

   castanoe - 2013-03-07 18:06

10. Diary of Louis John Frederick Jaeger

    Two holograph notebooks cover Mar. 1, 1875-Apr. 7, 1880, and Feb. 11 to Mar. 25, 1892; personal entries relate weather conditions, work accomplished, money owed or paid, and daily events. Accompanied by 500 page transcript and photocopy. Included material ...

    castanoe - 2013-03-19 14:45

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