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Russell's La Paz County: a Historical Anthology in Four Volumes

1986
AZ 557
Collection Guide

La Paz County was created in 1983 from Yuma County, AZ. This collection contains a four-volume typescript compilation gathered by amateur historian Robert Parke Russell. It comprises newspaper and magazine articles concerning La Paz County; chiefly published in the Arizona Sentinel from 1850 to 1911. Vol. 4 contains name and subject indexes. Topics include mines and mining, army, postal service, Native Americans, transportation, and freighting.

Included materials:
Manuscript
Subject Area:
Mining
Indigenous Peoples of the Americas
Collection Area:
Arizona & Southwest

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