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1. 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, AZ. The collection contains a typescript of the accounts of discovering the area now known as Tombstone, ...

   castanoe - 2020-06-04 18:27

2. 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 ...

   castanoe - 2020-06-05 15:08

3. The Story of Patchy

   The collection contains a typescript of an unpublished manuscript, with photographs, concerning the story of Apache May (Patchy), a young Apache girl found in May of 1896 in an abandoned Apache camp by John Slaughter, a Cochise County cattleman and former ...

   castanoe - 2020-06-09 13:54

4. Record of Weather and Stages of the Colorado River

   Louis John Frederick Jaeger (1824-1892) was a ferryman and adventurer. He operated a ferry along the Colorado River in Yuma, AZ from 1850 to 1877. The collection contains a fragment of weather records and states of the Colorado River kept by Jaeger at the ...

   castanoe - 2020-08-24 10:57

5. Diary of Louis John Frederick Jaeger, 1849

   Louis John Frederick Jaeger (1824-1892) was a ferryman and adventurer. He operated a ferry along the Colorado River in Yuma, AZ from 1850 to 1877. Frederick’s collection contains a holograph notebook describing his voyage as a passenger on the ship Mason ...

   castanoe - 2020-08-24 11:01

6. Account books of Louis John Frederick Jaeger, 1860-1891

   Louis John Frederick Jaeger (1824-1892) was a ferryman and adventurer. He operated a ferry along the Colorado River in Yuma, AZ from 1850 to 1877. This collection contains four of his holograph financial account books for the years 1860 to 1861, 1876, and ...

   castanoe - 2020-08-24 11:02

7. Diary of Louis John Frederick Jaeger, 1875-1892

   Louis John Frederick Jaeger (1824-1892) was a ferryman and adventurer. He operated a ferry along the Colorado River in Yuma, AZ from 1850 to 1877. This collection contains holograph notebooks spanning Mar. 1, 1875 to Apr. 7, 1880 and Feb. 11 to Mar. 25, ...

   castanoe - 2020-08-25 12:33

8. Aphold Family Papers

   Contains financial statements, 1905-1956, legal documents, 1867-1950, mining claims, 1898-1955, newspaper clippings, 1940-1960. Includes materials relating to Adelaide A. Aphold’s marriages to Louise Aphold, Sr and Dr. Narciso Herra Matas. ...

   castanoe - 2020-08-31 09:31

9. History of Arizona

   The History of Arizona is a book written by Joseph Fish, an Arizona merchant and bookkeeper. The collection contains various portions of the unpublished manuscript in original and carbon typescript, as well as a photocopy; the manuscript relates Arizona ...

   castanoe - 2020-09-11 10:40

10. Jacobs Family Papers

    The collection consists of correspondence, letter books, invoices, financial statements, ledgers, journals, receipts, cancelled checks, debit and credit memos, certificate of deposit stubs, draft registers, collection registers, and remittance registers ...

    castanoe - 2020-09-11 11:29

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