The Bisbee Massacre

Author : David Grassé
Publisher : McFarland
Page : 272 pages
File Size : 49,6 Mb
Release : 2017-04-07
Category : History
ISBN : 9781476667317

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The Bisbee Massacre by David Grassé Pdf

In December 1883, five outlaws attempted to rob the A.A. Castaneda Mercantile establishment in the fledgling mining town of Bisbee in the Arizona Territory. The robbery was a disaster: four citizens shot dead, one a pregnant woman. The failed heist was national news, with the subsequent manhunt, trial and execution of the alleged perpetrators followed by newspapers from New York to San Francisco. The Bisbee Massacre was as momentous as the infamous blood feud between the Earp brothers and the cowboys two years earlier, and led to the only recorded lynching in the town of Tombstone--John Heath, a sporting man, who was thought to be the mastermind. New research indicates he may have been innocent. This comprehensive history takes a fresh look at the event that marked the end of the Wild West period in the Arizona Territory.

Author : J.R. Roberts
Publisher : Speaking Volumes
Page : 154 pages
File Size : 43,5 Mb
Release : 2024-06-02
Category : Fiction
ISBN : 9798890220042

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The Bisbee Massacre by J.R. Roberts Pdf

ANOTHER TOMBSTONE IN TOMBSTONE After the O.K. Corral shoot-out in 1881 and the Massacre of '83, Tombstone's pretty boring on Clint Adams's first visit back. But no sooner has he settled in than a local rancher named Hudson is sent to meet his Maker. Turns out Hudson was more than neighborly with the Riggs woman next door, who is also involved with her father-in-law—and her husband's figured them out. And that's where things stop making any kind of sense. But there's one thing the Gunsmith does know: it's all in the family...

Author : Francine Powers
Publisher : Arcadia Publishing
Page : 145 pages
File Size : 53,8 Mb
Release : 2023-10-09
Category : True Crime
ISBN : 9781439679500

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Wicked Bisbee by Francine Powers Pdf

Nicknamed the "Queen of Copper Camps" for having the richest copper mining operations in the world, Bisbee also was the scene of dastardly crimes. From drunken shootouts in saloons to strikers clashing with mining executives, the town's past is filled with stories of vengeance and street justice. The aftermath of an 1885 lynching led directly to the establishment of the Copper Queen Library, too late to deter the infamous Bisbee Massacre of 1883. In Lowell, an argument about an alleged affair ended in murder, while the Fly-Swatting Contest of 1912 encouraged a different kind of killing. Author, journalist and historian Francine Powers uncovers the real-life dramas of Wild West Bisbee.

Author : Francine Powers
Publisher : Arcadia Publishing
Page : 144 pages
File Size : 52,8 Mb
Release : 2020
Category : History
ISBN : 9781467145619

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Haunted Bisbee by Francine Powers Pdf

Once the world's richest mining site, Bisbee is now one of the most haunted towns in America. From an entity that screams in anguish in Zacatecas Canyon to the glorious woman that floats through a wall in the School House Inn, spirits lurk around every corner. A firefighter still haunts his beloved Bisbee Fire Station No. 2, saving lives even after death, while a vengeful apparition keeps guard over his family plot at Evergreen Cemetery. Copper mining might have faded, but the memories of those drawn to Bisbee live on. Join Francine Powers, award-winning journalist, author and paranormal historian, as she uncovers the truth behind the old ghost stories of her beloved hometown.

Author : Leon Claire Metz
Publisher : Infobase Publishing
Page : 321 pages
File Size : 50,5 Mb
Release : 2002
Category : Criminology
ISBN : 9781438130217

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The Encyclopedia of Lawmen, Outlaws, and Gunfighters by Leon Claire Metz Pdf

Standoffs, saloons, and sunsets spring to mind when one envisions the rough and tumble early days of the American frontier.

Author : Steven Bye
Publisher : Xlibris Corporation
Page : 196 pages
File Size : 47,9 Mb
Release : 2016-10-13
Category : Fiction
ISBN : 9781524543198

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Vincent in Tucson by Steven Bye Pdf

The compilation of this writing in a fictional format was my way of conveying the unquestionable appeal equally to those who are already familiar with Van Gogh as well as to those with less knowledge of art and history. I was always faced with the challenge of finding new ways to inspire my students as a high school art teacher. One way that seemed to work most often was adding some type of adventure to the subject at hand. I invite you to explore the larger-than-life characters from Arizona and Europe from the late 1800s that I have woven into this fictional adventure. Reviews An adventure from beginning to end! Steven has captured the beauty and spirit of the Old Pueblo, its surrounding areas, and what makes it southwest such a treasure. The characters are what make the journey so believable. Well done! (Andy Bastine). I found, while reading Vincent in Tucson, an amazing connection between the historical perspective of his work and a fictional story that connected me to a life (Don Brown; deputy superintendent, Arizona Department of Education). More than a story, its a journey into two artists mindsVincent and the author. It takes a what-if story to a did-it story. You will crave to know more about Vincents life and death (Jodi Smith, art aficionado). Only a very talented artist and teacher could possibly create this fascinating fictional account of Vincent van Goghs time in Tucson, Arizona (Gary Bruner, PhD; retired superintendent, Bend, Oregon public schools). By any standard, one would have to say that, this time, Bye has come up with a doozy (J. C. Martin, Arizona Daily Star book reviewer).

Author : Doug Hocking
Publisher : Rowman & Littlefield
Page : 257 pages
File Size : 42,8 Mb
Release : 2023-05-01
Category : Biography & Autobiography
ISBN : 9781493071111

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Southwest Train Robberies by Doug Hocking Pdf

In 1854, the United States acquired the roughly 30,000-square-mile region of present-day southern Arizona and southwestern New Mexico from Mexico as part of the Gadsden Purchase. This new Southern Corridor was ideal for train routes from Texas to California, and soon tracks were laid for the Southern Pacific and Santa Fe rail lines. Shipping goods by train was more efficient, and for desperate outlaws and opportunistic lawmen, robbing trains was high-risk, high-reward. The Southern Corridor was the location of sixteen train robberies between 1883 and 1922. It was also the homebase of cowboy-turned-outlaw Black Jack Ketchum’s High Five Gang. Most of these desperadoes rode the rails to Arizona’s Cochise County on the US-Mexico border where locals and lawmen alike hid them from discovery. Both Wyatt Earp and Texas John Slaughter tried to clean them out, but it took the Arizona Rangers to finish the job. It was a time and place where posses were as likely to get arrested as the bandits. Some of the Rangers and some of Slaughter’s deputies were train robbers. When rewards were offered there were often so many claimants that only the lawyers came out ahead. Southwest Train Robberies chronicles the train heists throughout the region at the turn of the twentieth century, and the robbers who pulled off these train jobs with daring, deceit, and plain dumb luck! Many of these blundering outlaws escaped capture by baffling law enforcement. One outlaw crew had their own caboose, Number 44, and the railroad shipped them back and forth between Tucson and El Paso while they scouted locations. Legend says one gang disappeared into Colossal Cave to split the loot leaving the posse out front while they divided the cash and escaped out another entrance. The antics of these outlaws inspired Butch Cassidy and the Sundance Kid to blow up an express car and to run out guns blazing into the fire of a company of soldiers.

Author : Mike Cox
Publisher : Rowman & Littlefield
Page : 321 pages
File Size : 46,8 Mb
Release : 2022-06-01
Category : Travel
ISBN : 9781493064144

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Finding the Wild West: The Southwest by Mike Cox Pdf

From the famed Oregon Trail to the boardwalks of Dodge City to the great trading posts on the Missouri River to the battlefields of the nineteenth-century Indian Wars, there are places all over the American West where visitors can relive the great Western migration that helped shape our history and culture. This guide to the Southwest states of Arizona, New Mexico, and Texas--one of the five-volume Finding the Wild West series--highlights the best preserved historic sites as well as ghost towns, reconstructions, museums, historical markers, statues, works of public art that tell the story of the Old West. Use this book in planning your next trip and for a storytelling overview of America’s Wild West history.

Author : R. Michael Wilson
Publisher : Rowman & Littlefield
Page : 192 pages
File Size : 53,9 Mb
Release : 2007-06-01
Category : History
ISBN : 9781461750079

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Frontier Justice in the Wild West by R. Michael Wilson Pdf

Frontier Justice highlights eighteen crimes and subsequent punishments of the most interesting, controversial, and unusual executions from an era when hangings and shootings were a legal means of capital punishment. Chapters include: the bungled hanging of Tom Ketchum who was beheaded by the noose; the unique trigger for the trapdoor used to hang Tom Horn; "Big Nose" George Parrott who was skinned, pickled, and made into a pair of shoes; the double trials of Jack McCall, assassin of Wild Bill Hickok; the hanging of a woman-Elizabeth Potts; the shooting of John D. Lee of Mountain Meadows Massacre infamy; and the only use of a double "twitch-up" gallows; etc. Each action-packed chapter includes biographical information, the pursuit, the investigation, legal maneuvers, trial information, and rarely-seen photographs.

Author : Parker Anderson
Publisher : Arcadia Publishing
Page : 160 pages
File Size : 43,9 Mb
Release : 2024-06-02
Category : History
ISBN : 9781467151887

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Haunted Mining Towns of Arizona by Parker Anderson Pdf

Author : Francine Powers
Publisher : Arcadia Publishing
Page : 160 pages
File Size : 53,7 Mb
Release : 2023-03-13
Category : History
ISBN : 9781467151894

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Haunted Cochise County by Francine Powers Pdf

Some of the most notorious characters in American history once called Cochise County home. From the well-known shootout at the OK Corral to the Greenway Manor, Southeastern Arizona is haunted by the shades of its violent past. Go beyond the tales of the restless spirits buried at Boothill, and discover an abandoned train tunnel plagued by a tragic death. In Douglas, the ghost of young Mabel haunts the halls of the Avenue Hotel, hoping someone will solve her murder, while the spirit of a Bisbee fireman still works tirelessly to save lives. Join author and paranormal historian Francine Powers as she uncovers the stories behind the hauntings, banshees and apparitions of Cochise County.

Author : Daniel D. Arreola
Publisher : University of Arizona Press
Page : 292 pages
File Size : 40,8 Mb
Release : 2017-02-21
Category : History
ISBN : 9780816534326

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Postcards from the Sonora Border by Daniel D. Arreola Pdf

"Postcards from the Sonora Border: Visualizing Place through a Popular Lens, 1900s-1950s examines the urban landscapes of Mexican border cities through picture postcards. This volume aims to capture the evolution of Sonora border towns over time, and create a sense of visual "time travel" for the reader by relying on Arreola's personal collection of postcards"--Provided by publisher.

Author : Brian McGinty
Publisher : University of Oklahoma Press
Page : 273 pages
File Size : 46,5 Mb
Release : 2014-10-22
Category : History
ISBN : 9780806180243

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The Oatman Massacre by Brian McGinty Pdf

The Oatman massacre is among the most famous and dramatic captivity stories in the history of the Southwest. In this riveting account, Brian McGinty explores the background, development, and aftermath of the tragedy. Roys Oatman, a dissident Mormon, led his family of nine and a few other families from their homes in Illinois on a journey west, believing a prophecy that they would find the fertile “Land of Bashan” at the confluence of the Gila and Colorado Rivers. On February 18, 1851, a band of southwestern Indians attacked the family on a cliff overlooking the Gila River in present-day Arizona. All but three members of the family were killed. The attackers took thirteen-year-old Olive and eight-year-old Mary Ann captive and left their wounded fourteen-year-old brother Lorenzo for dead. Although Mary Ann did not survive, Olive lived to be rescued and reunited with her brother at Fort Yuma. On Olive’s return to white society in 1857, Royal B. Stratton published a book that sensationalized the story, and Olive herself went on lecture tours, telling of her experiences and thrilling audiences with her Mohave chin tattoos. Ridding the legendary tale of its anti-Indian bias and questioning the historic notion that the Oatmans’ attackers were Apaches, McGinty explores the extent to which Mary Ann and Olive may have adapted to life among the Mohaves and charts Olive’s eight years of touring and talking about her ordeal.

Author : K. Sterling
Publisher : Bawdy Books
Page : 184 pages
File Size : 54,9 Mb
Release : 2021-09-15
Category : Fiction
ISBN : 9780692964729

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Grave Expectations by K. Sterling Pdf

Dr. Flip Satis is in Bisbee for all the wrong reasons, but he’s chasing the right man. He’s wanted Dr. Wallace Brinkley since Flip sat in Dr. Brinkley's anatomy class but the chivalrous older medical examiner never acted on the chemistry between them. After making a deal with the devil to be closer to his mentor and eternal crush, a summer monsoon and a dead body throw Flip’s plans into disarray. Wallace came to Bisbee looking for a slower pace, but now his one temptation has arrived in the eccentric former mining town. When Flip needs his help, Wallace can’t turn his back on the beguiling young doctor with the haunting blue eyes. As Flip becomes the primary suspect in the murder of a notorious businessman, Wallace turns to the Bachelors’ club for assistance. Can he solve the crime without giving into temptation, or will falling for Flip lead to grave expectations...

Author : Anonim
Publisher : Unknown
Page : 524 pages
File Size : 52,7 Mb
Release : 1965
Category : Arizona
ISBN : UVA:X002618326

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The Journal of Arizona History by Anonim Pdf