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Officers. - G. A. Swasey, Probate Judge; W. W. Lowther, Sheriff; Oscar M. Brown, District Attorney ; D. B. Lacey, Treas- urer; P. B. Miller, Recorder ; J. K. Smith, F. W. Westmeyer, and George Danforth, Supervisors; John J. Harlow, Clerk Board of Supervisors; A. G. Pendleton, Surveyor; C. A. Macdonell and E. J. Pring, Coroners ; T. C. Stallo, Public Administrator ; George A. Allen, Globe ; J. Willett, Grapevine Springs ; T. T. Overton, McMillen ; C. Cline, Reno; C. Fraser, Richmond Basin; Reuben Wood, San Carlos; George B. Walker, Stanton-Justices of the Peace.
GRAHAM COUNTY.
Organized in 1881. Bounded north by Gila and Apache, east by the Territory of New Mexico, south by Cachise, and west by Pinal and Gila. Area, 6,474 square miles. County seat, Safford.
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Principal towns, Clifton, Maxey,. San Carlos, and Solomonville, and the military posts of Camp Thomas and Fort Grant. Min- ing districts are Clifton, De Frees, and the Deer Creek Coal mines, which extend into the San Carlos Indian Reservation. Resources : agricultural, pastoral, and mineral. The topographi- cal features are mountain peaks, high and broad plateaus, and river valleys. The county embraces a tract about eighty miles square, with the Salt River on its northern border, and the Gila following a sinuous course from east to west, through the center, while the San Pedro forms its border for a short distance in the south-west. On the Gila is the great valley of Pueblo Viejo, containing some 70,000 acres of most excellent farming land. In the south-west is Grass. Valley, a large area of fine grazing land, and in the north-east are the Gila and Prieto plateaus. Centrally, in the southern half of the county, is the lofty Graham Peak, from which conspicuous landmark the county takes its name. This peak was so named in honor of Captain Graham, of the U. S. Army, who commanded one of the companies of the " Army of the West," under General Kearny, which marched through this region en route to California in 1846. North of the Gila are the Sierra de la Petahaya and Gila ranges of mountains, and south are the Peloncillo, Pinalino, Santa Teresa, and Galiuro ranges. The San Francisco River, Eagle Creek, Gila Bonita, and San Carlos are the principal tributaries of the Gila. Near the San Francisco are the rich and extensive copper mines of Clifton district, and in the valley of the same stream are found gold placers of great extent and value. In the west is the San Carlos Indian Reservation, a large tract of valuable land contain- ing veins of copper and coal of the finest quality. The geological formation comprises limestone, porphyry, syenite and granite. The surface of the county has a general elevation of from 3,000 to 5,000 feet above the sea, possessing a remarkably healthy and salubrious climate, which with its great resources of soil and mines, and its proximity to the great transcontinental railroad, assure it a prosperity second to none in Arizona.
Officers :- George Lake, Probate Judge; C. B. Rose, Sheriff ; Neri Osburn, District Attorney; I. E. Solomon, Treasurer ; W. F. Clarke, Recorder; Adolph Solomon, A. M. Franklin, and Jonathan Foster, Supervisors ; George H. Stevens, Clerk Board Supervisors ; James Haynes, Surveyor; E. D. Tuttle, Coroner ; Thomas Neese, Public Administrator; E. Mann, Camp Thomas ; S. W. Pomeroy, Clifton ; E. D. Tuttle, Safford ; D. W. Wicker- sham, Solomonville-Justices of the Peace.
MARICOPA COUNTY.
Organized in 1871. Bounded north by Yavapai, east by Gila, south by Pinal and Pima, and west by Yuma. Area, 9,200 square
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miles. Population, 1880-5,689. County seat, Phoenix. Princi- pal towns, Gila Bend, Mesaville, Seymour, Tempe, Vulture, and Wickenburg, and the military post, Fort McDowell. Mining Dis- tricts, Cave Creek, Magazine, Myers, Reno Mountains, Vulture, and Winifred. Resources, agricultural and mineral. The county receives its name from a tribe of Indians who dwell near its south- ern border. The chief streams are the Salt, the Gila, and Rio Verde Rivers, and Agua Fria and Hassayampa Creeks ; the first enters the county from the east and flows southwesterly into the Gila. Along its borders and within reach of its waters, used in irrigating, is the richest agricultural region of Arizona. With its equable climate and fertile soil, it may well be regarded as a ver- itable paradise. The valley of Salt River, sixty miles in length by ten to thirty in breadth, spreading to the Gila in its lower part, contains evidences in ruins of villages and irrigating canals, of an ancient occupation by a numerous and thrifty agricultural peo- ple. As yet it is but sparsely settled, although there are several large and prosperous towns along its course. When developed to its full capacity by the reconstruction of its ancient canals, the valley of Salt River will support a population of many thousands.
Hon. P. Hamilton, Territorial Statistician, speaking of this valley, says :
"After a drive through its immense fields of golden grain, ripen- ing in the early summer sun, one is impressed with the almost un- limited capabilities of this valley, which has been well named the 'Garden of the Territory.' No one who has not visited the Salt River country can have any conception of the area of land which has been reclaimed from the desert, brought under a high state of cultivation, and made fruitful and highly productive. For nearly thirty miles up and down the course of the river there is almost one continuous line of fine farms, bearing bountiful crops. A ride through this grand grain field is a sight the like of which is found nowhere else in the Territory. Wheat and barley are the princi- pal crops, but immense stretches of alfalfa, beautiful with its blu- ish purple blossoms, and waving gently in the summer breeze, like an emerald lake, greet the eye in every direction. Comfortable farm-houses, embowered in groves of cottonwood and poplar, and acequias, lined with shade trees, most admirably diversify the land- scape; while the rugged mountains, their outlines softened in a purple haze, complete the picture of this Arizona Arcadia, whose semi-tropical loveliness is the glory of our Territory.
" It is estimated that there are over 15,000 acres of land under cultivation in the valley at the present time, more than half of which is in wheat. The average yield is about fifteen hundred pounds to the acre. The wheat crop for the present year pre- sents a splendid appearance, and will compare with that of any section of the Pacific Coast. The barley crop is now being har- vested, and as I passed through the valley large numbers of farm
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hands, with threshers and headers, were scattered in every direc- tion, gathering the ripened grain. Modern ideas and modern ap- pliances have deprived the harvest-field of much of its poetical surroundings. The sickle and scythe have given place to the header and its labor-saving appurtenances. The farmers of Salt River, many of whom plant one thousand acres of grain, use the latest and most perfect agricultural machinery, and the work of gathering the crop is done cheaply and expeditiously. Leading farmers have informed your correspondent that they can raise grain in this valley as cheaply as in California.
"About eighteen miles up the river from Phoenix a Mormon col- ony have established themselves. Their settlement has been made on a dry, barren mesa, elevated about forty feet above the level of the surrounding valley. Sage, gravel, and greasewood were the natural productions of this uninviting spot before these people settled there. By bringing water from a ditch high up the river they have literally made this desert to blossom as the rose, and are fast building up a prosperous community. Houses have been built, trees have been planted, gardens laid out, and this forbidding and sun-scorched plateau made to yield fine crops of grain and vegetables. Several vineyards have been planted, many of which are already in full bearing. It is generally con- ceded that the soil of the Mormon settlement is the best adapted of any in the valley to the raising of the grape. The farms in the Mormon colony are small, averaging from ten to forty acres. They are being carefully cultivated, and the 'mesa' settlement promises in a few years to be one of the most beautiful and pro- ductive spots in the Valley of the Salinas. Much attention has been paid to fruit culture during the last few years. Grapes, apri- cots, peaches, figs, strawberries, and many other varieties of fruit, do well here. Old settlers become enthusiastic in describing the glorious appearance of the orchards and vineyards in the early fall, when the luscious grapes hang in profusion in the vineyard and garden, looking tempting enough to induce old Bacchus to take up his abode here in the Valley of the Salt, where the pea- ches and plums and apples are as plentiful and as beautiful as the golden fruits that hung in the garden of Hesperides. For melons this place is already famous; no such juicy and magnificent speci- mens being grown on the Coast; and for pumpkins I will say nothing, for this valley has long borne the palm for its production of this palatable edible. Some farmers are turning their attention to wine making, and your correspondent can say from experience with a sample three years old, that it will compare favorably with the best California."
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Away from the streams the country presents a forbidding aspect ; being generally dry and barren, with the ever present cactus as the sharpest feature of the landscape. The valley of the Gila, west of Salt River, is narrow and sandy, with but small
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areas of arable land. Wherever cultivation is practicable, every plant of a semi-tropical clime can be produced in great abundance and perfection. While agriculture has been the main resource, mines of great value have been discovered in various sections. The Vulture mine in the northwest has produced a large amount of gold, and the region about Wickenburg and the Hassayampa has become noted for its placers and ore-bearing veins of the same precious metal. In the northeast are the Verde Mountains, where several mining districts have been organized, and veins of gold, silver, copper, and lead-bearing ores have been found, some of which are of great size and of undoubted richness. The western portion of the county presents an exceedingly barren and forbid- ding appearance ; but until it is proven void of valuable mines it cannot be condemned, as often have the rugged sun-burned rocks of Arizona been found to be only the rough casket of the richest treasure. How vividly is this proven by the developments in the Sierra de la Esperanza, in the extreme south-western part of the county. In this bleak and desolate region, where it appears na- ture has defied the approach of man by erecting barriers of des- ert, thorns, rocks, drouth, and heat, Myers district is formed, and great bonanzas of gold and silver ore exposed. Here are the " Gunsight," "Silver Girt," and other mines of high repute. This district is about 40 miles south of the Southern Pacific Rail- road, and is reached via Gila Bend. The residents of the fertile valley of Salt River have boasted of their county as pre-eminently agricultural in its resources, regarding the barren hills and rugged peaks with disdain; but the great wealth of mines in such Jocali- ties, as proven by the Vulture in the north-west, and the mines of Myers district in the south-west, may yet give the latter industry the precedence.
Officers .- Thomas G. Greenhaw, Probate Judge; L. H. Orme, Sheriff; A. D. Lemon, District Attorney ; John George, Treas- urer; R. F. Kirkland, Recorder; J. L. Gregg, Michael Wormser, and C. T. Hayden, Supervisors; Frank Cox, Clerk Board of Su- pervisors ; Joseph D. Reed, Coroner and Public Administrator ; F. M. Pomeroy, Mesa City ; G. H. Rothrock, M. M. Jackson, and James Richards, Phoenix; J. A. Barstow, Tempe; J. H. Gifford, Vulture-Justices of the Peace.
MOHAVE COUNTY.
Organized in 1864. Bounded north by the State of Nevada and Territory of Utah, east by Yavapai, south by Yuma, and west by the States of California and Nevada. Area, 10,720 square miles. Population, by the census of 1880-1,190. County Seat, Mineral Park. Principal towns, Aubrey, Cerbat, Fort Mo- have, or Mohave City, Hardyville, and Signal. Mining Districts, Aubrey, Cedar Valley, Greenwood, Hope, Hualapai, Maynard,
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Owens, and San Francisco. This county has for its western bor- der the Colorado River, which separates it from Nevada and Cal- ifornia, and forming an artery of commerce, it being navigable for light-draft steamers, which ply on it in connection with the Southern Pacific Railroad at Yuma, and with ocean vessels at its entrance into the Gulf of California. This great river, in the wild- ness and grandeur of its scenery, is without a parallel on the continent. Formed by the junction of the Green and the Grand, and many other streams flowing from the Rocky Mountains, in distant Idaho, and the unexplored parks and peaks of Colorado, it has cut itself a channel a mile or more in depth, through the Territories of Utah and Arizona. One of those tremendous chasms is where the river crosses the County of Mohave, called The Grand Canon, and another is The Black Canon, where it separates Arizona from Nevada. After leaving these cañons, it enters the great desert region of the west, the barren, rocky, sun- burned mountains holding it in a close embrace for hundreds of miles in its course, occasionally relieved by small valleys, made fruitful by its annual overflow. But these rugged rocks are not as valueless as they appear to the passing traveler. Mines of gold, silver, copper, and lead are found in their depths, some of which have been worked with success, and under more favorable auspi- ces, will undoubtedly become sources of great wealth. Near the Colorado, intense heat prevails in summer; but the country rises rapidly to the east, where a milder climate is found, with grass- covered valleys and hills clothed with forests. The Black, Cer- bat, Music, Hualapai, Peacock, and Cottonwood mountains, are the principal ranges, with hills and valleys between. Across the southern part runs the thirty-fifth parallel, and the route of the Atlantic and Pacific Railroad, which has already entered the eastern border of Arizona, and is expected soon to be com- pleted, and aid in the development of the mineral resources of Mohave.
Officers :- Charles Atchison, Probate Judge; John C. Potts, Sheriff; J. W. Stephenson, District Attorney ; W. A. Langley, Treasurer ; John K. Mackenzie, Recorder; L. C. Welbourn, Wil- liam H. Hardy, and W. F. Grounds, Supervisors; H. Bucksbaum, Clerk Board of Supervisors; James J. Hyde, Public Administra- tor ; James J. Hyde, Mineral Park ; Samuel O. Prince, Sandy- Justices of the Peace.
PIMA COUNTY.
Organized in 1864. Bounded north by Maricopa and Pinal, east by Cachise, south and south-west by the Mexican State of Sonora, and west by Yuma. Area, 10,179. square miles. Popu- lation, census of 1880-17,007, which included what is now called Cachise County, and a portion of Graham County. County seat,
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Tucson. Principal towns : Arivaca, Calabasas, Greaterville, Har- shaw, La Noria, or Lutrell, Oro Blanco, Pajarito, Pantano, Pel- ton, Tubac, Washington Camp, the military post Fort Lowell, and the Papago Indian village and church of San Xavier. Min- ing Districts: Arivaca, Aztec, Bloodsucker, Empire, Gold Moun- tain, or Horse Shoe Basin, Helvetia, or Santa Rita Placers, Old Hat, Oro Blanco, Pajarito, Palmetto, Patagonia, (including Har- shaw and Washington Camp) Pima, Silver Bell, and Tyndall. The county comprises a broad belt of the southern portion of the Territory, 175 miles from east to west, and eighty miles from north to south, extending from the grassy and pleasant region of the east to the hot and barren mesas of the west. The Santa Cruz River flows from south to north, through the eastern portion of the county, sinking into the earth on the northern border. The valley of this stream contains much arable land, and where irri- gation is practicable, fine crops are grown. The bordering hills and plains are covered with gramma grass, a beautiful and nutri- tious plant, rendering the region most favorable for the raising of cattle. This 'splendid grazing region embraces the eastern por- tion of the county and a large area of the southern border west of the Santa Cruz, and much other might in all probability be made available for grazing purposes and tillage, by a system of artesian wells. In their present state of nature, the plains and mountains are scorched, desolate and barren, relieved by the fierce and bristling cactus; which sometimes rise in great columns thirty to fifty feet in height-a single trunk, lonely and singular, like some forgotten monumental pillar or neglected ruin : at other times, sprawl in irregular brambles, as if to guard the place, saying plainly : "Touch not at your peril !" an admonition to the traveler never necessary to be repeated. The cactus-several varieties -hateful as they are, bear a delicious fruit, which constitutes an important part of the comestibles of the wild Indians of Arizona. Where such plants grow unaided, it appears that more valuable things could be made to grow with the aid of artesian water; skillful cultivation, and the proper selection of plants. Mining is, and probably will continue to be, the great interest. Every mountain range, hill, and isolated peak appears to be veined with metal- bearing ore. Gold, silver, copper, and lead are the principal met- als found, and these appear in remarkable abundance. The region was occupied by the Spaniards in their earliest settlement of Mexico, and mines were worked centuries ago, as is proven by the growth of trees over abandoned shafts and other mining works. But here the Indians were more warlike than those of other parts of Mexico, and succeeded in limiting the area of civ- ilizing advancements ; until of recent date it has fallen into the hands of a more energetic people, who now, aided by the most improved methods of intercommunication, have invaded the coun- try, successfully occupied it, reduced its savage inhabitants to
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subjection, eliminated its dread jornadas del muerto, and will proceed to develop its resources and enjoy its wealth. This por- tion of Arizona, including all that south of the Gila River, was acquired by the United States in 1854 by purchase from Mexico, and known as the Gadsden Purchase, the sum of $10,000,000 being paid ; the professed object being the possession of a feasible route for a transcontinental railroad, all northern routes being declared impracticable. The war of the rebellion changed many plans, but at last the Southern Railroad is completed, and Pima County is in easy communication with the rest of the world. The principal mountains are the Patagonia, Huachuca, Mustang, Sierra Colorado and Santa Catarina, along the eastern border ; the Santa Rita, a short range, running north and south, east of the Santa Cruz River. West are numerous low ranges of hills and a few isolated peaks, the more prominent being the Sierra Atascoso, Sierra Tucson, Sierra Verde, Baboquivari Peak, Cabibi Moun- tains, Quigotoa, Sierra de la Naril, and Sierra del Ojo. In the far west is the Ajo copper mine, and gold and silver are found in the same region. In most of the mining districts' the precious metals are accompanied by lead and copper, and the ores are reduced by smelting. Fortunately, in many localities there is an abundance of fuel, the forest growth being mesquite, cottonwood, ash, oak, pine, and fir, the first a tree of the valleys and plains, the others upon the hills and in the mountain cañons. The val- ley of the Santa Cruz has long been a thoroughfare of travel and trade with Mexico, adding the resource of commerce to those of mining and agriculture enjoyed by Pima.
Officers :- John S. Wood, Probate Judge; R. H. Paul, Sheriff; Hugh F. Farley, District Attorney; R. N. Leatherwood, Treas- urer; Charles R. Drake, Recorder; William C. Davis, B. M. Jacobs, Michael Fagan, Supervisors ; E. W. Risley, Clerk Board of Supervisors; L. D. Chillson, Surveyor ; W. B. Horton, Public Administrator ; Volney E. Rollins, Arivaca; P. J. Coyne, Great- erville ; Trevor Lloyd, and J. W. Fuqua, Harshaw; R. S. Bar- clay, Luttrell; Arthur Thatcher, Oro Blanco; T. Lillie Mercer, Tubac ; C. H. Meyers, Joseph Neugass, and W. J. Osborn, Tuc- son ; A. J. Davidson, Tullyville; R. Harrison, Washington Camp -Justices of the Peace.
PINAL COUNTY.
Organized in 1871. Bounded north by Maricopa and Gila, east by Gila and Graham, south by Pima, and west by Maricopa. Area, 5,700 square miles. Population, 1880-3,044. County seat, Flor- ence. Principal towns : Casa Grande, Maricopa, Pinal, and Sil- ver King. Mining districts: Casa Grande, Mineral Creek, Min- eral Hill, Pioneer, Randolph, Saddle Mountain, and Summit. Re- sources : agricultural and mineral. The principal streams are the
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Gila and San Pedro Rivers, and Mineral and Queen Creeks. Mountains : the Santa Catarina Range, in the south-east, and the Tortilla and Tortillito Mountains, south of the Gila; and the Pi- 'nal and Superstition Mountains north of the river. The San Pe- dro Valley forms an important farming section in the eastern part of the county ; and the valley of the Gila west of the junction of the San Pedro contains a narrow strip of fine arable land, but the greater surface of the county is of high and dry plains or mount- ain ridges. The elevation of the land at the mouth of the San Pedro is 2,115 feet above the sea, and at the Pima Reservation in the western part 1,308 feet, showing a fall in the Gila of 800 feet in about 100 miles of the river's course. From this point to its mouth, a distance by the river of 200 miles, the fall is 1054 feet. This rapid fall affords opportunity for turning the stream from its channel for the purpose of irrigating the land or propelling machinery. The Gila, from its position and the character of the country through which it flows, is, though not large in volume of water; the most important in Arizona; and as it emerges from the cañons of the eastern part of Pinal, becomes available for agricul- tural and mechanical purposes. By an enlightened and compre- hensive system of engineering it can be made to redeem a vast amount of desert, besides rendering its falling power in aid of the miner and the manufacturer. With such a system Pinal may be said to embrace the finest portion of the valley of the Gila. The elevation is such as to render the summer heats more tolera- ble than near the Colorado, while exempt from the winter frosts of the higher valleys in the east. Where irrigated, all the prod- ucts belonging to a semi-tropical clime can be grown, and or- anges, cotton, and sugar-cane have been successfully cultivated. In the western part, bordering both sides of the river, is the Pima Reservation, containing 4,500 Indians of the Pima tribe, and 500 of the Maricopa. These are a peaceable and industrious people, living very rudely, but pleasantly, and cultivating a large area of their reservation. These Indians, though devoted to agriculture rather than to war and the chase, have stood as a barrier between the hostile Apaches and the white settler, protecting the traveler and furnishing supplies to the soldiers. North of their reserva- tion extends the open valley to Salt River, in which are the ruins of La Tempe ; and south are the ruins of Casa Grande, which indi- cate a once-numerous people and a system of irrigation that should incite to emulation the more pretentious. skill and civilization of the present day. For the white element of the county. mining constitutes the great attraction. Gold, silver, and copper are the minerals most sought, but lead and salt are also found, and the existence of cement in the ruins of Casa Grande indicate that, that valuable mineral may be added to the others if an intelligent search be made for it. Foremost among the mining districts is the Pioneer, where is located the noted Silver King Mine, the
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