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An historical survey of frontier lawmen in territorial New Mexico and Arizona reveals that sheriffs were generally elected to four year terms, defended settlers and protected their property from violence, and performed other duties ranging from tracking down stagecoach robbers and serving court warrants to locking up drunks and quelling domestic disputes.
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"In this book, we will tell the stories of the creation of each of Arizona's national parks and monuments, taking advantage of more than 200 historical photogaphs -- with several more than 130 years old and many never before published"--Page 7.
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vi, 178 pages ; 23 cm
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Arizona's history is liberally seasoned with legends of lost mines, buried treasures, and significant deposits of gold and silver. The famous Lost Dutchman Mine has lured treasure hunters for over a century into the remote, treacherous, and reportedly cursed Superstition Mountains east of Phoenix. Gold and silver bars discovered in Huachuca Canyon by a soldier stationed at nearby Fort Huachuca just before World War II remain inaccessible despite years...
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Brand book volume 1
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1 volume : illustrations, maps, portraits ; 28 cm.
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English
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