Arizona

Arizona WW2 NMCG Casualty List – F Surnames

FANCHETTE, Robert Q., Pvt., USMCR. Wife, Mrs. Robert Q. Fanchette, R. F. D. 1, Box 795, Tucson. FAUSSET, Eugene Raymond, Gunner’s Mate 3c, USNR. Wife, Mrs. Roseleen Ellen Fausset, Gen. Del., Peoria. FAUST, Joseph David, Coxswain, USCGR. Mother, Mrs. Ida Kathrine Faust, Box 1095, Buckeye. FELTON, Russell B., Seaman 1c, USNR. Parents, Mr. and Mrs. Ben M. Felton, P. O. Box 1418, Winslow. FIGUEROA, Frederick Bracamonte, Seaman 2c, USNR. Mother, Mrs. Rosa Bracamonte Cruz, 1510 W. Niagara St., Tucson. FLYNN, Robert Morris, Lt., USNR. Brother, Thomas Flynn, Prescott. FOSTER, Victor Wayne, Coxswain, USNR. Wife, Mrs. Betsy Lou Foster, Box 733, … Read more

Arizona WW2 NMCG Casualty List – P Surnames

PAUL, Irving, Radarman 2c, USNR. Parents, Mr. and Mrs. Charles Paul, 227 W. Drachman St., Tucson. PAYAN, Samuel, Aerographer’s Mate 3c, USNR. Mother, Mrs. Carmen Ramirez, Box 531, Tempe. PEREA, Alexander P., Pfc., USMCR. Sister, Mrs. Frances Benavidez, 1817 East Lincoln St., Phoenix. PEREZ, Jesus Marquez, Ship’s Cook 3c, USNR. Mother, Mrs. Elodia Margues Perez, 221 No. Wilbur Ave., Mesa. PETTY, Forrest, Ship’s Cook 1c, USN. Father, Mr. Edgar Petty, P. O. Box No. 423, Miami. POLLARD, Harry S., Master Tech. Sgt., USMC. Father, Mr. Harry Pollard, Box 1037, Ajo. PORTER, James Teel, Motor Machinist’s Mate 1c, USN. Wife, Mrs. … Read more

Arizona WW2 NMCG Casualty List – Q-R Surnames

QUIGG, Jack L., Pfc., USMC. Parents, Mr. and Mrs. Frank E. Quigg, 2006 W. Palm Lane, Phoenix. RAMOS, Joe S., Pfc., USMCR. Mother, Mrs. Ursula S. Ramos, Anderson Blake Addition, Globe. RAWSON, George H., 2nd Lt., USMCR. Mother, Mrs. Mattie B. Rawson, 618 W. Cherry St., Flagstaff. RIGGS, Russell Babbitt, Aviation Pilot 2c, USN. Parents, Mr. and Mrs. Almon I. Riggs, Route 1, Miami. ROBERTS, J. L., Seaman 2c, USNR. Parents, Mr. and Mrs. Nathan Roberts, Star Route, Buckeye. ROBLES, Joe Angel, Seaman 1c, USNR. Parents, Mr. and Mrs. Bernard Robles, 1633 E. Adams St., Phoenix. ROBLES, Merardo D., Pfc., … Read more

Arizona WW2 NMCG Casualty List – S Surnames

SAFFELL, Morris Franklin, Fireman 1c, USN. Father, Mr. Clem Lee Saffell, Box 194, Springerville. SALIBA, George, Ship’s Cook 3c, USNR. Wife, Mrs. Emma Katherine Saliba, Box 803, Peoria. SAMUELS, Jack S., Pvt., USMC. Mother, Mrs. Bernice McKenney, P. O. Box 455, Fort Huachua. SANCHEZ, Fred Luciano, Pfc., USMCR. Wife, Mrs. Inez G. Sanchez, Box 443, Route No. 1, Tempe. SANCHEZ, Julius Cesar, Fire Controlman 1c, USN. Parents, Mr. and Mrs. Albert Sanchez, 125 W. District, Tucson. SANDOVAL, Juan Delgado, Pvt., USMCR. Mother, Mrs. Juana D. Sandoval, 823 So. 5th Ave., Phoenix. SCHOLL, William Franklin, Jr., Signalman 1c, USN. Mother, Mrs. … Read more

Arizona WW2 NMCG Casualty List – N-O Surnames

NARCHO, Marvin Lester, Pfc., USMCR. Parents, Mr. and Mrs. Jones J. Narcho, 361 W. 22nd St., Tucson. NATIONS, Allen Quarterman, Signalman 1c, USN. Mother, Mrs. Era Elizabeth Stapleton, Box 1151, Bisbee. NELSON, Claude Egbert, Jr., Pfc., USMC. Wife, Mrs. Louise N. Nelson, 924 E. Pierce St., Phoenix. NELSON, Sern Calvin, Aviation Machinist’s Mate 1c, USN. Parents, Mr. and Mrs. David Nelson, Rt. 1, Box 950, Phoenix. NICHOLS, Earl E., Pvt., USMCR. Parents, Mr. and Mrs. Earl E. Nichols, c/o W. A. Bechtel Company, Naco. NICOLL, Don Carlos, Jr., Hospital Apprentice 1c, USNR. Parents, Mr. and Mrs. Don Carlos Nicoll, Sr., … Read more

Yavapai Indians

Yavapai Indians. According to the Handbook of American Indians (Hodge, 1907, 1910), from enyaéva, “sun,” and pai, “people,” and thus signifying “people of the sun,” but the southeastern Yavapai interpreted it to mean “crooked-mouth people,” that is, a “sulky” people who do not agree with other peoples (fide Gifford, 1936). Also called: Apache Mohaves, in Rep. Office Ind. Aff., 1869, p. 92; 1870. Apaches, by Garcés in 1775-76 (Diary, p. 446, 1900) ; also by Spaniards. Cruzados, by Oñate in 1598 (Col. Doc. Ined., vol. 16, p. 276, 1864-84). Dil-zha, by White (MS.); Apache name meaning “Indians living where there … Read more

Papago Indians

Papago Indians. Signifying “bean people,” from the native words paphh, “beans,” and  óotam, “people.” Also called: Saikinne, Si’-ke-na, Apache name for Pima, Papago, and Maricopa. Táh’ba, Yavapai name. Teχpamais, Maricopa name. Tóno-oōhtam, own name, signifying “people of the desert.” Vidshi itikapa, Tonto name. Papago Connections The Papago belong to the Piman branch of the Uto-Aztecan linguistic stock and stand very close to the Pima. Papago Location In the territory south and southeast of the Gila River, especially south of Tucson; in the main and tributary valleys of the Santa Cruz River; and extending west and southwest across the desert waste … Read more

Pedro, Eskeltesela and Miguel

You remember the great peace meeting near Camp Grant, where the Indian children were given back, and how old Santos put the white stone down and said that as long as it lasted there would be no war. After this the Indians were very friendly to the white man, and so it seemed a good time for some of the Indian chiefs to go East and visit the great Chief in Washington. Just about one month after the great peace meeting the young Pima chief, Antonito, his friend Louis, who spoke some English, and Mr. Cook, the good Indian teacher, … Read more

Geronimo, The Last Apache Chief on the War-Path

Far off in the Dragoon Mountains Where Captain Red Beard took me to see Cochise in his stronghold, lived the chief of a band of Apache Indians, called Geronimo. His Indian name was Go-khla-yeh, but after his first battle with the Mexicans he was called Geronimo, and the name was pronounced after the Spanish fashion, as if it began with an H instead of a G-Heronimo. When this Indian was a young man he went to Mexico to trade furs and beaded belts and moccasins for things the Indians use, and with him went his wife and many Indian men, … Read more

Pasqual

The Yuma Indians of Colorado live on the banks of the Colorado or Red River, which is very long and flows between high banks. In the Mohave country it passes through the Grand Canyon of the Colorado, a gorge quite as broad and as deep as the famous Yosemite Valley of California. After leaving the Grand Canyon, the red waters of the river flow through the most barren country of our land. Sometimes there is not one drop of rain for as much as three years, and the vast region is like the Desert of Sahara except right along the … Read more

Biography of James H. Hoskins

James H. Hoskins, dealer in high grade investment securities, is also well known in the business circles of St. Louis as the president of the Al Fresco Advertising Company. He belongs to that class of enterprising, energetic and farsighted business men upon whose activity the development and prosperity of the city has been built through the past quarter of a century or more. Mr. Hoskins was born in Auburn, New York, December 21, 1859, a son of James H. Hoskins, who was a native of New York and a descendant of John Hoskins, who came from England to the new … Read more

Apache Indians

Apache Indians. Located in southern New Mexico and Arizona, western Texas, and southeastern Colorado, also ranging over much of northern Mexico. Together with the Navaho, the Apache constituted the western group of the southern division of the Athapascan linguistic stock.

Southern Paiute Indians

Southern Paiute. In western Utah, northwestern Arizona, southeastern Nevada, and parts of southeastern California. The Southern Paiute belonged to the Ute-Chemehuevi group of the Shoshonean branch of the Ute-Aztecan stock.

Biography of C. A. Sander

C.A. SANDER. – This is one of those redoubtable men from Prussia who have helped to make our country great. He was born in 1840. At the age of twenty-five he came to America. He first engaged in milling in Florida. He followed the same business in New York and Kansas. He followed the same business in New York and Kansas. In 1868 he was in Arizona at work in the quartz mines for about fifteen months. He was next prospecting in British Columbia in the Peace river country. He then came down to The Dalles in Oregon, and worked … Read more

Arizona in the Spanish-American War

Arizona’s military contribution in the Spanish-American War was three troops in the First United States Volunteer Cavalry – the famous “Rough Riders” – and three companies of the First Territorial Infantry. In Arizona the recruiting for a cavalry force began even before the declaration of war, April 21, 1898, and was looked after in the northern part of the state by Wm. O. O’Neill, a prominent Arizona journalist and politician, subsequently captain of the Rough Riders, and Jas. H. McClintock, a well-known journalist who afterwards became, first, a captain of the Rough Riders and later colonel in the Arizona National … Read more

Biography of Norman M. Ruick

This distinguished practitioner at the bar of Idaho has been connected with the leading interests of the state for some years, and in all the relations of life he has commanded the respect and confidence of his fellow men by his fidelity to duty and his devotion to the interests entrusted to his care. He comes from the far east, being a native of Connecticut. His birth occurred in Granby, that state, on the 4th of October, 1854, and his ancestry includes both Irish and Puritan stock. His paternal great-grandfather, a native of the Emerald Isle, emigrated to the New … Read more

Biography of James O’Neill

James O’Neill came to the northwest from the far-off Atlantic coast: nor have his travels been limited by his journey across the continent, for he spent some time among the mountains in the distant south. He was born in Rondout, New York, May 6, 1861 his parents being Patrick and Hannah (Mullroy) O’Neill, natives of Ireland. Both crossed the Atlantic to the United States in childhood, and were reared, educated and married in the Empire state. The father, who was a tanner by trade, died when our subject was only about five years old leaving the mother to care for … Read more

Biography of Charles L. Mitchell

Charles L. Mitchell is secretary and sales manager of Crane & Company of Topeka. As every one knows in that city and the state this is one of the largest publishing and stationery houses in Kansas. It may be said with propriety that Mr. Mitchell has deserved success because he has earned it. He was born at Kenosha, Wisconsin, February 12, 1873, a son of John C. and Sallie Ann (Connell) Mitchell. His father saw four years of active service in the Civil war and died in 1898, while the mother is still residing in Wisconsin. John C. Mitchell was … Read more

Biography of Lyttleton Price

Michigan has contributed its full share toward the intellectual progress of the new west. As many Michigan men are to be found in places of trust and responsibility, in the learned professions and in the higher circles of business, in the Rockies and beyond them, as men from any state in the Union. Lyttleton Price, who is part owner and manager of the Red Cloud and Solace groups of mines, is a prominent Idaho lawyer and politician, a resident of Hailey and a native of Macomb County, Michigan. He was born twenty miles northeast of Detroit, May 4, 1848, a … Read more

Biographical Sketch of T. B. Johns

T. B. Johns, farmer, P. O. Athens, was born in Galena, Ill., April 8, 1841. In 186l he went to California, and back to Nevada in 1862; thence to Utah; thence to Idaho; thence to British Columbia; thence to Oregon; thence to Montana; thence to Wyoming; thence back to Utah; thence to Prescott, Arizona, back to Nevada, and again back to Illinois; thence to Queenstown, Ireland, and back to the United States, settling at Abilene, Kan., in 1871. Came to Jewell County in October 1871, and is now the owner of 240 acres of land. Mr. Johns has been an … Read more