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Saturday, April 26
A Cochise County Perspective - Part I
by
SJ Reidhead
on April 26, 2008 10:47PM (MDT)
COCHISE COUNTY, IMMIGRATION & CRIME
Last weekend some serious charges were leveled at The Pink Flamingo, questioning methods and sources. Several days ago Harold Hutchinson at Called As Seen detailed some of the problems. I was accused by someone who alleges to be from “the border” of not knowing what I’m talking about – of lying.
Years ago, when my sister and I were in high school, a women from our church and her husband confronted my mother, making some off the wall accusations about my sister and I. Our mother never said anything, but went the high school ... more »
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A Cochise County Perspective - Part II
by
SJ Reidhead
on April 26, 2008 10:35PM (MDT)
YOU'LL FIND YOUR TOMBSTONE
Everyone and their pack mule knew the vast desert along the Mexican border in what was then Pima County, A. T. (Arizona Territory) was literally ‘dripping’ with rich mineral deposits. The problem was the Apache. They were angry. They were fierce, and they were often fatal. Several ill-fated expeditions to Goose Flats, where everyone knew there was bonanza in silver, always ended in disaster. In 1879 Ed Schieffelin, a prospector who was working as an army scout out of Fort Huachuca (the same one) announced he was going to head over to the Goose Flats area ... more »
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A Cochise County Perspective - Part III
by
SJ Reidhead
on April 26, 2008 10:24PM (MDT)
BACK TO COCHISE COUNTY
Everyone wanted a piece of the action. They wanted their ‘fair share’. They wanted the money. Because
the Apache were “under control” it was easier for Mexican merchants to cross the border along specific trade routes that had been established a thousand years pervious (and are still in use today). Tombstone had the money. They could afford things. They paid big money for things, at highly inflated rates. The Mexican traders would make their way back into Sonora, rich, their pockets full of Tombstone gold.
Remember, we’re talking the 1881 equivalent of a TRILLION DOLLARS being ... more »
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A Cochise County Perspective - Part IV
by
SJ Reidhead
on April 26, 2008 10:05PM (MDT)
THE ROAD TO GUADELOUPE CANYON
FROM: A CHURCH FOR HELLDORADO
P. 13, 14
49The Gunfight at the OK Corral occurred on October 26, 1881. To make a very long “and involved story as short as possible is to gloss over a hundred salient facts. The bottom line is Wyatt Earp and his brothers had been threatened by misc. Cowboys at misc. times during the previous year.
Things came to a head the night of the 25th, when Ike and Frank McLaury rode into town and began drinking. Ike became drunk. He threatened the Earps. Doc Holliday heard him ... more »
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"Democracy demands that little men should not take big ones too seriously; it dies when it is full of little men who think they are big themselves." C. S. Lewis
The Cowboy Code
- A cowboy always tells the truth and keeps his word.
- A cowboy is a Patriot standing for Truth, Justice & the American way.
- A cowboy never betrays a trust or takes advantage.
- A cowboy is brave, but never careless.
- A cowboy defends the weak and helps them.
- A cowboy is kind to children, old folks, and to animals.
- A cowboy is free from racial and religious prejudice.
- A cowboy is clean about his person and in thought, word, and deed.
- A cowboy is loyal, hard working and maintains a high ethic.
- A cowboy is thankful for what God has given him.
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