Arizona miner., 1864-03-09
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F1EsT WiEsTPEEEo When Surveyor General Clark. and Captain x. J. Pishon. returned to Santa Fe, after their visit to tue new gold fields last summer, General Carleton was SO much impressed wth the impor- tance of the region. and the necessity of afiord- ing the miners proper protection in its develop ment that he lost no time in directing the establishment of this post
 General Orders No 27, dated Ut Santa Fe, 0ciober 23, 1868 annouuce
 ' All of the Territory of Arizona lying north of She Ga river and east of the Colorado, except that DOT tiou occupied v Fort Mohave which post af present is garrisoned and supplied from the Department Of the Pacucis hereby created into a Military Dis trict. to be known the District of Northern Ari zuna'
 IT, fte rcc-at discovery or gold the San Frar.. cisco Mountains. within the District of Northern Ari- zaaa and the foeSiBg hther of many citizens of ghe
 United States. both from Ghe Atlantic and Pacific slopes of the country and the coming u Co that point of many ol the people from the Repa5.io of Mexico renders necrs-Ary that small military force should he eit t1 these Gold Fields protect tue miners
 from tbe Indians, al.d kewise to preserve order and give security life and property in that region. until the civil officers oi Arizona. rOute from fhe East shall arrive within that Territory and shall es- taliish and set n mot0o the machinery Of ciy gov ernment and organize courts for ehc administration Of justice
 The Fort is named in honor of General Arniel V Whipple. who fell in the battle of Chancel iorsyille, and who as a first lieutenant of Iepo- Egraphical Engineers, in loj3. explored the road ieading from Albuquerque x. 4. through by the 3jth parallel to the Colorado Of the West which since that time has been known as the Whlpple r0utp.
 The following troops left Fort Wingate or the 1th ol November;
 Slajor Edward E. Willis lst Inf Cal. Vols.
 Captain Herbert NJ. Enos, U ;. A.. Doctor Charles Leib, Acting Assistant Surgeon. and companies C, and |, let. Inf. Gal. Vols. under Captains Hargraye and Benson, and Capt Pi- shon, with thirty rank and He of company D, lst ! Cavalry California Y Volunteers" The Headquarters of tbe command were made at tbis place on the 9th of December: the estab- lshment of the post dates from tue 23d of that month.
 The weather here is admirable at this season. 1he nights arc cold the thermometer descending nearly to zero. but the days worthy of May or June The altitude of the land is such as to promise pleasant temperature eyeii'n mid sum. mer Captain Pishon states that the days in August were not progressively warm, and that at night he required two or thee blankets to sleep with comfort The air is dry, pure and remarka- bly, salubrious the wind is seldom high. The skies rival those of Italy and the sunsets are not inferiorto those of the Orient
 The location is in the Val de Chino, on the banks of the Cienega creek never failing stream of clear sweet water. The wide valley abounds in the best grama grass and affords an extensive and excellent pasturaze. The soil is apparently very rich, and acequias might readily be con. structed though there is general impression that irrigation is not necessary. When Captain Pishon was here in the summer, it rained every day, but the recent heavy storm (lfebruary H. ? and l3) would indicate that the rains ere not confined to any particular seslson It is also shown that the soil retains moisture for long time.
 The deficiency of this immediate locality is the lack of timber. Fire wood (cedar), is found on the hills three miles to the West but logs for building have to be brought from the Granite creek, distance of 20 miles. At that point ex- cellent pine is obtained and several thousand feet h. .4- AL. 4 A.