Arizona weekly citizen., 1888-08-18
TEVISTON.
I- situation. Production. and Cspabilitls.

or me Southern facinc rRllroku ID soutn- eastern Arizona, in Cochise county.
 IL was first settled by James Fl. Tevis Cbefore the construction of the Southern Pacifice railroad in lSSll who was for months digging well. and during that time had to haul water from Fort Bowie, distance of fourteen miles. snd at night had to stand guard against the Apsches, who were then on the war path.
 Lewiston is ID a very picturesque spot in San Simon (Ssint Simon) valley
 which is about che hundred and twenty miles in length and about twenty-five miles ID width.
 It is bounded on the northwest by
 the Graham mountains and southeast
 by the Chiricahus rsnge. This range has two pros oninent land marks. The Dos OabeZss 1.-two hesds) and Cochlse
 head which IS plainly seen wher cross ing Sten's Peak range going west. The | two heads can be seen for distance Of
 over one hundred miles. According 10 the old Mexican archives
 the Rio Sour tor San Simon rIveT) as large as tbe GIls river Is now ran through
 the whole valley commencing near the Sonora line in the vicinity of San BeTDo- dina in the southeastern end of the
 valley and emptied ID the GiiR river just
 below where Solomonville now stands. | According to the tradition ot the | Alp ches before white men ever made their appearance ID the country severe
 earthquake shook the country and short ly after the water in the San Simon river | l.. Ia | hotale, in the Sulphur Spring valley.
 both stopped running, snd where TevIs- | ton now stands the land surface WAS one hundred and fifty feet lower than 1t is | now a a few hundred yards north c spur of the Graham mountains on the north extended almost 10 the Chiricshus
 range on the south.
 Its also a matter of tradition among
 the Apsches that heavy water spout | struck the mountain opposite TeyistOn
 and washed all the sUIl down into the valley filling l. even with the top of the Graham sp1r. We have suficlent evil dence that this is true as the bare rocks which were stripped of hundreds of feet | of earth sre plainly seen from Lewiston. When digging the first well leg of Q | deer was found Bt a depth of one hun dred and fifteen feet below the surface and the secold well dug by the South- ern Pacific railroad, at depth of one hundred feet, the bones of some large l animal were taken out, The Gila river I5 thirty nine milee
 north of here snd runs westerly into | the Colorado at Fort Yuma. The lstitude of Lewiston IS thirty-lwo
 north longitude and one hundred and ten west,
 The altitude is about thiriy-tour hun
 dred feet.
 Tombstone IS the county seat, dis
 tsnce by railroad and stage about eighty
 miles, but ten or fifteen miles nesier
 across the country.
 The Southern Pacific railroad runs di- rectly through this place and hss a station here called Bowie. The thermometer ranges from ll00 ID summer to l6s m winter. The mean annual temperature for 1887 was sixty-three and nine-ien:hs and the rainfall for 1887 was l4 and 95-l l00ths inches.
 We rarely have snow ID the valley. On March l4, 1882. snow fell to depth of SIX inches. but melted by enc o'clock Tn the afternoon, and on Decem Der l3. 1887, II commenced showing and continued uDtll the l4th. Snow fell to the depth of eight inches ID the valley and i've feet in the mountains. The only lake n this vicinity is oo the top of the Graham mountains about thirty miles northwest. The lake covers ope-fourth of mile. San Carlos is the nearest Indian res ervsHOn, distant about ninety miles northwest, occupied by portions of diff ferent tribes, Chiricshus. White Noun tain, Tontos. Yuma, Moisve, Hualspla and AriviapB, now called San Carlos. The OhiricshuBs were removed from these mountains (Ohirioshus mountains which were taeir old homeJ to the San Carlos reservation. Thirty years ago they were headed by three chiefs. First was Cochl5e with over seven hun fred war riors, second old Jack with over five hundred warriors, snd the third Gonlea with over three hundred warriors, msk- ing over fifteen hundred warriors, and with women Hnd children about three thousand.
 The founder of Lewiston in 1858 pre- sented the first presents that were lssued by the U. S. to tbe ChiricshuB.
 Msngus Colorado was the chief of the Apsches which tribe generally rang ed from the Gils to the R.O Gr.nde and Frisco was the chef of the White mOun tain TOntos which tribe numbered enc tAous4 and warriors. They used to go in
 bands numbering from ten to fifteen in- to Sonora and Chiricshus every new moon 10 rad up on the Me1icans sad
 return to tbeIr ranchorees by the light
 of the full moon. O: the thousands Of
 Indians that rosmed over the noun | tains and plains of Arizona there are on- ly about five thousand at the present
 time on the San Carlos reservation and
 c few hundred in Florida The mountains surrounding Teviston
 are rich m gold, silver, copper and lead
 Lime, sand and fine building granite are also fo und.
 All kinds of vegetables are raised
 when irrigstion IS possible and also ma
 ny kinds Of fruit.
 The soil IS a lime, sandy, clay mixture
 and very productive.
 The graFs is compnsed of black and
 white grsmma and stock keep in good
 condition upon it the year around. The occupations are merchandising,
 stock raisinG. mining and employment
 in connection with the Southern Pscifi5 Railroad.
 We nave noe SCHOOL house whlcn i8
 well supplied wirh necessary apparatus
 It Is used for church purposes when me-
 cessary. We have eighteen private
 houses aud public buildings nearly all
 frame building.
 The founder of Lewiston was born in Wheeling. West Virginia. Be IS fifty two years of age and is now engaged ID l mining,
 The native growth of timber in the valley consists of mesqnits and hack
 berry. The mountain growth ;s differ ent consisting of sycamore, ash. walnut.
 willow and mulberry. Farther up She mountain side gre live, white and black osk
 The animals are the cinnamon bear, mountain lion. pole cat, csyo;e. chip munk, squirrel, rabbits, deer, antelope, cat dog, horse, COW, mule, sheep. goats, pigs, and burros-
 The birds are the gray and bald eagle hawk and buLzsrd, raven, crows, pigeons (vild and domesticl quail, doves. canns- ries. blue jay. road runner, mocking
 birds, black birds, butcher birds, hum ming birds aud oriole.
 Reptiles abound In this vicinity Rs -Nf IL -.m n.