Arizona weekly citizen., 1888-09-22
History Of BrannOek.

The name of this place or ranch IS BranDock. This Is also tne name Ot the post Cffice which IS stationed here. |. received it's name from Mr. Brannock Riggs senior. but the bame Of the shonl district IS "El Dorado" This place IS m COcli, ,e county. girU ted in the Ucrtb- eastern part of sulphur Springs valley at the forks Ci PIlery and Bonita creeks, laying at the foOt of the Chirlcahua mountains. The lsiiude of this place is B degrees, lonEi ude 33 degrees. We are fifty five miles northeast of Tomb stone which is our county seat. The nearest railroad station IS Wilcox, situat- ed 3D miles west If here. The altitude of ibis place is five thousand one hun dred feet above the level of the sea. Last summer tie thermometer stood st ll0 in the shade; the ooldest weather We have felt this winter is II degrees. The average rainfall ss nearly as We can ascertain was shout in, although thIs has been an exceedingly wet sea son. The snowfall has been SO far about in. The nearest mountains gre the Chiricshuas about miles east of here; st the west about l2 miles from here are the Dcs Cabezss mountains. The ODly hIr NnC RCaho ou the Dos Csbezss mountains from which they received their name.
 There are about 1000 Apache Indians on the San Carlos reservation which lies S5 miles north of here. There are sevsn Apache Indians off the reserva- tiou either ID New Mexico or Arizona that were not captured during the last outbreak.
 In 1882 about 500 Indians left the reservation. News were bi biouRht 10 our place that the Indians had been seen about five miles above our place and that two of cur neighbors had been killed and one wounded. They (the l IniIAnsl had s post office about three miles ffom here m Oak Grave, the post office corsisted of tEo large stones, one lying north and south aud the other Ob top lying east nd west. Small punches of grass were tied Erd laid n the dii- | ferent directions Of the compass.
 During the last outbreak on the 7th Of June. 1885, sbont 1j Indians passed within three mIles of cur place and one of our nsighbOrs wG5 wounded,
 There ere few mines in this district wtich produces gold and silver. The land is v.ry rica bu; owing to the sca,cIty of water very little farming IS done here yet. Stock is very exssn- sivsly raised here, there being about 5O.' | GOO head of cattle m this district.
 The principal occupation of our peo- pie is stock-raisinS. The first settler was NIT. Louis Prue. who settled here December 2l, 1878. There are nc ehurhes iu ibi4 district and ouly one public house that ls the school house There are l6 private buildings and chiefly co0st5usted of adobe. Our old est iuhAbitaut IS Mir. L11js Prue. vho # fl years clG. Iie was bon m MOntreE
 Oausia, and is stock raiser. The vegetation ID some parts Of the district is very l0xuFi0u-, Jhsie being largo quantities Of Oab. ash V hut. sycamore | juniper grd cherry trees. The shrub: of this district are mesquite md man zguitB. The grass ls luxurious. The domestic anim~ls ere horses and cattle The wild animf hare bear, panther, deer fox srd hares. Toe principal birds arc guaii, dove, lz=F, mOckiu g-bI;d. hawks ravens, crows Bu6 owls. There are n' Gsh here. Tho reptiles are rh.t,e snsks aud ground gGG1-s. The h.st earth quske that .lis place ever C@peTieSees occurred Msy 9. 1>,1. Most hi os tdu
 adobe houses vcr injured. Since thc. there have been sev,rsl smaller ones JAMES J. RIGGs, (4ged lI.l
 Post office address: BrauDcck, Al!
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 Teacher, Ms D. II. Robinson.