Arizona weekly enterprise., 1890-09-20

 to terms the hitherto unconquered Apache; and after centuries of murder Tapine and robbery, he was placed on reservations in the latter part of 1873 Before that the hardy settler followed his calling under difficulties that would have disheartened most men. He titled the soil with his trusty rifle strapped to the blow, and his ready six shooter belted about him. If a miner, his ''pard," armed to the teeth, took position on some commanding eminence above the claim, and kept bright lookout for the sneaking foe. If stock owner he had to maintain an armed guard day and night around his herd, and even then, the least negligence on his part would often cause the loss of every hoof.
 The intrepidity, daring and self-sacri- flee of the heroic band, who during those terrible years of savage warfare held this outpost of civilization, are worthy to be embalmed i'll the pages of Arlzona's his tory and handed down for the emulation of those who possess the land which their valor so gallantly won. Rough, perhaps, were they in manner, and rude of speech, but they had those sterling virtues which flourish best on the border, and which ennoble our common humanity. For
 
 and forever green be the memory of their dauntless deeds in the hearts of their coun- trymenl
 In 1878, the Southern Pacific railroad entered the Territory. The laying of the iron rail marks the brighest epoch in Ari- zona's history Before the advance of the locomotive. the barriers of isolation were removed, and the last vestiges of savagery swept aside. Arizona was welded to the realms of civilization. and her matchless resources were made known to the world Population rapidly increased; towns and settlements sprdng up along the line of the road; new life was infused into every branch of industry; property values more than doubled and the country entered Cn an era of prosperity 1t had never before known. The discovery of the rich min eral deposits in the Tombstone district, some time before. firmly established the reputation of the Territory abroad as a mining region second to no other on the globe. Thousands rushed to the new finds, and soon a city of coco inhabitants rose where but few years before the Apache roamed at will The amount of treasure which these mines have already added to the worlds wealth has made Tombstone the foremost mining camp on the Pacific Coast.
 Early in 1883, the Atlantic and Pacific railway was completed across Northern Arizona to the Colorado river, and an other transcontinental line bound the Territory with iron bands to the outside world. The prosperity enjoyed by the southern portion of the Territory was soon duplicated in the north. Mining, farming stock raising and every indus trial pursuit has felt the beneficial efforts of cheap and rapid communication; popu- lation has more than doubled: the coun- try'5 hidden resources are being brought to light: capital Is seeking investment; wealth Is increasing, and Northern Ari- Zona has entered upon a career of devel- opment and material progress which promises to be lasting This Is the con dition of Arizona, to-day. The long night of weary waiting Is over at last; and the sun of brighter day Is bathing bill, mountain, valley and plain with the beams of peace and prosperity; savagery has fled before its dazzling light and isolation has vanished with the darkness which gave it birth.
 In this brief sketch the reader has the principal events in the history of Ari- zona, from it's discovery up to the pres ent time, period of more than 340 years the expeditions and explorations of the early Spaniards; the pious labors of the mission fathers and their efforts for Christianity and civilization; the advent oi tiie Aineriean.s, t.!A years of warfare with the Apaches; the subjugation of the | savages and the opening of railroads. It ! Is history with many a dark and bloody | page, and only here and there a bright one. But the future Is brilliant with as surances that will more than make amends for the past Arizona Is no longer an unknown region. savage infested and difficult to reach. She stand on the high way of nations, and the fiery annihilator 1 of time and space has heralded through out the land the richness of her mines, the fertility of her soil, the salubrity of her climate, and the grand opportunities which she offers to the immigrant and the capitalist.
 One of the first discovered regions of
 the western world, it is only within the past few years that its grand resources and almost unlimited possibilities have become known and understood. It has entered on the full tide of prosperity, and throughout the Union eager eyes are casting longing looks towards the land of sunshine and silver In the following pages the author will endeavor to tel what kind of land it is, and the induce ments it holds out to the stout hearted and strong handed who are looking fol homes nearer the setting sun.