Arizona republican., 1921-08-01


 There were more than dozen pa pers from which the judges made their selection and Mrs. Lightle's was found the most acceptable from the standpoint of historic accuracy and literary merit. Style and arrange ment were features given coisidera ton and Mrs. Lightle's article pos sessed these qualities as well as his- torical facts, according to the judges who included Col. James H. McClin- took, state historian; Elsie Toles, state superintendent of public in- structions. and Mrs. H. A. Guild. former president of the state fedora tion.
 "Globe-Its Earliest History" was the subject of the prize winning paper which follows in full:
 Globe, the county seat of Gila coun- ty. is located in the south central part of it, and holds relatively the same position in the state that it does in the county. It is 120 miles due east of Phoenix and it is sheltered on the southwest by the Pinal moun- tains, whose beautiful pine covered | peaks make a picturesque back ground: only, seven miles distant and whose long even foothills extend into the city. The Pinal creek, originat- ing in the mountains of the same | name, winds its tortouous way i through the city crossing the main s.reet four times before it empties | into the Salt river
 In 1873, a prospecting party of l about 50 men. headed by Governor Stafford. who was at that time gov ernor of the territory of Arizona, | started from near Florence, to ex- plore the SomBrero Peak, a high de- l tached point of the Apache moun | tains, IA miles north of Globe. They crossed the Pinal mountain range and camped on the Pinal creek where ! the city of Globe now stands. Their objective was rich gold placer. re- | ported as seen by an ex-soldier while on an expedition against the Apaches. The gold was never found and the disappointed party disbanded, but before they left the district, twin brothers by the name of Anderson. | who were of the same party. located l two silver claims on the Pinal creek and named the Globe and the Globe | Ledge.
 The following year the Anderson l brothers sent four men to do the assessment work on the Globe claims. 1 While on their way to the Globe claims these men discovered and To- cated the famous Silver King mine. which they found so rich in silver | ore that they remained there and sent other men to Globe.
 The mineral wealth of the Globe l district attracted much attention and 1 by 1876, there were enough men in | the district to call it a settlement to l which was given the name Globe.
 When they learned that the Pinal creek was the boundary line of the San Carlos Indian reservations, and that the Apaches were very trouble l some to the miners, two prospectors located four very promising claims on the reservation and then gave Gov | ernor Stafford a third interest in these claims for putting bill through l congress by which the Globe district | was set outside of the reservation Following this there was less trouble with the Indians.
 Silver was the first attraction in the Globe district, and all the mines which in later years developed into rich copper properties were originally located for silver. The Globe mine was worked for silver with great suc- cess. but the silver was found to be capping for the rich copper deposits and the mine gradually changed into a copper producer of great magni-
 tude. The name was changed to the
 Old Dominion mine by a company who first worked a mine of that
 name, four miles north of the city and abandoned it for the Globe mine
 which they renamed. The Old Do- minion mine has paid it's stockhold- } CTS over s14.465,000 in dividends. anc the ore body is yet rich and album r dant.
 Many of the first settlers came tt f the district from Silver City. Nev 5 Mexico. where the residence of mos 2 of them had been of short duration ' They were a heterogeneous crowd T from every walk of life, but wer possessed alike with the pioneering
 spirit and the certainty that For ? tunes smile awaited them just owe l the purple range that loomed througl
 the distant haze.
 t Mrs. Chamberlin. mother of Free
 man Chamberlin of Florence, was tn
 first white woman in Globe. She wa ' soon followed by the Brannamal
 family and then came the Clantoi l, family. In short time, familie
 were arriving almost every day.
 Bob Medcalf, the discoverer of tn famous Medcalf mine in the Clifto y district, erected the first adobe hous n which is still in splendid condition !, and Is occupied by T. A. Pascoe an q wife. All the first buildings wer t made of adobe mud bricks, the onl s building material at hand. It mad y very comfortable and very durabl
 houses, especially adapted to the dr | climate.
 During the early years of the set Il clement, Globe was located in Pima
 county. Gila county was created i
 1881, and Globe was made the count $ seat. Of the usual list of county of ficials who were stout-hearted mer ~ especial mention should be made c B. F. Pascoe. He served the city an T. county and the United States gov
 ernment as an officer of the la'
 when lawlnessness was rampant, an | savage Apache Indians prevalen II He so managed things that at n
 time was he obliged to terminate an
 ones life. He was particularly sue ., cessful in his dealing with the In , diaps.
 When buildings were scarce an , drunken men plentiful, the peace oi e ficer improvised a jail by securin if trace chains to which strong pad k locks were welded, to two large syca e more strees which stood in the mai e street. To these he fastened the dis
 orderly man until they became sobe n However it was not long before a ia 10 building was erected near the site 2 the present cty jail
 One of these two sycamore tree |. was used again in 1882 to brin ,- speedy justice to two murderers Tw -e men, Grimes and Hawley by nam
 had killed and robbed ,an expre:
 messenger by the name of Andy Hi ,o and then killed Dr. Vail, who acc -y dentally came upon them while the
 were counting their loot. The guilt