Arizona republican., 1921-04-13

Defoest was one of the men killed. Other members of the party were not learned
 Mir. Nevin is now a resident of the Pioneers Home. at Prescott
 It was 54 years ago that Mrs. Elm ma F. Edwards came to Arizona with her mother and stepfather. driving overland from California. Mrs. Ed wards was then years old. She spent many years of her early life in Williamson valley, 9 miles west of Prescott. In 1880. her stepfather, Howard Nash, moved to HelPs Can yon, between Prescott and Ask Fork, where he put up a log cabin and had a restaurant He also sold liquor and water to emigrants. The fol lowing fall the Apache Indians went on the warpath and the family moved back to Williamson valley.
 In November of that year they came to Phoenix to spend the win ter. Mrs. Edwards attended school at the Center street school the teachers then being MT. and Mrs. Frambees. The following April the family returned to Williamson val ley. and in 1884 the daughter married William Roberts, another pioneer Of Arizona. who came here in February, lcl4. flSnI llNt cb i7 dtA' three boys, were born to this union. In 1908, this wedlock was broken. and Mrs. Roberts came to Phoenix. where she later met Nichols Edwards. They later were married.
 Although a. resident of Arizona since 1870, George E. Clagett now resident of the Pioneers Home at Prescott, had plenty of experiences before he first set foot on the soil of this state MT. Clagett sums them up all to briefly in the following ac- count of himself:
 Born in New Orleans, April 10, 1898. Came to San Francisco around the Horn in February, 1852. from where I went to the mines till the Civil war took place. l had two partners. soN all went to San Fran cisco and took a ship for New York. going from there to New Hampshire. We all enlisted in the Fifth New Hampshire volunteers. The boys were from that state They were both killed two days before General Lee was taken. I was taken to the Washington hospital, was discharged from that place. came back to New York. took ship back to California, and came to Arizona in February, | | Phoenix for the reunion of Arizona pioneers. but at present am not feel | ing well and so if do not get better l I cannot come.'
 An interesting item for newspa- per men and printers is contained ir the following little article by A. G Grossman of Quartzsite, who worked in Tombstone in 1885. on the famous Tombstone Epitaph'
 The writer came to Tombstone ir 1885, and there labored as a printer on the old "Epitaph,'' which finally was consolidated with the Record and was then known as the Record Epitaph." It was a morning paper and it was edited by J. O. Dunbar i After old Geronimo was captured and the big pumping plants burned down. Tombstone slowly died and we pulled out Then we were resi- dent of Mohave county for some years 1 but for the last 20 years have hvec in Quartzsite, Yuma county.
 Yes, and we have often wondered if it were possible to bring together again a bunch of men like those who were making history for Arizona il the years 1Ss5-1ss6. We think i iimpossible-and never again vii there be a bunch of printers of th1 same kind.
 When Benjamin Rogers first cam, I to Arizona many years ago, Geron. imos band of outlaws was terrorizins travellers and residents throughout Arizona. This band, considered on, of the most lawless and brutal il Arizona history, was especially activ' when MT. Rogers. now a resident O Phoenix, first landed at Flagstaff.
 We had to sleep on our guns fo fear of the band" MT. Rogers writes Genorimo, an Apache Indian, heade, a band varying from 200 to 100 Thi band invariably killed and stole ev
 erything that happened across it path
 When Mir. Rogers came face t,