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Arizona republican., 1921-04-13
Fifteen-Y Girl Writes
 Of Pioneer Days Of Parents

to take up the trail of Geronimo who had just killed and scalped a cowboy on nearby ranch. The scare was soon over, but the Apaches committed many atrocities during their period of being on the warpath.
 "Elizabeth started a school one mile from her home where all the pupils were duly instructed in reading, writ ing, arithmetic and many other sub jects. She immediately singl. l out a very manipulating brown-eye bo, as her ideal and passed many school days in secret admiration of him But, alas. one day, upon coming face to face with him. he pulled her long flaxen braids and called her 'Dutchy which left and extremely ungratify ing impression on the young gfrs mind. The youth passed entirely out of her life for about 12 years.
 One day as Elizabeth was taking 3 walk with four other children she heard the unearthly yells of the In dians. With hearts beating high the children sought protection in cave and watched two sturdy bucks rope and kill calf. then tbrow it over one of their ponies and dash off witf several wild whoops."
 Primitive methods of the early days are described in visit to the dentist "Dr. Sullivan who proved to be alst the cobbler. Elizabeth was accom-. panied by her small brother who Wal directed by the cobbler- dentist to si on her while the operation was per formed. The tooth finally was ex tracted but it took much labor. witt only pair of shoemaker's pliers fo an instrument.
 The letter continues: The Apache again went on the war path and whil, two cowboys were carrying money t'
 a ranch a sauaw encountered then and tried to lead them into trap The cowboys. however, took tn i squaw in charge and brought her [, the Elizabeth's school where she wa considerable of curiosity to the chil dren as she was one of Geronimo | squaws.
 "But, strangest of all. this cowbo. l who captured the squaw was tn | same brown eyed boy who once Wa l Elizabeths dream boy
 When Elizabeth grew to woman l hood the brown eyed boy had fin | ished college and on his return [ l Cochise county renewed his ac 1 quaintance with her. He wooed an won the fair miss. and his son to day is able to point with pride to tn
 fact that his parents were anon l those who paved the way for tn
 most glorious state in the Unior | Arizona. the 4Sth state of the Unior last but not least"
Arizona republican., 1921-04-13
Realistic Picture Of Arizona In the Early Days Is Drawn By
 Mrs. Nettie Miller of Phoenix

board drawn by two buckskin Indian ponies. These ponies had the ability to strike a long swinging trot and keep the same pace for miles and hours.
 The Gila was raging from the sum- mer rains, and it was With difficulty that we at last forded the stream arriving at Hayden's ferry at mid night. My first sight there was the Big Butte and Hayden mill facing the home of c. T. Hayden. The old build ings still stand opposite the mill. A general merchandise store supplied the farmers, miners and cattlemen for miles to the east and south and far into the mountains of the north. I distinctly remember oXteams load ing flour at the mill and how inter esting it was to hear the driver call to his cattle and watch them obey How slow they were, how patient and willing->Hnd to think they helped to make Arizonal
 Wheat was brought to the mill by Indians in those days, the buck riding astride the big sack and the squaw trotting along behind, her papoose strapped to her back and sack of wheat on her head.
 Mir. Hayden came to Hayden's Fer ry in 1870. He established a trading
 
 mill was the first of it's kind in the territory. For many years the power was furnished bv water
 My father, A J. Halbert, soon had a farm of his own and after living with my cousins for four years, fla ther, my sister, Agnes. and myself ! moved to the farm, three miles south east of Tempe as the town was now called. We rode Indian ponies to the school in town. As often as we bought these ponies they were stolen back by the Indians, so that we walked most ! of the time. At one time my father ! caught and corralled some Indian | horses that were trampiug down ouI 1 crops When the Indians came afte' 1 their stock, my father asked them t. pay for the damage that had beer | done. The Indians listened and ther went away, giving us the impression | that they would return and ransom | the animals. At noon of the third day as my father was driving fIsm tn
 yard, and Indian stepped in front O
Arizona republican., 1921-04-13

Something different in the way of pioneer stories is the following writ ten by a 15-year- r-old girl. She is Bertha Scofield. daughter of Mrs. H. l.. Scofield, pioneer of Cochise county. The little daughter of Ari- zona calls her story, "A True Arizo ma Romance-Beginnin in 1881" Her original story is as follows:
 "One clear bright morning a small girl of only 6 years realized her dreams soon were coming true and she was to see her daddy who had gone to Arizona the year before. She dreamed of a desert of waste, far from the gioriously sublime snow clad peaks of Colorado.
 Her imagination was almost cor rect, as her father had written of the hot dusty place called Cochise county, with its many Apache Indians and fierce desperados. Elizabeth, with the rest of the family. journeyed on the train to Arizona. but as the train did not go to the exact destination they had to take a stage coach. It was dark when they arrived finally but the night was supreme in beauty. A great crimson moon lighted the scene below, and myriads of stars twinkling in the midnight sky seemed 10 receive them with SIauneSS. The silence both awed and inspired Eliza beth and she exclaimed See how bright the stars arei Mother, thi is surely Gods own countryi'
 'Elizabeth was d quite demure little woman who did not believe that roughing it in Arizona would help {, make her childen better. but they | loved Arizona from the first moment
 ''The family continued their jour ney and finally arrived at Cochiss county where Elizabeth's father wei comed them with open arms and es corted them to their future home, the best in the town. This dwelling place 1 was only a three room 'shanty' witt | only the ground for floors. Eliza 1 beth and her small sisters and broth CTS were cautioned to be careful O 1 centipedes, tarantulas, scorpions ant l other poisonous insects, and they were fully described. The thought O | these bugs caused the children mucl unspeakable horror and then mothel cried all night because she and he children had to live in such a ter rible place.
 "A week after their arrival Eliza
 zabeth's father scame home with thu | startling news of an Apache raid | Everyone was cautioned about taking , long walks outside of the towns. Tn | photographs flashed warning from tn, | Huachuca mountains to the Dragoon
 and troop of cavalry was sent ou
Arizona republican., 1921-04-13

The following account goes Dack 10 1879. and is realistic picture of what Arizona was at that early day. It was written for The Republican by Mrs Nettie Halbert Miller. 409 North Third street, Phoenix:
 In August, 1897, my cousin, Sallie Davis Hayden, was visiting in Cali fornia, and had been writing to my father to have him go to Arizona. She had failed to persuade him, how ever, and so she kidnapped me and brought me to Arizona. At San Der nardino she wrote a letter to my ia ther, A. J. Halbert, informing him of what she had done. He followed us in October of that same year with a younger sister, Mary Agnes.
 My first impressions of Arizona came from the Indians and the great Colorado river. raging in flood. dark and muddy, with a big steamboat at Yuma When I saw the Indians l was sure that I wa s not going to like Ari zona The Indian women sat in rows along the railroad track at Yuma
 Before them were pottery, baskets beaded purses, belts and hat-bands
 They crowded about us, begging with their eyes They never spoke, but made motions with their hands and endeavored to have us understand them InuS- lney We're dilSslliiJ IT
 their mute appeals. I remember go-
 ing back into the car and watching
 them from the windows. The mer
 stood at a distance, and I wondered if they were warriors. They were
 naked and painted, and wore feather. in their hair, and they had strings ol
 beads tied among the long strands Leaving for Maricopa we arrived after numerous stops caused bS washouts At Maricopa we were greeted by more Indians, the mer | naked but for a loin cloth with : i breechcloth flying out behind. Feath- CTS were braided into their long hair and their faces were painted. Everl man carried a bow and arrows. Th' squaws wore a piece of red calico l twisted about the waist to form ; ! skirt This was topped by a whit, l overblouse of unbleached muslin 1 Beaded necklaces and bracelets werf 1 their ornaments.
 | We waited at NIaricopa for MT ] Hayden, who soon arrived in a buck
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is horse and gave d long low whistle. Indians came from the fields and sage brush on horseback until there were hundreds of them. They proceeded to take all the horses and drive them off
 A few weeks later the Indians clubbed man and his wife into in sensibility. the man dying and tho wife becoming a deaf mute. They had corralied some cattle and refused 10 let the Indians have them.
 It was a calamity to lose a few acres. of wheat in those days. The Indians let the horses and cattle go wild, aud they were all over the coun- try. The Indians already resented our coming and taking the land and until the barbed wire came into the valley life was a continual trial.
 X hen the grain ripened the Indian bucks formed hunting parties of from 100 to 800 and took the fields hunting rabbits, followed by the dogs and small Indian boys. They had no re- spect for the ripening grain fields and the farmers were forced to frighten them by shooting over their heads. I have seen many a bunch scatter for the sagebrush when they heard the bullets scream over their heads.
 After harvest the squaWs followed the thresher and gleaned the hay stacks and soon the bucks quit farm ing as the squaws got enough wheat to supply them well.
 Our only scare from Apaches was | in the winter of 1880, when a small | band broke away from the reserva- tion and, going to Tucson, killed some 1 farmers and drove off their stock
 Indian runners brought the word to
 Hayden and we rushed to the house | tops to sleep there that night. The i men stood guard on the outskirts ot l the town. A mile south of Tempe | the Apaches turned west and crossed i the river at the old Wilson's crossing 1 We heard later that they killed some prospectors in the Paradise valley.
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was bright, however. and we could keep fairly close outlook for In dians.
 "We had travelled about three miles when we heard the sounds Of an ap- preaching horseman I secreted my wife and children in the thick brush and made ready to meet the traveller. friend or foe. When he drew close ordered him to stop and dismount. The traveller proved to be a friendly cowboy. riding to warn the ranchers of the Indian raid.
 By this time my wife and children were about exhausted. I told the cowboy our predicament and that my wife was unable to continue on foot. So he gave us his horse, returning by foot
 We reached the Fife ranch in a little more than an hours travel, only to find it also deserted. The B. Riggs ranch was about F miles fur ther down the valley and we decided to try for it. We reached the ranch house about o'clock in the morning, my wife and children about done for
 "The kindly women of the ranch administered to us. I spent the night out of doors, resting on my Win chester, but nothing eventful hap pened. So with the breaking of dawn and after partaking of a hearty meal l set out for our cabin home, leavins my wife and children in the care of the kindly ranchers.
 Tn our hurried departure the day previous We had left all of our worldly possessions in our cabin. All of our clothing was contained in our trunk, together with about $500 in cash. It was all we had and l thought it worth the saving. continued there alone until my wife and chil dren rejoined me about two weeks later. after the district had been ] cleared of the warning tribesmen-"
Arizona republican., 1921-04-13
Fled in Night From Cabin Home
 the ChiriCahua Mountains to
 Escape Raiding Apache Band

Details of the thrilling escape of himself and family from death at the hands of raiding Apache band in 1882 is related by H. S Ford, a resi- dent of Tomhstope, in an interesting account of early experiences in the Chiricahua mountains.
 We had established our little home up Pine canyon in the Chiricahuas," he writes. T came to Arizona from Montana in 1880 and took a job as engineman for William Downing a lumher man. My family came the following year.
 Shortly after they arrived in 1881 the saw mill closed down and all whites of the district moved to Tombstone. We remained. as I had been employed as caretaker of the property.
 In the spring of 1882 the Apaches raided the valley, killing T. FIounoy and F. Lonbly and wounding J. Fife. The three men were coming up Pinery canyon for mine materials when they were ambushed. I was in the hills hunting. about half mile above them, at the time. and my first thoughts were of my unprotected wife and children. I lost no time in returning to them
 "A short time later Downing sent up. asking US to join him at his ranch about three miles down the valley. where he proposed to make a stand against the hostile band. We discussed the matter and decided to accept his invitation. so informing him by courier. As soon as the nee essary arrangements could be made we started down the valley. arriving at the Downing home about dark, only to find that the family had gone "Fife's ranch was distance of about 12 miles, but it was our only | place of refuge now, so we continued the journey. We had no means of conveyance save our feet. The moon
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Lincoln Fowler of Phoenix, who with his father. Franklin M. Fowler, came to Arizona from Southern Cali fornia in 1875, writes interestingly Of that event as follows:
 The stock raising interests O. my father, Franklin M. Fowler being im- periled from the extended drought in Southern California duilrg the yeers 1873 and 1874, he decided to leave that section for Arizona to establish his business in new ranges.
 Leaving San Jacinto valley. now part of Riverside county, he started his drive for Arizona over what Is now known as the Mecca and Bi5the route. But on reaching Indio district he found that springs ahead on his route had been occupied by others and was forced to turn back and spend the summer at Coyote valley and canyon, on the desert west of what is now Imperial valley.
 Crossing the Imperial desert from Carriso creek to the Colorado river with a drove of livestock was a heroic task. In our case we were ten days en route and the only white American whom we met was Hon. J. M. Barney who was travelling alone with team | of horses and a blackboard. He waS on the desert west of the Colorado or | his way Inside which was the yer nacular for California in those days 1 Colonel Barney's advice was admir- able for desert travellers. He, it ma, i be noted, was chiefly to be credited with the rescue of Olive OatmaI who, with her sister. had been takel captive by the Apaches. after thu massacre of the family party at Oat man Flat. 75 miles west of Phoenix on the Gila river.
 Early in the winter of 1875 WI | reached the Colorado river with ; caravan of about 15 persons and ;
Arizona republican., 1921-04-13
Third Generation of the
 Goldberg Family Takes Up Work Of the Pioneers

mind When we arrived in Tempe, l was very hungry. Here We stopped at the flour mill and store, which was run by the father of Carl Hay den. He gave me a big fat sand wich, and I still remember how good it tasted. This. was before Carl Hay den was born.
 Arrival in Phoenix
 "On arriving in Phoenix. I was surprised at the appearance of the little village. The business like ap- pearance of the wide streets, with it's rows of cottonwood trees and ditches of clear water on each side, im- pressed me very favorably The ditches answered two purposes. irri- gauon, and inasmuch as there were but few wells to supply us with drinking water, most of us got up early in the morning and procured our days supply.
 Here we started our store, and here we have remained since. In those days all freight brought to Phoenix came either by teams all the way from San Bernardino, which was at this time the principal shipping polnt for our section. or came by steamer to the mouth of the Colorado river, where it was loaded on barges or river steamers. and taken to Yuma Here It was put on wagons, and hauled overland the rest of the way "We rented store, owned by Murphey and Dennis, located in the building now occupied by the Hurley market, just east of the New York Store. The postoffice was in the same building. George Mowry acting as postmaster. Later on I bought from Lincoln Fowler's father the lot now occupied by the east store O. Ezra Thayer. for $500 Here we bull a beautiful structure for those days | It had adobe walls, dirt roof. anC dirt floors. lumber being very scarce
 Dave Goldberg Arrives
 About this time--or two years af ter my arrival, my brother, Dave l decided to come to Arizona, havin. i just finished his education. He cam from San Bernardino overland witl l.. P. Nash. Hveryman He cam into the business with my father an, myself.
 Later on we built several othe buildings for our store. one of whicl we bragged about. as being the frs in Phoenix and I believe in the stat to have plate glass show windows By degrees we were beginning t have better built stores and resi- dences. I remember when the ol stage station building was built. l was the first building in Phoenix t have a shingle roof and a lumbe floor We were very proud of it. an of course We used to have our dance
 there The first brick building wa , built by Dalr & Co. wholesale liquo dealers, at the southeast corner ( !, Second and Jefferson streets.
 Phoenix Brass Band
 , At this tine we had very few pas , times, outside Of visiting the saloon , 4 number of the young men got tc , gether. and decided to organize
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sembled to see the weekly horse races in the street, with a saber. I came outside just in time to see him start to leave town to the east, and tucked as a shot zinged over my head. It was old man Stroud taking a shot at the fleeing man. He was caught sev- eral days later and put in jail. In attempting to feed him Hi Mcdonald and an attorney named Stevens were attacked by the crazed man and in self defense killed him.
 There are several things that my brother did not touch upon in giving the history of the growth of our pio- neer firm. We established a branch store in Florence, when the Silver King first opened, and later sold this out. Other stores were started at Harshaw, a mining town about thirty
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said. and the private corporations proved unable to solve it. I was the author of Red Letter rIo. 1" that started the fight for government aid in this most vital question, he said. This letter attracted the attention of the hydragraphy department of the interior at Washington, D. C., and he was requested to send them copies of the Red Letter." Later he wa, invited to call at their office for fur ther information unbiased ana they thanked him for the "R,d Letter and for what he was endeavoring to do to aid the question. "of course, he said, T did my utmost and from that time on the fight continued un til the immortal Theodore Roosevelt placed his seal to the appropria tiol for the building of the dam that bears his name"
 T thank the city of Phoenix" Mir Boyle said. where I have been em ployed from 1893 to date as custodian of the city hall grounds Unfortunate ly while in the city service I sui fered a fracture of my left leg which has crippled me. Now I an, placed on the sick or retired list
Arizona republican., 1921-04-13

Eighteen seventy five, three gener- ations of Goldbergs, and still strong for Phoenix and what 1t stands TOT. Forty six years ago this month a blackboard entered lne vllase '. Phoenix bearing the daily mail from yuma. and IS passengers H. Goldberg and his eldest son, Aaron, lad or 16 It was but a short time later that the Goldberg store opened, ana has remained, growing in proportion with the city.
 Goldberg brothers. was an old resi- dent of the territory even at this early date He came to Arizona in 1Sb2, and was located in Yuma. Al tnls tin,a there were no railroads in the tarritorv- and the enterprisinE oid man spent good part Of ms tune in making trips to the various DOT tions of Arizona: He was .stnrm knomn nv ,n white and Indian alike. Even during inc indian troubles, "Old Loma de q Oro- was never molested, for he had strong friends everywhere.
 Arizona knows the sticking quali- ties of the Goldbergs. Iney nave shown their faith In Phoenlx aiiu ni Arizona in every way. Even Tn lsfo' tba old man Goldberg was prom nant member of the Eighth territorial ,aaisIature The present members of the firm are real pioneers, ana the sons Harold and Chester, have re- turned to Arizona to carry on the .yorls started by their grandfather
 Aaron Goldberg, senior member ol tbe firm of Goldberg Bros CO, teiis bis story of his coming to Arizona, and the years after.
 ..I was born in San Bernardino california. At an early age l was sent to pbiladelphia, where l received my 5,,cation On my return from schoo ea,.1v in 1875, I made up my mind tc ioin my father, who was Tn business in Yuna, Arizona. started Iol Huntingdon; now called SaI pedro. for san Diego. Here I tooh .,'s S+aee for Yuma, travelling nigh' and dav until we reached there. s-t;,,ra the route we took then IS nov t,e.t of tbe new raidroad. which wal onTnn1eted a short time ago
 Nv father, who first came to Arl' zona in 1862, made a number or trip' 4,.o,,gh inc different portions of tn os+e,,, tnro with King Woolsey. On on tteese trips he came to the Sal oi ,,alIev. about the time l re tINe t, to california. Like man tul o,.s lleo he saw a vision of broa' ploItg ,,a1 1lev with wonderful possi P.,;.ies and on his return to Yum l pliltlI,.d fo enter this new country 60 Ashort time after my arrlVai " starfed~for PhoenlX py slase e;.u4 s+o. s''' .,Tar.icona Wells was our first sto l.'' tiyy,,,,nrtauce. and from there W ol .o Phoenix in a blackboard. M Caii.e .ii.,. ode in the seat with the driV
 ,7 sat in back perched on to t At r7aT sacks. One incident o -n from MsTicopa Wells [ -. .e-fx remains very clear lh n
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miles from Nogales, and at Lenoria, on the Mexican border. Later, we operated store at Jerome.
 We originated and for many years conducted a free employment bu- reau. We provided laborers free of charge for the farmers and mines and also for the building of the Arizona canal and the Santa Fe and Arizona and Maricopa railroads. We con tinued this agency for 25 years, giv- ing it up three years ago when the government established its own at the end of the war.
 T have watched Phoenix and Ari- zona grow, and I can well say that am proud of being a pioneer of this glorious country. I have done in the past and will do in the future my utmost to further the interests of the community and the state
Arizona republican., 1921-04-13
Phoenix Brass Band

At this time We had very few pas times, outside of visiting the saloons. number of the young men got to- gether. and decided to organize a
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Several other stories 1 will tell you. l remember several incidents of the early days of Phoenix with par tcular keenness. One day news came around that a vigilance committee was being formed to punish two men who had committed murder and had held up several stages. The men were caught and Phoenix closed up shop and went to the hanging. which took place in front or the city hall
 Another time l was in the store on a Sunday morning, as all stores re- mained open a half day on Sunday
 when 1 heard shots outside. 1 went to the door and saw a Mexican on horseback attacking the crowd as