Arizona history

[Tubac]

On this date in 1862, West Point graduate Sylvester Mowry's silver mine was seized by pernicious Yankees.
Mowry was also thrown into Yuma prison for having "Southern Sympathies". Upon his release, he discovered,
the "Bluebellies" had either sold or destroyed all his mining equipment.

Tubac

[Steel Horse Bailey]

Well, rats!

[Will Dearborn]

Didn't the Lone Ranger shoot silver bullets?

There's yer culprit raight thar!  Never trust a dude wearin' a mask.
No need to blame poor, misunderstood young soldiers who are only doing what their officers tell them.



Long days and pleasant nights,
Will

*snicker*

[Judge Roy Bean]

He must have been thrown in the stockade at the fort at Yuma,as the prision was not built till much later?
A mistake they make in alot of novels and films.

[Ozark Iron John]

Is there any truth to the story I heard about how Yuma, Arizona got its name?

I heard a detachment of the 9th Cavalry was surrounded by Apache Indians and one of them West Point officers turned to a young black trooper and said "Go out there and ask them people if they want to surrender!"

The trooper came back lookin' like a porcipine shot all full of arrows.  His last words were,

"You Mu.. You Mu..."

[Tubac]

Judge Roy,
You are correct, the territorial prison was not built until 1876, while Fort Yuma was set up in 1851.
The southern part of what is now Arizona had strong Confederate leanings.
Tubac

[Will Dearborn]

*wipes a tear from his eye, laughing*

Ozrk Iron John...  You crack me up.  Prolly named for Johnny Yuma.  Ask Johnny Cash.  He'll tell ya about im.



Long days and pleasant nights,
Will