1857-1861

The History of Arizona Have you ever wondered what happened next? Our story starts in 1857. Lieutenanat Beale was leading an expedition to make a route across northern Arizona. He was using camels as pack animals. A Syrian camel handler was at his side to assist him on the expedition. His nickname was, “Hi Jolly.” They were almost to their destination, but all of a sudden, the Camel Military Corps got abandoned. This was due to the difficult temperament of the animals and the pending domestic troubles. These problems led to the Civil War in 1860.

The following year, the Butterfield Overland Stage was established to carry mail between St. Louis and San Francisco. It also included stops at Tucson, Maricopa, Gila Bend, and other Arizona locales. It took about 1 week to make the trip. Due to the time to travel the route, the newspaper comes only once a week. It was a sellout until operations ceased in 1861, after the start of the Civil War.

One year later, Arizona's first newspaper, The Weekly Arizonian, gets published. It was founded after a Washington hand press is shipped from Ohio via the Ohio and Mississippi Rivers, through the Gulf of Mexico, across the Isthmus of Panama, through the Gulf of Cortez to Guaymas, and finally by ox cart to Tubac. The newspaper rapidly became an ardent voice for the establishment of Arizona as a territory seperate from New Mexico.

Two years later, Apache chief Cochise engages in a series of clashes in southwestern Arizona. He is accompanied by his family and an Army infantry group led by George Nicholas Bascom. Their clashes involved over the kidnapping by the Apache of an Anglo Boy. This plan luckily succeeded for Chosise, but most of his men died just to put down this plan of kidnapping. That is what happened in 1857 – 1861.

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