Wiccan Road To Ghosts -

Santa Cruz County Ghost Towns

Alto- To reach Alto pass Salero, on the Salero Road from SR 82, immediately before mile marker #3 Southwest from Patagonia. Alto is 4,3 mile after Salero on the same road.

Foundations, part of the post office and the cemetery are some of the footprints left. Alto's post office, established 1907 and discontinued in 1933 with the origin of the name Alto, which means "high", not known. There were few hundred residents of this town and gold was the mainstay. Today there are scattered ruins.

Alto, like Salero in Santa Rita Mountains dated back to after arriving of Spanish Jesuits in 1690. Like Salero, reopen after Gadsden purchase. Goldtree mine, named after Joseph Goldtree, grounded in 1875 known as Tyndall Mining District. The original name was El Plomo (from Spanish lead). Later (date is unknown) the name were changed to Alto (from Spanish high), maybe because the mining was possible to see from the town. Now is only one building and former post office (1907-1933) left. Alto is worth to visit because there is beautiful high desert panorama view.

In 1870, bandits attacked a pack train carrying silver bullion at Coalmine Springs near Alto but no one ever found the bullion.

Calabasas - A place that has worn many faces, first as a Papagp Indian village, a Spanish settlemet, A mexican garrison, A u.S. Military base, a mining camp and a farming community before becoming a railroad stop that was determined to become the gateway to Mexico. It base beginning had only a combination county store and Post office, a two stroy brick building that served as a saloon and the United States Custom House. Tents saloon sprung up . Three Chinamen, Cum Sing, Hi Sing and Lo Sing built the Palace Hotel, a large ten with heavy board floors and canvas partions dividing th rooms, a dining room and a kitchen.

The Hotel Santa Rita followed in October of 882 was supposedly the finest hotel between San Francisco and Denver, but even the finest of the place could not forstall the violence.

In May, 1883, a saloonowner from the Mexican boder and got into an argument in front of the Smith and Bain's Saloon. A crowd had gathered when the saloonkeeper drew his revolver and shot his opponent's arm and then hit a bystander. The saloonkkeped jumped on his horse and left town with Deputy Sheriff Vosburgh in chase. He was captured and returned to town where he paid a hefty fine. Nogalas took away the title of the nw border down and Calabasas soon disappeared.

Located eight miles North of Nogales on Rio Rico Ranch. Calabasas' post office was established October 8, 1866 and discontinued August 15, 1913. T

Casa Blanca-Originally known as Casa Blanca, this town had its origin in the 1860's. There was a rail depot and much mining activity. The only standing building is a two- story hotel built in 1885. By 1900, most residents had moved elsewhere as the mines played out. In 1887, an earthquake damaged the hotel and the second: Just north of Patagonia.
A few building ruins and a cemetery are the footprints left behind.

Crittenden- It was a rail station with a two story hotel, five miles SW. of Camp Crittenden. On May 3rd, 1887, a 7.2 earthquake in Sonora, Mexico caused ajor daage to the structures throughout southern Arizona including the hotel at Crittenden. The Second floor was removed form the hotel and aterials fro the recently abandoned Kentucky Camp were used to build a roof over the first floor of thehote. Today it looks like a ranch along side of Hwy 82 halfway between Patagonia and the ruins of the old military instalation, Fort Crittenden. The railroad tracks have be removed but the embankments are still visible.

Crittenden Camp- Adobe bricks were used from left overs in 1861 fro Fort buchanan. The post was built above Sonoita Creek and naed after a colonel of the 32nd Infantry. The garrison scouted and chased Apaches raiding the ranches in the area. Very busy during 1870 and 1871. It was abandoned in 1873. Now only the ruins of an old Army camp. Found between Sonoita and Patagonia, the site located on the Crown C ranch. A historical arker is on the Hwy.

Duquesne/ Washington Camp The public is not really welcome here say the owners and current residents. Take SR 82 to Patagonia and thereafter drive 20 miles south of Patagonia. Road is paved the first 6 miles and after that is dirt road FR 49. The town is little more then 4 miles south of Mowry. Many original buildings, mining equipment and the like are there.

Duquesne' post office came in 1880 and left 1920. Washington Camp held the reduction plant for the Duquesne mine and both towns had a peak population of about 1000 residents each. George Westinghouse of the Westinghouse Electric Company once lived in Duquesne. A schoolhouse was located right in between the towns which were only a mile apart. Pronounced Doo-Kane.

Durasno- See Harshaw

Fort Buchanan-A mile to the SW in Hog Canyon with no remains. In 1858, soldiers were stationed here a ther head of Sonita Creek and began prospecting in the Santa Rita and Patagonia rnages. Several pitched in and purchased the Corral Viego Mine from a Mexican prospector in 1858. The sunk shafts and built furnaces which they sold as the Patagonia Mine to Lieutenant Sylvester Mowry from nearbty Fort Crittendon. It became a total success with a population of several hundred and twelve blast furniaces reducing the rich silver and lead ore into bars.

When the fort was abandoned at the start of the Civil War, they had already begun to move the post one-half mile Northeast to Camp Crittenden.

The Harshaw Mill 1879

Courtesy AZ Pionneer's Historical Society

Harshaw- Take Harshaw road to meet some current resident for the town is on private property. Three buildings and a cemetery remained behind. Harshaw's post office was established April 29,1880 and discontinued March 4, 1903.

The rancher David Tecumseh Harshaw who settled in Durasno was made rich by Tom Jeffords. When Harshaw grazed the cattle on Apache land in 1877, ordered Jeffords, an Indian agent, to move the cattle. Hi moved the cattle to this area and found a rich silver ore and named that Hermosa.

The Hermosa mine was the mainstay of Harshaw. Located in 1877, they operated the mine with 150 men and a 20- stamp mill. There were boardinghouses, saloons - 30 of them, hotels, corrals, blacksmith shops, stores and a newspaper. The Hermosa Company operated the mine.

The post office began in 1880 and closed in 1903. Two years after, Harshaw (who named the quickly grooving town after him self) sold his loot to one New York concern and moved. Hermosa mine, which is South of Harshaw on thee Jeep trail, was the leading producer in the area and population exploded to 2000 people. But, the town lived short. One violent storm with lighting, fire and because ore was going to bee poorer, was the reason for why the town started to die.

In 1882, one article in "Tombstone Epitaph" wrote that over 200 buildings stand empty with broken windows and open doors. This was the same Harshaw who two years earlier had own news paper "the Arizona Bullion", and one busy mile- long, main street with 7 saloons.

The murder of Ben, the China Boy, 1892 AZ Republican

The fixing of his bail by jodge Sloan at $2500 after the committing Magistrate had held him without bail is looked upon as a grave error and some fear that if Davis shoudl secure bail, he would cause more toruble in the camp. The murder is universally looked upon as the most cold blooded ever committed by a white man in Southern Arizona. A wll known and old time reisdent of Harshaw in describing the murder said.

"Ben was a great favorite among all the boys in the camp. He spoke good English and was as generous and warmhearted a man as I ever saw. he ran the restaurant down here and many's the time he has given a man boad who needed it. If any of the boys were hard up, they could board right along with him and pay when they got the money. Besides, he was not close like most Chinamen but would go out with the boys and was as free with his money as any. there was a little dispute between Davis and Ben the night before the killing over a game of cards, Davis being under the influence of liquor at the time. The next day, however they met and made up and took a drink together as a token of continued friendship. along in the evening after having a drink in Fryer's saloon, Davis asked Ben to go over to the restaurant and get him some supper. They went together and had been inside but a few minutes when Davis fired. When found the boy had a cande in his left hand and was evidently just in the act of lighting it when killed.

The pistol, a big 44-calibre had beenplaced right against his left arm and his shirt and arm were badly powder-burned over a space of several inches. Davis claimed tha tthe boy came at him with a knife but everthing shows that this was not so. There was no knife about the boy when others rushed in aor none in the dining room where he laid. Besides Davis did not want any supper as he had just come from eating a game dinner not twenty minutes before the murder occurred. the whole thing shows that he invited the boy inside to murder him and as soon as he got him inside, stuck his revolver against his arm and fired.

" I was great surprised when I learned that the District Judge had set Davis' bail at $2500. I think he did not fully understand the case or he never whould have admiited him to jail at all".

A number of residents of the camp were interviewed regarding the murder, and "not one was see but gave substantially the same story as that given asbove and all deplored the fixing of bail for so grave an offense." Harshaw has always been a very orderly camp. There is now no Justice of that once here and the poeple take great prode in having a camp so orderly, peqacefull and quiet, that no law officers are needed. this probably has some influence in making them feel that Davis should receive the full limits of the law2 for his cowardly crime.

A Murderous Mexican- He attacks a Chinaman for the purpose of robbery. Will be lynched if captured. Vigilanties in pursuit of of the Celestial's Assailent. The camp at Harshaw in a wild state of excitement over the outrage. AZ Republican l/1892

A bold attempt at murder and robbery occured here shortly after dark last evening. The would be assasin made good his escape and left the camp in the wildest stages of excitment. If he is caught justice will be dealt out by the vigilantes who are now in pursuit.

The attack was made by a low bred Mexican and his victim was "Kid" the Chinaman. the latter happened to be alone in the rear of his store when the murderous Mexican walked in from the street through the front door. He never stopped but continued right along the main room into the back one where he was stopped by the Chinaman, who asked him what he wanted.

Without even speaking a word of explanation, the Mexican drew a six-shooter, deliberately placed the muzzle of the revolver against the breast of the defenless Chinaman and pulled the trigger.

Fortunately for the Mongolian, the cartridge failed to explode, and he raised an alarm. His crys of distress seemed to add fury to the evil designs of the Mexican and the pistol he carried refusing the second time to explode he used it as a gludgeon and began beating the defenseless Chinaman over the head with it.

The Chinaman was badly cut and his cries brough to his assistance several men who were loitering in an adjoining building. Upon the appearance of the men, the Mexican turned upon them and fired into the crowd but luckily at random and no one was hurt.

The Mexican took advantage of the tempory suspension of action and escaped into the darkness, leaving behind in his flight his hat and blanket. He was pursued but at last accounts had not been captured. Kim was pounded into insensibility, and he was found on the floor, weltering in his blood which flowed from several serious wounds on his head. At present he is doing as well as could be expected and it thought he will recover.

Kentucky Camp -Being restored by the Forest Service with the remains of many buildings.

Kentucky Camp was alive and going in the time of nearby Greaterville, but in 1886, the gold played out. Then, a revival occurred in 1904 when a man by the name of James Stetson had a plan to rework placer deposits in the area. Before he could realize his plan, he died along with the comeback of the town. In 1989, the forest service acquired the land and in 1991 started restoration of the site.

Kentucky Camp is being restored with a bed and breakfast for rent.. There are also 3 other buildings in excellent condition. It is located northwest of Soniota off of Hwy 83.

Lochiel, Luttrell, La Noria- The current residents are not at all friendly and not willing to share their many old buildings. Lochiel'e post office was established August 23, 1880 and was discontinued September 30, 1911 sequentially under the three names Luttrell, La Noria, and then Lochiel.

There were two smelters, three saloons, a butcher, bakery, livery stables, five stores, a boardinghouse, and Pancho Villa. Yes, this was a favorite place for Pancho to cattle rustle and take the stock into Mexico. Lochiel is also the spot where the first European went west of the Rockies, Fray Marcos de Niza on April 12, 1539.

Lochiel was once border-crossing town to Mexico but was closed by the States in 1980's. The town Lochiel had two mills for the 3 mine around in the area, 3 saloons, bakery, stable, 5 stores, mansion, butcher shop and about 400 resident. The Mexican- revolutionary Pancho Villa and his man came often over the border in this area to steal cattle and returned to safety in Mexico. Lochiel is a place were the first European, Fray Marcos de Niza, came West of Rocky Mountains on April 12, 1539. From the cemetery on the hill is an overview over the old US border and custom station, witch is the private property. Lochiel is in the corner of San Rafael Valley, one of Arizona's most beautiful places.

The first post office nearby opened in 1880 on the place named Luttrell, named after Dr. J.M. Luttrell who was owner of "the Holland Company Smelting Works".

One another post office opened 2 years later as La Noria, about one mile from Luttrell. They both closed in 1883. In 1909 opened again the post office in La Noria and closed finally on September 30, 1911

In 1884, Lochief, named by the ranchers Colin and Brewster Cameron after their home in Scotland received a post office.

Mowry in 1909

Mowry- A forest service sign marks the site with numerous adobe ruins and stone foundations; there are also the ruins of a major stone building, as well as the remnants of mining operations in and near the mine openings (due care needs to be exercised; many are partially hidden and dangerous).

The Patagonia Mine located by Mexicans in 1858 changed owners several times befor it was purchased in 1860 by lieutenant Sylvester Mowry, an army officer stationed at Fort Crittenden. he named the mine for hiself and set up smelitng equipment, furnaces and builindg and worked with Mexican laborers for a number of years.

The operation were stopped in 1862 when Lieutenant Mowry was arrested by General James M. Carleton and charged with selling lead to the Confederate Army to be used in ammuniion. Mowry was confined to the Yuma Territorial Prison from July 2 to Nove 8 of that year. When he was released he went to England to get funding for his operation but while he was there, he died.

While the Civil War raged, the Apaches went on a raiding rampage and drove most the white men in the Patagonia region away, destroying the Mowry smelting works and reducing the settlement to ruins.

New owners bought the mine and Mowry came back to life. In 1904, the Mowry Mines Company took over the property. The town had five hundred residents, stores, saloons and a school. A post office was established in 1905. Today it is a dserteer cluster of rapidly deteriorating adobe and wood buiildings with a small cemetery located on a knowll not far from the town.

Old Glory- Twenty-five miles West of Nogales with large footprints of mining remnants and ruins. Old Glory's post office, established 1895 and discontinued in 1915. A town of only about fifty residents, Old Glory served many mines on the Arizona-Mexico border around the turn of the century. The town had a justice of the peace, general merchandise store, and more. The Arizona Consolidate Mining Company and Gold Mining Association Company operated here.

Oro Blanco - Oro Blanco's got its post office in 1879 and kept it until 1915. Actually there were two towns by the same name. The first, ten miles from the second and each town was about five years apart.

The first town had two steam mills and many arrastras working day and night. The population was about 225 and they even had a dentist. The richest man in Arizona, James A. Robinson, lived here. He was worth between $1.2 and $1.8 million yet lived on only $500/ year with his family. He had made his fortune in land, mines, and cattle.

A short distance from the Arizona/Mexico border and just south of Arivaca is sleepy little Oro Blanco. Originally a small camp that grew out of the nearby Oro Blanco mine and blossomed in 1873 when a handful of miners re-opened the mine. It survived about 20 years while the workers extracted silver ore from the ground. They took the silver from the natural ores using the seven "arrastras" in the area. The ores went into the bottom of the arrastra with a heavy stone on top. They dragged the stone around and around in the basin grinding the ore. Water ran through it washing out the lighter particles, leaving the heavier to settle to the bottom.

The mine worked day and night and was the cause for the development of the Warsaw group, Yellow Jacket mine and Ostrich Mine. The houses were made of stone, adobe and other convenient materials.

By the mid-1880, Oro Blanco had three mining and milling companies- Oro Blanco,Esperango, and Orion Silver. Two steam milles oprated. A dentist, blacksmith, physician, contstable, justice of the peace, deputy sheriff, saloon keepers and merchants service a population of 225 residents.. Education was a high priority but a schoolhouse was not. The children studies in a three sided, bush-roofed shack!

Unlike many ghost towns, the Noon family, descendants of the original settler are preserving Oro Blanco. Headframe and part of the stamp mill, right by Ruby

In 1899, the richest man in Arizona lived at Oro Blanco. james A. Robinson's vast fortune was acquired from land, mines and cattle and estimated to be btween $1,200,000 and $1,800,000. When he was sixty-seven Robinson made an average annual income of $45,000 while he and his Mexican wife and their family livd on $500 a year.

Located on the Arivaca Road, five miles West of Ruby.

Ruby- One of the best-preserved ghost towns in Arizona. To gain access you must help in the restoration, hour for hour. Most all the buildings are standing.

Courtesy U.S. Geological Survey

Ruby's post office was established April 11, 1912 and was discontinued May 31, 1941. Ruby is one of the best preserved ghost towns in Arizona. It is now undergoing restoration and you can visit the site if you help in the restoration. For each day of work you get a day of play. For forty years they called Ruby, Montana Camp and in 1909 changed the name to Ruby in honor of Julius Andrew's wife.Julius Andrews was in charge of the camp store and the one who applied for the post office. At one time over 150 children went to school in Ruby and over 300 men were employed at the Montana Mine.1941 saw the end of operations at Ruby and it has been a ghost town since.

Ruby (Montana Camp) is 25 mile to the West after Peña Blanca Junction on SR 289. Ruby is one of the leading ghost towns in the country, passed only by Vulture who had more standing buildings. Ruby is totally closed for visitors.

It was not until 1854 when two mining engineers named Charles Poston and Henry Ehrenberg revived the old placers left by the Spanish in Montana Gulch that mining activity resumed in this area. Facing the danger of hostile Apaches, Poston and Ehrenburg prospected the area further and discovered rich gold and silver veins in the vicinity of Montana Peak. Ten claims were further discovered in the 1870's and thus was established the Montana Mine.

In 1891, a large body of high-grade ore was discovered in the Montana Mine by J. W. Bogan and company, who pronounced the Montana Mine to be a veritible ‘bonanza’ with several crosscuts showing the ore body to be thirty feet wide with random samples assaying eighty to ninety ounces of silver per ton . . . reported the Arizona Pioneers Historical Society.

Mining in the area below Montana Peak began first in 1870 (eighties) and town that grow up around became known as a Montana Camp. Owner of the general store, Julius Andrews give the city his name when the post office came on April 11, 1912. He named the post office and the city after his wife, Lillie B. Ruby Andrews. Philip C. Clarke bought Andrews's general store in 1913 and build one bigger on the hill. It still stands. For years people talked about the store being cursed bcasue it was built onver a padre's grave. The two savage and inhman attackes just fueled the belief

Site of Murders

Because the area were close to the Mexican border and attacks were almost daily, Clarke and his wife Gypsy had a weapons in every room of the house and store. Their son Dan, one popular Arizona man who died in 1922, said that his father send the mother to California to have a baby because the situation in Ruby was dangerous. In the times, when all ranchers were attacked from the Mexican revolutionaries who crossed the border, once Clark were asked by a older man with name Guzman, what was that pipe looking apparatuses on front of his house?

Clarke who loved to joking with the old and serious man, told him that was a pipe system witch made him possible (or: made him able) with a bottom beside his bed to let out the poisoned gas, and that gas were strong enough to kill one all regiment. Clarke enjoyed seeing the old men walking far around from pipes, which actually were pipes for the rein water. When Guzman returned one month later, Clarke asked him did he see some revolutionary soldiers: -"Oh, yes..... The checked everything I had with me, but they only took my tobacco from me". Clarke asked him did they say they want to come to Ruby store and Guzman answered: -"Yes, they asked me about everything and I told them about your dead machinery - those pipes with the poison gas". Solders decided to avoid the Ruby store. After this Clarke said: -"I was careful in talking about my dead spreading machine". Others were not so lucky.

With an increasing population a larger building was needed and thus was built a large adobe structure farther up the hill. Clarke often spent much time away from his wife and family and concerned for their safety to unimproved conditions along the border he moved them away to Oro Blanco.

Life in the early days of the camp was unglamorous. Wages were small and most families lived in tents and adobe huts. Fiestas and celebrations were never held and baptisms or confirmations meant a trip to Arivaca twenty miles away. Men often relied on hunting to provide food for their families and occasionally some would turn to rustling. As was the case with so many of the mining camps, lawlessness was common. Robbery was a constant threat.
Rustling of cattle for sale across the border in Mexico was profitable due to a large demand for meat by two armies involved with revolution. With revolution in Mexico, the presence of Mexican soldiers roaming about seemed routine.

Clarke leased the store to Alex and John Frasier in 1920 but suggested that they arm themselves. Alex lived two month's time, found dead by the cash register and John lived only five hours after being shot in the eye, forced to open the store's safe. Authorities killed one of the two robbers while resisting arrest, but not before he killed the deputy. The other robber escaped free. Clarke pled guilty for destiny of the Frasier brothers when Frank Phearson came to buy the store. Phearson was sure that the lawless was not so big and that attack was not possible.

He became the next storeowner and on August 26, 1921, Frank and his wife, Myrtle and Person's sister Irene and his sister in law Elizabeth Urcell wre visiting and helping Myrtle with her work. Several vaqueros came to the store asking for tobacco. As Frank turned to get it, he was shot in the back. Elizabeth was grazed by a second shot and fainted. Irene ran out with Pearson's four year old daughter and Myrtle was shot. As she lay dying one of the men saw her five gold front teeth and knockd them out with the butt of is gun and put them in his pocket. Their youngest daughter, Margaret fell down when she tried to escape and when she looked up, the killer was standing over her, and for some unknown reason, he turned around and went back into the store. Margaret Phearson Anderson became a teacher in Nogales and Tucson, and retired in 1980.

Two of the seven bandits Placido Silvas and Manuel Martinez ran from Ruby but witnesses identified them. They were found in Sasabe, Sonora trying to sell the gold teeth. They were sent to Florence for their hanging, the Sheriffs car tipped over, killing him and wounding the deputy. They captured Martinez and hanged him in the Florence jail but Silvas made good his escape and they never found him.

The flourishing time in Ruby began in 1926 when Eagle-Picher Lead Company took over the mine. The town had electricity (made by diesel machines), doctor, hospital and one four room school with 3 teachers. Once were over 150 children in the school. From 1934 until 1937, Montana mine was a leading producer of lead and zinc in Arizona, and in 1936 was the third biggest in production of silver. The mine employed over 300 men, but ore died in 1940 and the town once with about 2000 citizens, became ghost town in 1941.

Post office closed in 1941. Clarke's store, intact until 1970, collapsed totally, but the jail not far from there still stands The school still standing with the basketball plate. On the south side of the city are owners' residence and mine offices. Other buildings are visible from the road, from the little hill. In its current existence, there are more than a dozen buildings plus the headframe and mill. Upon entering the townsite one passes by snob hill. This is the section where the well to do residents lived, and it is in this area where many of the homes remain. These homes are currently being used by the caretaker and guard. Just past this is the old school that served grades 1 through 8 and had in attendance around 350 children. On the north side upon a hill
overlooking the town are the remains of the headframe, assay office, warehouse, and some old equipment. There are plans to do some refurbishing of the buildings and opening the town to general tourism for a fee. At present, special permission is required in order to visit the town that includes a fee of approximately $12.00. It is accessible by a gravel road and is within the bounds of the Coronado National Forest. Drive West of State 289 from the point where it origi ates of US 89, five miles North of Nogales. Many old mine shafts and decaying buildings in the area.

Salero-Salero's post office was established August 13, 1884 and was discontinued April 17, 1890. Mexicans first worked the Salero mine in the 18th century. Salero, meaning salt cellar, was acquired by the Salero Mining company in 1857 who's company headquarters were in Tubac. All of the men who originally founded the company were later killed by Apaches.George Clark later relocated the mine in 1870 and the post office was established 14 years later. Today there are many well preserved buildings left but the whole town site is on private property.

Tubac- Historic site with a state park museum. Tubac is the oldest European settlement in Arizona. It was the site of Arizona's first newspaper, the Weekly Arizonan. Its first issue was in 1859, and it was because of this newspaper that Arizona had its first recorded duel. Sylvester Mowry (see Mowry ghost town) thought Arizona should be a separate territory and the editor of the paper, Edward Cross, thought otherwise. The two dueled and both missed so instead of killing each other, they toasted each other with drink. Today, the state park museum marks the site.

Washington Camp- Take SR 82 to Patagonia and thereafter drive 20 miles south of Patagonia. Road is paved the first 6 miles and after that is dirt road FR 49. The town is little more then 4 miles south of Mowry with numerous buildings.

Washington Camp in Santa Cruz County was once the biggest supply community south of Patagonia for the towns of Duquesne, Mowry and Harshaw. Some checked out the area in the beginning of the 1860s but promptly left because of Apache attacks. Progress in the area began in the latest 1880s when "Duquesne Mining & Reduction Company of Pittsburgh" surveyed out lots and started mining on the place which became town of Duquesne. Beside the mine, the town of Duquesne had a company office and about 1000 residents. Duquesne post office started on May 13, 1880 and closed on February 14, 1920. Washington Camp had residents for the miners, general store and school. Each camp had about 1000 residents. The town had once in 1905 about 5200 miners and theirs families. Washington Camp was one mile from Duquesne. Schoolhouse was build and placed between those two towns, very practical.

An old Chinaman named Kang operated a store in the old mining camp of Washington. He hid his gold coins and bars along with a box of jewelry in a hole cut into solid rock a few hundred feet from his store. They never found his cache.

An article in the Az Republican told of the tragedy that affectd the Harrison family of Washington Camp on 3/30/1905 and l/18/1904.

3/30/1905- Jerry Sheehy was convictd and is serving time in Yuma for the killing of his best frind Richard Harrison n Santa Cruz County. Among the grounds on which an appeal in the Sheehy case was based was the admission by the trial court of a statement by Harrison after the shooting which he called attention to the fact that he was not armed when Sheehy shot him. It could not be reqgrarded as a dying statement but it was close to that borderline of hearsay testimony but the court head that in any event, it was insufficient for a reversal of the case.

l/18/1904- A fatality seems to be attending the well known Harrison family of Washingotn Camp, Santa Cruz county. richard Harrison, the son of Judge Harrison and a brother in law of Hon. D.G. Chalmers, the Speaker of the House of the Nineteenth Legislature, who was killed by Jerry Sheehy last Friday near Washington Camp is the second son of that family to meet a violent death in the same locality within two years.

A little less than two years ago an older son was killed at Washington by a man by the name of Morgan who is now serving twenty years at Yuma.

The facts of the killing last Friday ar not all known yet. It is rported that it was the culminating incident in a quarrel about some cattle. There is a suspecion though that there was some other cause. Harrison and Sheehy had for sever years been running mates. they had been particularly chummy and taken part in several escapades and in one affair that could not be calld qan escapad. It wa an assault one day on Hon. Colin Cameron whom they met on the range at Lochiel. they dismounted from their horses and pulling Mr. Cameon from his horse beat him almost into insensibility.

The case was taken into a U.S.court and after a stubborn trial they wre acquitted. Richard Harrison was the youngest member of the Harrison family.

World's Fair Mine- - Near Harshaw.Major mining ruins and stamp mill in a spectacular setting. Although a significant operation, it is likely that the terrain prevented the establishment of a real settlement for its personnel lived in other nearby town sites and it never had a post office

Yank's Spring- Near Ruby with the only footprints a Forest Service sign and some rubble. The forest service sign at this site tells the story of an unsuccessful ranching effort made by two men, "Yank" Bartlet and Hank Hewitt. Indians attacked the ranch in and Yank's son was able to escape to Oro Blanco for help. The help arrived and rid the area of the Indians but not before they killed a neighbor and wounded Yank.

SANTA CRUZ COUNTY TREASURE

Patagonia- Spanish padres built a rock shelter for a large treasure and buried it under tons of rock form a cliff on an ancient trail leading from the old San Xavier del Bac Mission. The search area is 8 miles North of Patagonia and near the old trail.

Santa Rosa Wash- A cache of Indian guns, pistols and rifles, numbering upwards of 1,000 are hidden on the Papago Indian Reservation in the mountains to the West of the Santa Rosa Wash between Casa Grande and Santa Rose in the 1880s.

Sonoyta-Sononita- Thirty eight bars of gold stolen in Mexico by Hashknife Charles is buried somewhere between a spring and the boundary line between Arizona and Sonora near Sonoyta on the Arizona side of the border. Will be marked with the assayer's stamp on them

Tumacacori Mission- Around 1909, F.A. Edwards owned 200 acres adjoining the Tumacacori mission and claimed that his property held a treasure estimated to be worth as much as $80 million 80 mule loads of gold. Records in Madrid and Mexico City reportedly confirm its existence but searching for it has been futile to date.