October 13, 2018
General Stephen Watts Kearney (Courtesy)
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Days Past: How Arizona Got on the Map Part 11
A New Part of America, But With no Americans
Thus far in our series of occasional articles, we have discussed the Spanish entradas, missions and settlements south of the Gila River, Mexico’s independence from Spain, and a few of the mountain men who crossed this land -- all against the backdrop of the area’s challenging terrain and the lives and cultures of Natives who predated the arrival of Europeans by 10,000 years.
By Dave Lewis, Special to the Courier
October 13, 2018