History of the Apaches
Cover page from "History of the Apaches" by Charles D. Poston, 1866.
Collection area: Arizona and Southwest
Collection dates: 1866
Unpublished manuscript includes sections on the Oatman family, the Camp Grant Massacre, and contains typewritten materials from the Arizona Pioneers Society including a list of people killed by Apaches, 1869-1870, an 1885 resolution to present the true Apache situation to government officials. Contemporary newspaper clippings related to the Apache are also present.
First Superintendent of Indian Affairs for Arizona, 1863- 1864; known as the Father of the Arizona Territory due to his lobbying efforts to establish Arizona as a separate territory.
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