The Story of Patchy
"Patchy wearing poster dress, then Mormon girl's shawl. Underwaist on outside: not the buttonholes." Reads the handwritten caption of this photo.
Collection area: Arizona and Southwest
Collection dates: 1896-1916 bulk (bulk 1896-1900)
Typescript of unpublished manuscript, with photographs, concerning the story of Apache May, a young Apache girl found in May, 1896, by Cochise County cattleman and former sheriff, John Slaughter, in an abandoned Apache camp. She lived with the Slaughters at their San Bernadino Ranch until her accidental death in 1900. Photographs are of Apache May at various ages, some with Viola Slaughter. Information and photographs were provided by Viola Slaughter.
Bisbee, Ariz. resident.
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