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<br />Land" of the \\.dllon.Moha.....k Valley ha\'I' ')(-1'1\ unnl'r culti\"alion
<br />intl'rmillt'llIlv sinn' prehi..;toric tllTIt'.; ('oronano nHHlt, hi.'i famou" c)\'t'r-
<br />laml march from Cllmpo..tda. In thl' pr,...t'!lt "IRtI- of Sa~'arit. ~h'xi('o.
<br />into .....hat L.. no..... th,. .;outh....,'Sh.rn Unitt.d ~UI.lI:'S 1II ItHu ill ".'arch
<br />of Ihl' fahll'd .;e\l'1l ,.ill.... of ('ihola, Ht, .....1.1l1 a" far IHlrth and t'ast as
<br />tht. prt'.",,'nl ..ill' of 1..\"011';. Kan"a.._ HI:' \Ooa" ,.;upportt--'Cl h\" II ..l'allume
<br />('onllnj;:t'llt ullf!l'r I),' Alan'(ill Thl' tw" did 110t Ill'''l't (Ill th,. jOLlrnl';.
<br />II" Ihl' Colorado Hl\'('r did n"l II:'<ld ill tb.. Tight (l1ft.nion Hm\l......r.
<br />D., ..\larnm ih(','nn,-cl thl' Colorllnn Hin'r 10 11 poinl "t'n'TlII/ml.,,; aho\t'
<br />till' lIlOll1h of Iht' (;1111 and fnllnrl Inrlian... li\"lIIC' thl-n' and U":IIIr: lht.
<br />Walt.~ (,f tt'll' two rn-l'n: tll irngatt. Iht'lr I'r"p"_ Ttw.II'"uil nll..."ionar.\.
<br />Flltbt.! Eus,'blO I-\lIlO. \"L"llltlg tht' Inwt'r (;ila and Yuma aft'li in 17(111.
<br />\Oorolt' of IiI1c1in~ "ILttl.. fi,.ld.. of tJHlllt'. h,'an,;, I'alllha"ht.,; and wa".rmt'l.
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<br />Ttu- ~ollj rll~h of P',~!-I.';U IUT/.n thou"and... of Iwoplt, to Californiil
<br />Mall.\" Ill' Iht'l1l 1"<1/110' Oil Ihl' sntllhl"rn rOllk whKh wa... throll~h Tur,.:on
<br />and OO\"'l tht. l-;ila through thL.. arl'a 10 ttlt" Yuma Cfu""lIlg 011 llll'
<br />Culorlldo, TtwTt, is rt'l'ord that man;. of ttwlll driftt'l'l down lilt' Gila
<br />Hin.roll rafls_
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<br />Thl:' HuttNlil:'ld On'rlanl! :-;tap' 11t'~an opt.ration in 18SA and su,,-
<br />J>l.'lId..d at thl' ..Iart of tht' Ci\"ll War in l~ii1. Otht'r ..taJW lilWs re,.:umt.rl
<br />aftt'r thl' war and mntinut'<1 until hahl"CI hy thl" railroad_ Onl' {l( th,'
<br />rl'la.\' station.. for thl' Hutlerlit.ld lint, W8.'; at FilihllstN 011 th.. prt'SI'nt
<br />.J. Y. Otondo ranrh nurtheasl of Wl'llton in St-ction J.1, T~~. HI8\\'.
<br />Thi:s was in U.';f' for Ollt' Yt'ar and .....a,.; rl"plat'l:'d hy nllt' at tht' nnn hWl'st
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<br />Filihuster .....as th{' rendel\'ou" point for Ihe iIl-fatt"d Ht'nry A. Crllbb
<br />t'xpt"dition of !~) ml'n in March 1&'lH .....hich .....as to capture the nonhprn
<br />pan of Sonora for prohahlp laler annexation 10 tht' United Stalt'R. But
<br />the :'I.h'xican r:o\'eTllor of Sonora. with whom Crabb hlld plotterl. failt:"d
<br />to carry OUI hL~ part of Ihe l"onspiraC'y. Crabb and his men put up
<br />a wry crl'clihle f1r:ht at Caborca, killillj;;: many Mexican... while lo,;inj;;:
<br />only a few hut wt'rf' linally forC'l'd tosurrendpT. All hut OIW, a lfi-year.old
<br />boy. \Oowe ext't'utt't-t on April 7.
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