A Portal to Paradise: 11,537 Years, More or Less, on the Northeast Slope of the Chiricahua Mountains : Being a Fairly Accurate and Occasionally Anecdotal History of That

by Hayes, Alden C.

• ISBN13: 9780816517855
• ISBN10: 0816517851
• Format: Hardcover
• Copyright: 1999-07-01
• Publisher: Univ of Arizona Pr

Summary

Arizona's rugged Chiricahua Mountains have a special place in frontier history. They were the haven of many wellknown personalities, from Cochise to Johnny Ringo, as well as the home of prospectors, cattlemen, and hardscrabble farmers eking out a tough living in an unforgiving landscape.

Author Biography

Alden Hayes referred to himself as a "failed farmer, bankrupt cattleman, sometime smoke-chaser, one-time park ranger, and would-be archaeologist"--typically tongue-in-cheek for a multi-faceted man who had many scholarly archaeological publications to his credit. He died in 1998.

Table of Contents

List of Illustrations	ix
List of Maps	xi
Preface	xiii
The Setting	xxi
The Indian Pioneers	3	(14)
Spanish Exploration	17	(15)
The First Gringos	32	(17)
Arizona Territory	49	(18)
Cochise	67	(27)
Galeyville	94	(23)
Cowboys and Indians	117	(25)
Geronimo's Time	142	(28)
The End of the Frontier	170	(31)
Paradise	201	(32)
Portal	233	(38)
The Nesters	271	(40)
More Modern Times	311	(24)
Bibliographic Essay	335	(22)
Illustration Credits	357