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Peregrinations and Perambulations: Fairbank Cemetery
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Friday, January 24, 2014. By Daryl F. Mallett. The modern—now ghost town—of Fairbank, Arizona, was founded in 1883. A suburb of booming Tombstone, Arizona, the town on the banks of the San Pedro River never reached more than 500 people in its approximately 90-year lifespan. As in any town of the Old West, a very rudimentary cemetery was established. The first, a broken stone cross, reads NACIO FELIX BRESEDA MURIO / ES 10 DIAS EL 18 DE MARSO DE 1919. Research shows he was the infant son of Aurelio Bre...
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Peregrinations and Perambulations: May 2013
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Thursday, May 2, 2013. Wine and Spirits: Temecula, First Look at Hidden Treasure. With Daryl F. Mallett and William R. Mallett. Some self-appointed "experts" say there are no good California wines produced outside of the Napa/Sonoma area. Wrong! There are at least eleven wineries near Temecula which produce good wines. Mostly located on or near Rancho California Road, these Southern California "desert" wineries produce a number of award-winning wines. Daryl F. Mallett. William R. Mallett. Society for Cre...
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Peregrinations and Perambulations: A Suburb of Tombstone, Arizona
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Friday, January 24, 2014. A Suburb of Tombstone, Arizona. A Suburb of Tombstone, Arizona. By Daryl F. Mallett. 8220;A suburb of Tombstone, Arizona” is not a phrase one hears often, if at all. But Tombstone was one of the largest cities in the Southwestern U.S. in its day and, like any good metropolitan area, the town boasted its own “suburbs,” or outlying towns with names such as Contention, Brookline, Huachuca, Charleston and Fairbank. In 1881, area ranchers William Hall and Harry McKinney filed a claim...
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Peregrinations and Perambulations: Day Tripping: Fairbank, Arizona
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Friday, January 24, 2014. Day Tripping: Fairbank, Arizona. Day Tripping: Fairbank, Arizona. By Daryl F. Mallett. Just an hour and a half away, on the other side of the Santa Rita Mountains from Green Valley and Sahuarita lie a number of great places to visit. One of them is the Fairbank, Arizona area. Now if you’ve never heard of Fairbank, Arizona, don’t feel bad. I’ve been here since 1993 and this was the first I’d ever heard of it, too. Conveniently located by both is the Tombstone Territories RV Park (.
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Peregrinations and Perambulations: Revolutionary War-Era Spanish Fortress
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Friday, January 24, 2014. Revolutionary War-Era Spanish Fortress. Revolutionary War-Era Spanish Fortress. By Daryl F. Mallett. If the losses were not discouraging enough, droughts drove off many of the ranchers and farmers, and then flooding of the nearby river rapidly encroached on the presidio. Never mind quicksand surrounding the riverbed. Southwest historian and archaeologist Deni Seymour has excavated at the site and continues to research the area. Her website (. Http:/ www.seymourharlan.com. In a p...
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Peregrinations and Perambulations: January 2014
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Friday, January 24, 2014. Revolutionary War-Era Spanish Fortress. Revolutionary War-Era Spanish Fortress. By Daryl F. Mallett. If the losses were not discouraging enough, droughts drove off many of the ranchers and farmers, and then flooding of the nearby river rapidly encroached on the presidio. Never mind quicksand surrounding the riverbed. Southwest historian and archaeologist Deni Seymour has excavated at the site and continues to research the area. Her website (. Http:/ www.seymourharlan.com. In a p...