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Sunday, Feb. 13 On this date in 1896, fifty armed men gathered at Bowie, Arizona, to prevent the entry of prizefighters from Texas after a federal law was passed banning prizefights. Monday, Feb. ....
A collection of the interesting and sometimes unusual events that happened this week in Arizona history.Feb. 13On this date in 1896, 50 armed men gathered at Bowie, Arizona, to prevent the entry of prizefighters from Texas after a federal law was passed banning prizefights.Feb. 14On this date in 1830, Anson P.K. Safford, the third territorial governor and founder of ....
Politically, boycotts aren t usually effective, but one expert says there might be a more important reason to keep Canadian athletes out of the Beijing Olympics. ....
True West Magazine The Arizona deputy sheriff lived a double life as a highwayman, gang leader and train robber. For most of a decade, Burt Alvord was considered an upstanding lawman in Cochise County, but after he led his gang’s 1899 holdup of a Southern Pacific train, he became known as one of the Territory’s most notorious outlaws. – All Images and Bob Boze Bell Illustrations Courtesy True West Archives Unless Otherwise Noted – Burt Alvord wasn’t exactly a household name among Arizona’s notorious outlaws. They also said he wasn’t the sharpest knife in the drawer. It was claimed his IQ was a little bit less than his waist size. His major interests were poker, pool, guns and practical jokes. On the other hand, he worked for a time in the late 1880s as a deputy sheriff for Cochise County Sheriff John Slaughter, who declared him fearless. Cochise County was blessed with a profusion of colorful characters, so Burt fit right in with the rest. ....