Adventures in the Apache Country

Adventures in the Apache Country
by J. Ross Browne
Adopted by
Cary and Erika Forrester
on February 27, 2017
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Adventures in the Apache country : a tour through Arizona and Sonora : with notes on the silver regions of Nevada

By J. Ross Browne. New York: Harper & Brothers, 1869.

Beginning in late 1863, author J. Ross Browne accompanied Charles D. Poston on his tour of Arizona as the territory’s Superintendent of Indian Affairs. This book recounts their adventure, presenting a vivid, colorful description of the area and of the terrors which then attended border life in Arizona, where one-twentieth of the population had been swept away by the attacks of the Apaches in three years. Browne's travelogue also contains details on early mining in addition to observations of the lands and people he encountered. These early accounts of life in the Southwest help historians provide context and a better understanding of the attitudes and events that shaped the region.

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