Sunday, March 27
On this date in 1883, James Addison Reavis filed a claim to the Peralta Grant, which supposedly covered 12 million acres of the richest land, towns and mines in Arizona. The tale of the Grant later proved to be fraudulent.
On this date in 1906, The Arizona Daily Star announced that it would start furnishing daily weather forecasts transmitted by the Consolidated Telephone, Telegraph and Electric Co.
On this date in 1906, it was announced that an increase in the price of beer to 10 cents a glass would take effect March 31, due to increased liquor license costs in Pima County.
Monday, Marcy 28
On this date in 1884, O.W. Sample, William Delaney, Dan Dowd, Tex Howard and Dan Kelly were hung from a single gallow in Tombstone for the murder of four people, including a pregnant woman, during the robbery of a store.
On this date in 1886, Albert Rex Buehman, a well-known Tucson photographer and son of Henry Buehman, who was one of Arizona’s earliest pioneer photographers, was born.
On this date in 1906, the Bisbee Cemetery Committee announced that due to a donation from Col. William C. Greene, an iron fence set in concrete would be erected around the Bisbee Cemetery.
Tuesday, March 29
On this date in 1885, Geronimo and 20 of his warriors who had surrendered to Gen. George Crook returned to the warpath after escaping from U.S. troops.
On this date in 1902, reports began circulating of a rich gold strike in the Guijas district, not far from Arivaca.
Wednesday, March 30
On this date in 1890, fire destroyed an entire business block in Flagstaff.
On this date in 1921, engineers reported that the Lyman Dam on the Little Colorado River was sinking into the mud, even as construction was under way.
Thursday, March 31
On this date in 1877, an epidemic of scarlet fever was reported in Prescott following the deaths of three children.
On this date in 1997, the University of Arizona men’s basketball team wins the state’s first-ever NCAA basketball championship.
On this date in 1998, the Arizona Diamondbacks celebrate the first regular season game in franchise history in front of 50,179 fans at a crowded Bank One Ballpark. The Diamondbacks lost to Colorado 9-2.
On this date in 2014, Charles H. Keating Jr., the notorious financier who served prison time and was disgraced for his role in the costliest savings and loan failure of the 1980s, dies at the age of 90.
Friday, April 1
On this date in 1861, the Overland Mail Co. discontinued its route through Arizona because the Civil War in the East forced troop withdrawals and the closing of forts in Arizona, leaving no protection for the letter carriers against Apache Indians.
On this date in 1919, a troop train carrying discharged soldiers from Nogales to Tucson was rerouted after military authorities learned that professional gamblers had gathered in Tucson, hoping to relieve the soldiers of their back-pay.
On this date in 1927, 5,000 Salt River Valley residents helped the city of Glendale celebrate the inauguration of its street lighting system.
On this date in 1931, the Canyon de Chelly National Monument was established.
On this date in 1952, construction of the Arizona-Sonora Desert Museum began.
Saturday, April 2
On this date in 1819, Mormon missionary Jacob Hamblin, who was also in charge of colonization along the Little Colorado River and served as guide to Maj. John Wesley Powell over the Lee’s Ferry route, was born in Ohio.
On this date in 1919, at 10 a.m., the first car ever to climb Sentinel Peak in Tucson, started its trek upward. The car sustained one blown tire. The headlights were left on to prove the feat to residents, and the car was parked on the peak for two days so people could climb up and see it for themselves.
On this date in 1927, Cochise and Graham County cattlemen ordered their crews to ride armed and to shoot when necessary to prevent rustling.
On this date in 1933, Gov. Benjamin B. Moeur unveiled a monument on the Arizona-New Mexico state line dedicating the Geronimo Trail from Douglas to Cloverdale, N.M.
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