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113 Sherman, William T., Annual Report of the Secretary of War, 1882, Headquarters Army of
the United States, Washington, D.C., October 16, 1882, Estimates for Buildings at Military
Posts, p. 10.
114 Letter, from W.T. Sherman, General of the Army to the Secretary of War, 14 November
1882.
115 Bisbee Daily Review, 4 April 1943.
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117 Altshuler, Constance, Cavalry Yellow & Infantry Blue, Arizona Historical Society, Tucson,
1991, p. 171.
118 Creighton (1856-1946) designed the “Old Main” building of the University of Arizona in
Tucson. He is also credited with buildings at Fort McDowell, the Phoenix City Hall, the Adams
Hotel in that city, the Pinal County Courthouse in Florence, the Old Dominion Hotel in Globe,
and the first building at the Tempe Normal School which was later to become Arizona State
University.
119 Patton (1850-1933) worked for the U.S. Army Signal Corps immediately following the Civil
War and built the telegraph line from Texas to California. He is remembered for the Patton
Opera House, later to be known as the Murphy Opera House in Phoenix.
120 Hooper, Bruce, Center for Colorado Plateau Studies, Northern Arizona University, research
notes and cover letter dated 10 August 1992.
121 John Bigelow, Jr., was educated in Europe, graduated from the U.S. Military Academy in
1877, and was commissioned in the 10th Cavalry. He taught at the academy before coming to
Fort Grant Arizona in June 1885 in time to participate with his regiment in the Geronimo
campaign. In 1894 he became a professor of military science at MIT. In Cuba he was wounded
four times during the charge at San Juan Hill. He served as superintendent of Yosemite National
Park in 1904 while a major in the 9th Cavalry. He served in the Office of the Chief of Staff of the
Army during World War I. As a retired lieutenant colonel in 1919, he resumed his academic
career, writing several more books on military subjects. He died in Washington, D.C., in 1936.
122 Bigelow, John, Jr., On the Bloody Trail of Geronimo, Westernlore Press, Los Angeles,
1958, p. 116.
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