The arrival of Mormon colonists from Utah in 1876 heralded the first permanent Anglo-American settlements in northern Arizona. Even though cattle ranching was one of the territory’s largest industries, it was still in its infancy in the area around Flagstaff until the arrival of the transcontinental railroad in 1881.
John Young, a son of Mormon leader Brigham Young was one of the earliest se

March 2017
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- Stevens County Seat War Massacre
- James Brothers First Heist, Maybe?
- Big Nose George Parrot
- Black Buckaroos
- What History Has Taught Me: Terry Bolinger
- Hugh Glass and the Grizzly
- Idaho’s Mormon Miracles
- B.B. Bullwinkle and the Arizona Cattle Company
- Did The True “Gateway To The West” Start In St. Louis Or Independence, Missouri?
- A Mule For Sylvia Durando
- Why Does Arizona Have That Diagonal Boundary Line?