Henry Garfias was the first marshal of Phoenix, and the highest elected Mexican-American official in the region. He earned the job during a stint as county deputy sheriff. In 1881, at the age of 30, Garfias managed to track down the so-called “Ghost Bandit,” who’d held up three stages and gotten away with an estimated $68,000. Garfias staked out the Agua Fria crossing and saw Gillett town blac


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