An assassination ended the Graham-Tewksbury feud.
August 2, 1892. Tom Graham (photo), a principal in Arizona’s Pleasant Valley War, is gunned down as he drives a wagon near Tempe. He identifies enemies Ed Tewksbury and John Rhodes as the assassins before he dies. Both eventually get off–and each becomes a lawman in later life. The Graham-Tewksbury feud is done leaving about 50 people dead.
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