In the fall of 1881, cattleman James Stinson brought some 600 head of cattle into Pleasant Valley and unwittingly branded them with a “T” which...
James Stinson: The Man Who Started the Pleasant Valley War
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Arizona Pleasant Valley War
Ed Tewksbury
It was the last act of Arizona’s Pleasant Valley War—the killing of feudist Tom Graham, allegedly by his longtime enemy Ed Tewksbury (photo) in...
The Last Watch
A timepiece stolen—and then returned. Gila County (AZ) Sheriff Glenn Reynolds had a strong reputation. He’d been involved in putting down the...
A Badman Gets his Start
Andy Blevins began his career by terrorizing Navajo. Andy Blevins—alias Andy Cooper—made his bones in Arizona’s Pleasant Valley War (and from...