Francis Joseph Wattron, born February 5, 1861, in Hermann, Missouri, was a small boy when the town’s alarm bells signale…
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The Storied Hashknife
With the arrival of the Atlantic & Pacific Railroad in 1881 Holbrook, located at the junction of the Rio Puerco and …
The Shoot Out in Holbrook
For newly-elected Apache County Sheriff Commodore Perry Owens, events were moving rapidly towards his rendezvous with de…
Holbrook, Arizona
Before the railroad arrived in 1881, Holbrook, located where the Rio Pureco joined the Little Colorado, was known as Hor…