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Faraway Ranch special history study, Chiricahua National Monument / by Lysa Wegman-French.
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- Book
- Government document
- Author/Creator:
- Wegman-French, Elizabeth
- Series:
- Cultural resources management professional papers ; no. 72.
- Intermountain Cultural Resources Management professional paper ; no. 72
- Language:
- English
- Subjects (All):
- Erickson family.
- Riggs family.
- Faraway Ranch (Ariz.)--History.
- Faraway Ranch (Ariz.).
- Chiricahua National Monument (Ariz.).
- Arizona--Chiricahua National Monument.
- Arizona--Faraway Ranch.
- Genre:
- Government publications
- History
- Physical Description:
- 1 online resource (vi, 217 pages) : illustrations
- Other Title:
- Chiricahua National Monument
- Place of Publication:
- Santa Fe [N.M.] : Cultural Resources Division, Intermountain Region, National Park Service, U.S. Dept. of the Interior, 2006.
- Summary:
- The history of Faraway Ranch and the Erickson-Riggs family is a rich and complex story. However, if viewed simplistically as we often have, the Faraway Ranch story is one more tale of Western settlement. Two Swedidh immigrants, one a soldier and the other an officer's family servant, meet at a frontier military post, fall in love and decide to homestead along the banks of Bonita Creek in the Chiricahua Mountains.... (from the introduction).
- Contents:
- An overview of the people and the history of Faraway Ranch
- The federal presence in the West
- The women of the West
- Tourism and guest ranching
- Ranching.
- Notes:
- Title from title screen (viewed July 23, 2009).
- "National Park Service, U.S. Department of the Interior, Cultural Resources Management, intermountain Region"--Cover
- Includes bibliographical references (pages 211-217).
- Electronic reproduction. [Place of publication not identified] : HathiTrust Digital Library, 2010.
- Other Format:
- Wegman-French, Elizabeth. Faraway Ranch special history study, Chiricahua National Monument.
- OCLC:
- 427636947
- Access Restriction:
- Use copy Restrictions unspecified
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