l 1 -.---- 1 'Indian Veterans01 Civil Warp'-C/ '1 tUVEN PENSIONS: The late Silas M. Johnson, while servingas superintendent of the Maricopa In- dma Agency, became interested in these old Indiansupon heaTing of their prowess as Union soldiers in the Civil War. None knew they were entitled to pensions.With the assistance of George V. P. Hunt, then governor, aud Carl Hayden, senator, effortswere begun years ago which eventually bore fruit, and one or two survivors did get some compensation.Most of them had served as scouts, enlisting ironi what then was known as Maricopa Wells. Mrs. W.W. Priest of Phoenix, owner of this photo, re- calls her father relating how the group, while in the statecapitol office of the adjutant general, were fisked to tell dates of certain events. With themwas their tribal historian,'hose only record was a notched stick. After a bit of serious concentrationon the stick, he would tell the dates to an interpreter, and upon reference to records they were foundto he exact. Pictured in rear, left to right, are Chern- quis, Moh Ush, Machie Gulack and Molt Daker;front row, Chaequets Am, JIs.maware Quinreal and 0 JiJa11. Capt WilliamHan cock, Noted Pioneer, Lies InModest Gra BY JAMES M. BARNEY ley, Captain Hancock started up a In the old burial grounds to thesmall store under the firm name "Before the separation of Marl- southwest of the city of Phoenixof William A. Hancock and Com-copa county from Yavapai, and un- is an unpretentious grave markedpany. The location of this estab-til the county courthouse. had been only by a plain white marble slablishment was near the center ofbuilt,itdid duty, as court room furnished by the United States Wartheoriginal Phoenix settlement,and justice's office, and the pro- Department. There lies all that isnot far from the residence of Jackbatejudge,treasurer,recorder, mortal of Capt. William A. Han-Swilling. sheriff, and in fact, all the county cock, one of the most notable pio- as well as town officers, transacted neers of Phoenix and the Salt RiverAn advertisement announcing thetheir business here. Here assembled valley. opening of this business first ap-the first, board of supervisors, and peared in thepressofYavapaiitsnarrow walls echoed to the A soldier of his country, he liescounty on September 17, 1870, and apart from hiscomrades - in astated that "We have opened asound of many a stormy debate." quiet, restful spot--in that long-store near J. W. Swilling's and in- First Meeting Held abandoned "city of the dead." tend to keep on hand all kinds ofThe late Francis A. S'haw, who William A. Hancock, soldier, sur-groceries,provisions,drygoods,was a member of the first hoard of veyor and lawyer, and often calledclothing and a general assortmentsupervisors, gave the following in- the "Father of Phoenix," was aof merchandise." formationconcerningthisfirst New Englander by birth, born onCaptain Hancock and associatesmeeting place: May 17,1831,inthe townof Barre, Mass. His father, Nathan,did not operate this enterprise very "After the count.y bill was passed and hisgrandfather, Nathan S.,long and, having received the ap-by the legislature and the county also were both natives of Barre,pointment.of postmaster oftheofficers had been appointedby' the former passing his entire lifesettlement, he established the postGovernor Safford, we met at the thdre. His mother, Catherine W.officeinJim Murphy's countryrear of Hancock's Store for our (Lee) Hancock, was a daughterstore, where his friendGeorge E.first session and made it the reg- of Henry Lee and a niece of Gen.Mowryassunied the duties of gen-ular meeting place. All the county Samuel Lee, who took a prominenteral clerk and attended all mailofficers had to find space in the part in the War of 1812. matters. building and we paid Captain Han- Managed Farm Murphy's storethe first estab-cock $10 a month for its use. We Young Hancock was educated Inlished in the valleywas located ondid not have much room but the the public school of hinative towntheTemperoad(VanBurenbusiness of the county was not and in Leicester Academy and, whenstreet) just east of Seventh street.heavy and somehow we were able 16,took chargeofhisfather's AboutthistimetheSalt toget alongsome of thefirst farm, which he continued to man- River Valley settlers, having county officers but seldom appear- age until 1853, when he decided to decided to lay out a town in the ing in the office of the board. Our cross the plains to California. valley,organizeda townsitefurniture at that time consisted WithhisbrothersJohnand company and located half aof a few tables and chairs. Later Henryhe went to Iowa in the section of land for that pur- the courthouse was moved to South spring of1853, bought livestock pose, this area now being theFirst avenue where we had more and, in general, made full prepa- business center of Phoenixconvenient quarters." rations for the long and hard over- hounded on the north by Van Press Tells Of Store, land journey to the Pacific coast. Buren street., on the,east. by Even as late as 1881 the local Traveling by way ofCouncil Seventh street, on the south bypress published a brief article about Bluffs, the Platte and North Platte. the Sweetwater, South Pass and Jackson street, and the west byHancocks Store and, as proof that the Humboldt River valley, they Seventh avenue. the construction of thisbuilding arrived at Sacramento, Calif., and Captain Hancock, having learnedwas always regarded as marking settled down upon a ranch somesomething of surveying, was engag-the very beginning of Phoenix, the nine miles north of there. Theyed to lay out the future city ofnewspaperremarksarequoted succeeded in bringing safely acrossPhoenix in the fall of 1870. here: the plains some 275 head of live-The survey of the townsitewas "In December, 1870, Judge W. A. stock and for eight years carriedcompleted in about a year, or inHancock commended the 'erection on a thriving business raising cat-the autumn of 1871. In themean-of the first house built within the tleand horsesfor the westerntime, Captain Hancock had builtlimits of the half-section at present markets. an adobe house--beginning thatoccupied by the town of Phoenix. In 1856 Mr. Hancock returnedtaskinDecember, 1870which,This building was a one-story adobe East on a visit, going by way ofwhen completed, he rented to oth-and was completed early in the the Isthmus of Panama. His fa-ers who desired to start in busi-spring of the following year. It was ther died the following year and,ness. This was the first buildingfirst used as a storeroom hut at in 1858, Mr. Hancock returned t.øerected upon the Phoenix Townsitepresent (July, 1881) (he drugstore the Pacific coast by the same routeand for some time after its com-of Dr. B. L. Congers, on Washing- he had taken East. pletion played a prominent part inton street, occupied it. Joined Infantry the affairs of the village of Phoe-"At the time that Captain Han- In September, 1864,lie volun-nix and the county of Maricopa. cockcommencedtohuil,the teered in the Seventh California ThebusinessofthePhoenixwhole number of dwelling houses Infantry and was mustered intoTownsite--then in charge of threein the Salt River 'alJey could not service at the Presidio, near Santowosite commissioners--wascon-have exceeded a score. Francisco. In February, 1865, heducted from .an office in this build- But 'great oaks from little acorns, wa seat to Fort Yuma, Calif., a.nding, and vihen Maricopa countywasgrow', and soithas been with during that same year was trans-orga.nized in 1871, the county of-Phoenix and the surrounding val- ferred to the Arizona troops, be-fices also were established there. 1n musteredinto ley: the humble pioneer, one-story Company C, Became County Seat adobebuilding on Washington First. Arizona Volunteers, on Sep- When the first hoard ofsuper-streethasforcompany many tember 1, 1865, with the rank ofvisorsappointed by Governor Saf-buildings that would grace the busi- second lieutenant, and was orderedfordmet for their initial sessionness streets 'of many more preten- to Camp McDowell, Arix. He wasin this building February 28, 1871, promoted to a first. licutenancyonit tious cities than Phoenix." June 20,1866, and mustered out became theofficialseatof Appointed Sheriff of the service on Sptemher 13,county government and remained On the formation of Maricopa '1O/2 s such until the completion of thecounty by the legislature. Cantain DAILY ENTERPRISE, PHOENIXf ARIZONA, MARCH 24, 1902. a - N maintain any and all kindS of macbin-s\.m. and the property will be offered Te P1iO011i atiollaI Buk, cry, water power, steam power, dcc-COj imencing at the head of the said de- tric power, telegraph, telephone, or tel-liquent list and continue alphabetical- i1hoestix, Ariosa. Wants and BusinessLocals. ephone apparatus or lines, or any other1y1 until completedand that said sale exhan matter, business, or property that thetIL be comtinued from day to day Un- Paid Up Capital, 10OO® board of directors may see fit to buytill completed . Dt ted Phoenix March 3rd 1902. Surplus & Undivided Profits,.50,flOO IN THE DISTRICT COURT OF THEor engage in that any natural person WANTtU. J. ELLIOTT WALKER, might or could do as an inifividual. Ic. B. G4GE, PreslOent, ArticleIII.The amount of capitalTteasurer and Ex-Officlo Tax Collect-Hats WAHTEDOld ragsaiid c1oth THIRD JUDICIAL DISTRiCT 01?stock of this corporation shall be one )r, Maricopa Co., A. P. T. w. PMBERTON, Vlce-Pre1c1en and either ffnen or cotton, for PhoenL THE TERRITORY OF ARIZONA, Acting Cashier. hundredthousanddollars ($100,000l L.B. LARIMER, Assistant Cashier, Hopita1 .Parties who desire to do AND FOR THE COUNTY 01?divided into one million shares of the NOTICE TO CREDITORS. We have just received a fine assort- nate may le&ve the same either at MARICOPA.