Arizona's deadliest gunfight : draft resistance and tragedy at the Power Cabin, 1918 /

Osselaer, Heidi J., 1958-

Arizona's deadliest gunfight : draft resistance and tragedy at the Power Cabin, 1918 / Heidi J. Osselaer. - xviii, 294 pages : illustrations ; 23 cm

Includes bibliographical references and index.

Origins -- Texas hill country -- New Mexico territory -- Frontier honor -- Aravaipa Canyon -- The Gila Valley -- The abandoned mines -- The Great War -- Shootout at dawn -- On the run -- Captured -- On trial -- The big house on the Gila -- Clemency -- Redemption.

"Delves into the background and historical context of the shootout in 1918, likely the deadliest armed resistance to draft evasion during World War I, between Jeff Power's family and sheriff Frank McBride and his deputies at a remote mining cabin in Keilberg Canyon"--

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Powers family.


World War, 1914-1918--Draft resisters--Arizona.
World War, 1914-1918--Conscientious objectors--Arizona.
Gunfights--Arizona.

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