Stealing Santa Rita
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Stealing Santa Rita
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Author : Sherwood Stockwell
language : en
Publisher: iUniverse
Release Date : 2006-08
Stealing Santa Rita written by Sherwood Stockwell and has been published by iUniverse this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2006-08 with Fiction categories.
Our culture produces many whose goals are to create new jobs, increased profits and growth that will benefit humanity. Some, like Peter Oliver Sessions, subvert those goals, overlooking moral and ethical truths. His march to success, driven by ambition and misguided religious convictions, turns into a selfish quest for personal reward. He first uses Santa Rita as a refuge from doting parents, the Vietnam War and then to escape possible jailing for questionable stock transactions. For centuries this quiet Mexican fishing village was isolated from the outside world. When young surfers were attracted by the great waves washing into its bay, "Pedro" Sessions follows their lead. Sessions spent his war years looking for the next best waves and exploiting a tribe of Huichol Indians in order to support his lifestyle. When Jimmy Carter pardoned those that fled military service, Pedro returned to California and, after a cram course in business administration, became a broker of IPO's and mutual funds. Faced with possible indictment for illegal trading, Pedro returned to Santa Rita with a new wife, Isabella Eugenia, and a limited knowledge of real estate development. His first effort created the boutique hotel, Casa de Mastil, whose popularity with tourists soon led to investment in the project by Gringos from North America. Despite the detractions of a murder, lawsuits from angry purchasers, and adverse public opinion, Pedro continued to expand the hotel until a victim of his unscrupulous deals, Enid Williams, rallied the community to bring down his would-be empire. In the process Enid found self-esteem after a lifetime of personal setbacks.
Copper Mining In Santa Rita New Mexico 1801 1838
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Author : Helen J. Lundwall
language : en
Publisher: Sunstone Press
Release Date : 2012
Copper Mining In Santa Rita New Mexico 1801 1838 written by Helen J. Lundwall and has been published by Sunstone Press this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2012 with Copper miners categories.
"Santa Rita del Cobre" is the story of the formative years (1801-1838) of a remarkable mine in southwestern New Mexico that has produced copper for more than 200 years. Records of the Spanish Colonial and early Mexican period have yielded intriguing accounts of the people involved in the early development of the mines, the difficulties they encountered along the way, and the importance of this small settlement to the history of the frontier. Although the Santa Rita mines produced a fortune to the few men willing or able to invest money in their development, it was always a difficult and hazardous undertaking. Apaches, who inhabited much of southern New Mexico and Arizona at that time, created many problems for the miners. They had a strong influence over the success or failure of the Santa Rita mining operation. At times the hostility and depredations of these Indians overshadowed the remarkable success of the mines. Santa Rita was the center for military operations against the Apaches, and was referred to as the watchtower and guardian of the western frontier.
Santa Rita Del Cobre
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Author : Christopher J. Huggard
language : en
Publisher: University Press of Colorado
Release Date : 2020-01-27
Santa Rita Del Cobre written by Christopher J. Huggard and has been published by University Press of Colorado this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2020-01-27 with Technology & Engineering categories.
An account of the rise and fall of a mining town over two centuries, including photos: “An excellent story of the people and their community.” ―New Mexico Historical Review The Spanish, Mexicans, and Americans, successively, mined copper for more than two hundred years in Santa Rita, New Mexico. Starting in 1799 after an Apache man led the Spanish to the native copper deposits, miners at the site followed industry developments in the nineteenth century to create a network of underground mines. In the early twentieth century these works became part of the Chino Copper Company’s open-pit mining operations—operations that would overtake Santa Rita by 1970. In Santa Rita del Cobre, Christopher Huggard and Terrence Humble detail these developments with in-depth explanations of mining technology, and describe the effects on and consequences for the workers, the community, and the natural environment. Originally known as El Cobre, the mining-military camp of Santa Rita del Cobre ultimately became the company town of Santa Rita, which after World War II evolved into an independent community. From the town’s beginnings to its demise, its mixed-heritage inhabitants from Mexico and the United States cultivated rich family, educational, religious, social, and labor traditions. Extensive archival photographs, many taken by officials of the Kennecott Copper Corporation, accompany the text, providing an important visual and historical record of a town swallowed up by the industry that created it.
The Santa Rita Payroll
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Author : Robert Peecher
language : en
Publisher:
Release Date : 2020
The Santa Rita Payroll written by Robert Peecher and has been published by this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2020 with Detectives categories.
Apaches At War And Peace
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Author : William B. Griffen
language : en
Publisher: University of Oklahoma Press
Release Date : 1998-09-01
Apaches At War And Peace written by William B. Griffen and has been published by University of Oklahoma Press this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 1998-09-01 with History categories.
Apaches at War and Peace is the story of the Chiricahua Apaches on the northern frontier of New Spain from 1750 to 1858, especially those within the region of the Janos presidio in northwestern Chihuahua. Using previously untapped archives in Spain, Mexico, and the United States, William Griffen relates how Apache raids and other hostilities were the norm until Bernardo de Galvez, viceroy of New Spain, encouraged the Apaches to settle near presidios. By 1790 some Apaches were in residence at Janos, and intermittent periods of peace and conflict ensued until Mexican independence brought more radical changes in Indian policy (such as the state of Sonora's offer of bounties for Indian scalps). Griffen explores issues of changing Indian policy, Indian-Mexican relations, and the entry of the United States onto the scene after its invasion of Mexico. For this reprint he includes a new preface discussing recentresearch issues.
Apaches In The Santa Rita Mountains
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Author : Dick Coler
language : en
Publisher: AuthorHouse
Release Date : 2013-10-22
Apaches In The Santa Rita Mountains written by Dick Coler and has been published by AuthorHouse this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2013-10-22 with Fiction categories.
Riley ORourke is after his lost cattle in the Southern Arizona mountains when he encounteres the hostile and dreaded Apache Indians. His adventures continue to encompass the life style of the early settlers of this beautiful country.
Mangas Coloradas Chief Of The Chiricahua Apaches
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Author : Edwin Russell Sweeney
language : en
Publisher: University of Oklahoma Press
Release Date : 1998
Mangas Coloradas Chief Of The Chiricahua Apaches written by Edwin Russell Sweeney and has been published by University of Oklahoma Press this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 1998 with Biography & Autobiography categories.
The first full-length life of the Apache warrior-leader, Mangas Coloradas, describes his outstanding qualities, the Apache culture in which he rose to power, and the battles against white and Mexican settlements in New Mexico that made him widely feared. UP.
A Priest A Dog And Small College Basketball The Zany And Winning Antics Of Two Elderly Coaches
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Author : Kirby Whitacre
language : en
Publisher: First Edition Design Pub.
Release Date : 2022-08-23
A Priest A Dog And Small College Basketball The Zany And Winning Antics Of Two Elderly Coaches written by Kirby Whitacre and has been published by First Edition Design Pub. this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2022-08-23 with Fiction categories.
When the priest-president of a financially-strapped, small Catholic college turns to two elderly coaches to resurrect his men’s basketball program, the results are a zany combination of unorthodox recruiting and player hijinks. The often hilarious situations and outcomes lead to an unusual success story and an inspiring formula for human connection, inclusion, and friendship. Kirby Whitacre is a retired educator, athletic administrator, and basketball coach. He is an avid amateur historian whose last novel, The Spirit Traveler, The Northwest Indian War in the Ohio Country, is an exciting adventure detailing the 1790-95 Indian War in the Northwest Territory. Kirby is a student of Mahayana Buddhism and has published the book, Buddhism, A Westerner’s Compendium. He has attended several teachings by His Holiness, The Dalai Lama. Kirby also served as the ghostwriter for the autobiography of Calvin Swan, Faith of An Unwanted Child. Kirby’s hobbies include playing senior softball, daily gym workouts, reading, and following world affairs. Kirby and his wife, Laurie, live with their two dogs, a cat, and whichever of their three children moves back in at any particular time. Basketball, Catholic, College, Priest, Dog, Elderly, Retired, Winning, Unorthodox, Zany, Antics, Coaches
Kit Carson
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Author : David Remley
language : en
Publisher: University of Oklahoma Press
Release Date : 2011-11-10
Kit Carson written by David Remley and has been published by University of Oklahoma Press this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2011-11-10 with Biography & Autobiography categories.
History has portrayed Christopher "Kit" Carson in black and white. Best known as a nineteenth-century frontier hero, he has been represented more recently as an Indian killer responsible for the deaths of hundreds of Navajos. Biographer David Remley counters these polarized views, finding Carson to be less than a mythical hero, but more than a simpleminded rascal with a rifle. Kit Carson: The Life of an American Border Man strikes a balance between prevailing notions about this quintessential western figure. Whereas the dime novelists exploited Carson's popular reputation, Remley reveals that the real man was dependable, ethical, and—for his day—relatively open-minded. Sifting through the extensive scholarship about Kit, the author illuminates the key dimensions of Carson's life, including his often neglected Scots-Irish heritage. His people's dire poverty and restlessness, their clannish rural life and sternly Protestant character, committed Carson, like his Scots-Irish ancestors, to loyalty and duty and to following his leader into battle without question. Remley also places Carson in the context of his times by exploring his controversial relations with American Indians. Although despised for the merciless warfare he led on General James H. Carleton's behalf against the Navajos, Carson lived amicably among many Indian people, including the Utes, whom he served as U.S. government agent. Happily married to Waa-Nibe, an Arapaho woman, until her death, he formed a lasting friendship with their daughter, Adaline. Remley sees Carson as a complicated man struggling to master life on America's borders, those highly unstable areas where people of different races, cultures, and languages met, mixed, and fought, sometimes against each other, sometimes together, for the possession of home, hunting rights, and honor.
Borderlander
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Author : Ralph Adam Smith
language : en
Publisher: University of Oklahoma Press
Release Date : 1999
Borderlander written by Ralph Adam Smith and has been published by University of Oklahoma Press this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 1999 with Biography & Autobiography categories.
"Since the 1920s, American historians have presented Kirker only in the worst of terms. Smith, however, demonstrates that Kirker's white contemporaries judged him a hero. At a time when evolving politics led to new methods of warfare - when desperate people resorted to desperate measures - his deeds earned him a reputation for bravery and good citizenship."--BOOK JACKET. "Whether Kirker is judged a villain or a hero, or merely a scoundrel, his colorful life reflected the turbulence of his times."--Jacket.