Southwestern Town: The Story of Willcox, Arizona

Description

Author: Schultz, Vernon B.  (1924-1995)

Publisher: University of Arizona Press

Pub Date: 1964 (First edition)

Binding: Hardcover

Condition: Fair.  Binding tight.  No tears.  Without dust jacket, as issued.  Printed boards.  Previous owner bound the book in a clear plastic film, preserving the covers from wear, but also memorializing any faults.  Bottom front corner bumped.  Lower corner front end paper has two bends, outer approx. 3″, inner approx. 2″.  Tape residue markings on end paper corners.

Notes: Schultz’s revised Master’s degree thesis.  “On August 26, 1880 the Arizona Star carried an item concerning a new city calley Maley, located 40 miles east of Benson, which would have a post office in a few days.  The railroad reached there some time during that month, but the exact date has not yet been determined.  The name of the town was changed to Willcox in honor of General O.B. Willcox, well known for his military operations agains the Indians, who was on the first train to arrive at that station.”  (page 18).