Westward Expansion, 1800-1875
Arizona History Lecture #3Heidi J. Osselaer
Apache Manso(Tame Apache) settle along theSanta Cruz Riverstarting in 1793
Louisiana Purchase
The Santa Fe Trail: Independence, MO to Santa Fe, NM
John C Fremont and Kit Carson
William “Old Bill” Williams
Bill Williams National Wildlife Refuge
Bill Williams River
The Bill Williams Mountain Men
Manifest Destiny
“American Progress” by John Gast
Mormon Battalion March
Territory gained (in blue) during the Mexican American War
The Gadsen Purchase 1853
Mangas Coloradas
Geronimo
Charles Poston in Tubac
Drawing of the Colorado River from Lorenzo Sitgreaves’s Expedition
Hadji Ali (Hi Jolly) and friend
Hi Jolly monument in Quartzsite, AZ
Butterfield Overland Stage Route
One of the few remaining ruins of an overland stage station Fort Bowie, Arizona
Ehrenberg’s Quartermaster Depot
“We had one war withMexico to take Arizona, and we should haveanother to make her take it back.” William Tecumseh Sherman
Jefferson Davis and Abraham Lincoln
Battle of Picacho Peak, Spring 1862
Battle of Picacho Peak reenactment
The Long Walk of the Navajo
Indian Reservations Map 1890
Fort Bowie near Apache Pass
Fort Bowie, 1890
Ruins of cavalry
barracks at Ft. Bowie today
Two of the twenty-three children capturedand enslaved during the Camp GrantMassacre.
Cochise stronghold in the Dragoon Mountains
San Carlos IndianReservation, 1874
GeronimoGoyahkla “one who yawns”
Geronimo and thelast band of freeNative Americans
Indian Agent John Clum with Apache scouts
General Nelson Miles and the surrender of Geronimo, 1886
Geronimo and other Apache prisoners on theirway to Florida
Apache Reservations
Questions for Consideration
• How did life change for the native people of Arizona after the arrival of Americans?
• What obstacles faced Americans who desired to develop Arizona’s economy?