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1Author:  United States. Court of Private Land ClaimsAdd to Favorites
 Title:  Records relating to Cases Decided by the United States Court of Private Land Claims, Arizona District, 1800-1904 (bulk 1891-1904) ead 
 Date(s):  1800-1904 (bulk 1891-1904) 
 Abstract:  Microfilm of correspondence, reports, decrees, surveys, petitions, sketch maps, photographs, field notes, land documents, transcripts of trials and related court records supporting Arizona land grant claims tried before the Court of Private Land Claims from 1891 to 1904. Original papers are in the National Archives, Washington, D.C. 
 Repository:  University of Arizona Libraries, Special Collections 
 Subjects:  Land grants -- Arizona. | Baca Land Grant (Ariz.) | Canoa Land Grant (Ariz.) | Sopori Land Grant (Ariz.) | Los Nogales de Elias Land Grant (Ariz.) | Buena Vista Land Grant (Ariz.) | Peralta Land Grant (Ariz.) | Algodones Land Grant (Ariz.) | San Bernadino Land Grant (Ariz.) | San Bernadino Land Grant (Ariz.) | San Bernadino Land Grant (Ariz.) | San Juan de los Boquillas y Nogales Land Grant (Ariz.) | San Pedro Land Grant (Ariz.) | San Rafael de la Zanja Land Grant (Ariz.) | San Rafael del Valley Land Grant (Ariz.) | San Xavier del Bac Land Grant (Ariz.) | Rancho Martinez Land Grant (Ariz.) | Tres Alamos Land Grant (Ariz.) | Tumacacori Land Grant (Ariz.) | Tumacacori Land Grant (Ariz.) | Huebabi Land Grant (Ariz.) 
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2Author:  unknownAdd to Favorites
 Title:  Documents Relating to San Juan de la Boquillas y Nogales Land Grant, 1833-1901 (bulk 1879-1899) ead 
 Date(s):  1833-1901 
 Abstract:  Typescript and printed materials, chiefly deeds of sale 1879-1899, relating to the San Juan de la Boquillas y Nogales land grant. Land originally granted to Captain Ygnacio Elias Gonzales and Juan Nepomucino Felix. Included are documents filed with Court of Private Land Claims by William R. Hearst and Phoebe A. Hearst concerning rights to this land in 1891. 
 Repository:  University of Arizona Libraries, Special Collections 
 Subjects:  Land grants -- Arizona. | Land grants -- Mexico. | San Juan de la Boquillas y Nogales Land Grant. 
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3Author:  unknownAdd to Favorites
 Title:  San Rafael de la Zanja Land Grant 1880-1887 ead 
 Date(s):  1880-1887 
 Abstract:  Letters, copies of legal documents, maps, and survey notes and other materials chiefly relating to the claims of Alfred A. Green. Includes a map and survey notes by George J. Roskruge; a typescript record book of correspondence and testimony, 1880-1885; survey and map of mines in the area, a copy of by-laws of the San Rafael Cattle Company; and a list of mines on the ranch including mining towns of Harshaw, Mowry, Washington Camp, and La Naria. 
 Repository:  University of Arizona Libraries, Special Collections 
 Subjects:  Land grants -- Arizona. | San Rafael de la Zanja Land Grant. 
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4Author:  Lizarraga FamilyAdd to Favorites
 Title:  Lizarraga Family Papers, 1849-1944 ead 
 Date(s):  1849-1944 
 Abstract:  This collection of legal documents belonged to the Lizarraga Family of Pitiquito, Sonora. La version en de esta guia de colección está disponible. 
 Repository:  University of Arizona Libraries, Special Collections 
 Subjects:  Land Titles 
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5Author:  Familia LizárragaAdd to Favorites
 Title:  Registros de La Familia Lizárraga 1849-1944 ead 
 Date(s):  1849-1944 
 Abstract:  Esta colección de documentos legales perteneció a la familia Lizárraga de Pitiquito, Sonora (México).An version of thie finding aid is available. 
 Repository:  University of Arizona Libraries, Special Collections 
 Subjects:  Land Titles 
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6Author:  Fontana, Bernard L.Add to Favorites
 Title:  Papers Relating to a Proposed Trailer-Home Development in the Area of Mission San Xavier del Bac, Tohono O'Odham Indian Reservation, Arizona 1970-1973 ead 
 Date(s):  1970-1973 
 Abstract:  Correspondence, petitions, maps, photographs, and clippings concerning land owner's protest to the Pima County Planning and Zoning Commission. Also material relating to the Historic Zone amendment to the Pima County Ordinance of 1952, and Fontana's term of service on the Pima County Board of Adjustment, District number 3. 
 Repository:  University of Arizona Libraries, Special Collections 
 Subjects:  Land use -- Arizona -- Tucson. 
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7Author:  Maxwell Land Grant CompanyAdd to Favorites
 Title:  Maxwell Land Grant Company Collection, 1871-1929 ead 
 Date(s):  1871-1929 
 Abstract:  The collection includes financial statements of condition for 1922 and 1927 for The Maxwell Land Grant Company; a bound 142 page Decree Index for the Springer Ditch Company vs. the French Land and Irrigation Company in the District Court of the Eighth Judicial District, Colfax County, New Mexico; two deeds to lots in Cimarron, New Mexico; one letter; a sectional map; a booklet of mining regulations of The Maxwell Land Grant Company; and a Patent for a land claim of Charles Beaubien and Guadalupe Miranda in New Mexico. 
 Repository:  University of Arizona Libraries, Special Collections 
 Subjects:  Land grants -- New Mexico 
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8Author:  San Rafael Cattle CompanyAdd to Favorites
 Title:  Records of the San Rafael Cattle Company, 1837-1939 (bulk 1883-1904) ead 
 Date(s):  1837-1939 
 Abstract:  Correspondence, legal papers, financial records, reports, newspaper clippings, and other papers relating to the operation of the company. Includes letters relating to the appointment of Lewis Wolfley as Territorial Governor of Arizona; financial estate papers of the Fulford family of Maryland; and legal materials relating to challenges to the San Rafael de la Zanja land grant, 1885-1895; lists of stockholders; and livestock branding and pedigree records. 
 Repository:  University of Arizona Libraries, Special Collections 
 Subjects:  Cattle -- Arizona | Cattle trade -- Arizona -- History -- Sources | Hereford cattle -- Arizona | Land grants -- Arizona | Ranches -- Arizona -- Records and correspondence | San Rafael de la Zanja Land Grant 
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9Author:  Mexico. Secretaría de Fomento, Colonización e IndustriaAdd to Favorites
 Title:  Records of the Secretaría de Fomento, Colonización e Industria, ead 
 Date(s):  unknown 
 Abstract:  Records of the Secretaría de Fomento, Colonización e Industria, consist of nine documents, mostly handwritten, pertaining to grants of land made to Juan Rochel and José Rico in Altar, Sonora, Mexico. 
 Repository:  University of Arizona Libraries, Special Collections 
 Subjects:  Land titles -- Mexico -- Sonora (State) -- Altar -- History -- Sources 
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10Author:  United States. Surveyor General of Arizona Territory.Add to Favorites
 Title:  Exhibits AAA and BBB Royal Patent: also Wills, Codicils, and Certified Copy of Possession given to Don Miguel de Peralta de la Cordoba, Baron of the Colorados of Baronial Estate in Arizona; and two supplemental reports, 1883-1887 ead 
 Date(s):  1883-1887 
 Abstract:  Typescript (carbon) and photographs of documents supposedly granting the Royal Patent over certain lands known as Peralta Grant to Don Miguel de Peralta de la Cordoba. Includes laid in report regarding the boundary lines by R.C. Powers, 1883; and Application for preliminary survey and amended deraignment of title in the matter of Peralta Grant, 1887. 
 Repository:  University of Arizona Libraries, Special Collections 
 Subjects:  Land grants -- Arizona. | Peralta Grant. 
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11Author:  Stevens, Walter B. (Walter Barlow), 1848-1939.Add to Favorites
 Title:  Scrapbooks of the Peralta Land Grant Case, 1895-1899 ead 
 Date(s):  1895-1899 
 Abstract:  Scrapbooks of newspaper clippings, 1895-1899, concerning the Peralta Land Grant case. Most are written by Walter B. Stevens, 1848-1939. Stevens was a journalist and a St. Louis Globe-Democrat that covered the Peralta Land Grant case. Some clippings are present concerning other land grants. Also included are 88 pages of typescripts of news articles; some are the articles in the scrapbook. 
 Repository:  University of Arizona Libraries, Special Collections 
 Subjects:  Land grants -- Arizona. | Peralta Grant. 
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12Author:  Reavis, James Addison, 1843-1914.Add to Favorites
 Title:  Account of Early Incidents Connected with the Peralta Grant, 1894 ead 
 Date(s):  1894 
 Abstract:  James Addison Reavis, 1843-1914, was a swindler and forger, famous for attempting to fraudulently obtain 7,500 sq. miles of Arizona Territory by falsifying documents in Mexico and Spain to show a Spanish land grant to Don Miguel Peralta in 1748. Photocopy of typescript relates his version of events surrounding the Peralta land grant claim. This text was reproduced in The Peralta Grant; James Addison Reavis and the barony of Arizona, University of Oklahoma Press, 1960. 
 Repository:  University of Arizona Libraries, Special Collections 
 Subjects:  Land grants -- Arizona. | Peralta Grant. 
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13Author:  Reavis, James Addison, 1843-1914.Add to Favorites
 Title:  Defendant's Photographic Exhibits 1 to 44 Inclusive, 1895 ead 
 Date(s):  1895 
 Abstract:  James Addison Reavis, 1843-1914, was a swindler and forger, famous for attempting to fraudulently obtain 7,500 sq. miles of Arizona Territory by falsifying documents in Mexico and Spain to show a Spanish land grant to Don Miguel Peralta in 1748. This collection includes photoprints of selected defendant's documents, supposedly from various archvies in Guadalajara, Mexico, purporting to prove the existence of the Peralta land grant claim. Includes an item by item critical explanation relating to forged features of the documents. Documents are in Spanish; with English explanation. 
 Repository:  University of Arizona Libraries, Special Collections 
 Subjects:  Land grants -- Arizona. | Peralta Grant. 
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14Author:  Powell, Donald M.Add to Favorites
 Title:  The Peralta Grant; James Addison Reavis and the Barony of Arizona, ca. 1873-1960 ead 
 Date(s):  ca. 1873-1960 
 Abstract:  Typescript original drafts and revisions with holograph corrections; accompanied by correspondence, notes, photographs, contemporary newspaper accounts, and extensive related research material used in the book, including many notes by Rosemary Taylor. Photographs, documents, and maps are photocopies of original materials used in Reavis' fraudulent land grant claim. Newspapers accounts, 1873-1896, are typescripts and photocopies from original reports related to the claim. 
 Repository:  University of Arizona Libraries, Special Collections 
 Subjects:  Land grants -- Arizona. | Peralta Grant. 
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15Author:  New England Land Company (Phoenix, Ariz.)Add to Favorites
 Title:  Minute Book of the New England Land Company (Phoenix, Ariz.), 1890-1897 ead 
 Date(s):  1890-1897 
 Abstract:  The New England Land Company was a corporation which promoted land development, especially irrigation, in the area of the Salt River Valley, Maricopa County. This collection contains holograph record of minutes of meetings of the stockholders and board of directors, 1890-1897. Includes copies of Articles of Incorporation and By-laws. 
 Repository:  University of Arizona Libraries, Special Collections 
 Subjects:  Irrigation -- Arizona -- Maricopa County. | Land use -- Arizona -- Maricopa County. 
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16Author:  United States. General Land Office.Add to Favorites
 Title:  Homesteading Claims / Arizona 1917-1931 ead 
 Date(s):  1917-1931 
 Abstract:  Typescript and holograph (original) on printed form. Includes two claims: Isaac G. Fletcher (1917), and Herbert G. Colvin (1931). 
 Repository:  University of Arizona Libraries, Special Collections 
 Subjects:  Homestead law -- United States. | Land titles -- Arizona. 
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17Author:  United States. General Land Office.Add to Favorites
 Title:  Claim of Andrew L. Moeller upon the Dividend Mine, Big Bug Mining District, Yavapai County, Territory of Arizona 1877 ead 
 Date(s):  1877 
 Abstract:  Mineral certificate describes and locates Dividend Mine. 
 Repository:  University of Arizona Libraries, Special Collections 
 Subjects:  Land titles -- Arizona. | Land titles -- Arizona -- Yavapai County -- History. | Mines and mineral resources -- Arizona. | Mines and mineral resources -- Arizona -- Yavapai County -- History. | Mining corporations -- Arizona -- History. 
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18Author:  Richmond Jones Jr. (1833-1861)Add to Favorites
 Title:  Richmond Jones papers, 1859-1861 ead 
 Date(s):  1859-1861 
 Abstract:  Diary and Notebooks, 1859-1861. This collection includes materials which document the travels and surveys of Richmond Jones (1833-1861) while working for the Sopori Land and Mining Company in the Santa Cruz Valley of Arizona. The diary describes his journey from Rhode Island to Tucson, Arizona and offer insights on individuals and mining activities in southern Arizona until his sudden death at the hands of Apaches, in the field, in 1861. Includes account books, letters, survey books and documents, as well as a report on the Sopori and San Xavier mines by mining engineer Raphael Pumpelly (1837-1923) who was in charge of the Santa Rita Mine from 1860-1861. 
 Repository:  University of Arizona Libraries, Special Collections 
 Subjects:  Ranches -- Arizona -- Pima County | Sopori Land Grant (Ariz.) | Land Grants -- Arizona | Surveying -- Arizona | San Xavier Mine (Ariz.) | Sopori Mine-(Ariz.) | Geology -- Arizona -- Pima County. 
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19Author:  Hereford, Francis Henry, 1861-1928Add to Favorites
 Title:  Francis Henry Hereford papers, 1877-1929 (bulk 1890-1919) ead 
 Date(s):  1877-1929 (bulk 1890-1919) 
 Abstract:  This collection contains correspondence, legal papers, and financial records relating to his law practice, chiefly correspondence between Hereford and the various mining corporations, land and cattle companies he represented. Some correspondence relates to the San Pedro Land Grant. 
 Repository:  University of Arizona Libraries, Special Collections 
 Subjects:  Lawyers -- Arizona | Mines and mineral resources -- Arizona -- History -- Sources | Land titles -- Arizona -- History -- Sources | Indians of North America -- Arizona -- Claims | Strikes and lockouts -- Copper mining -- Arizona | Mining corporations -- Arizona -- History -- Sources | Graham-Tewksbury Feud | San Pedro Land Grant | Schools -- Arizona -- Tucson | Streets -- Arizona -- Tucson 
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20Author:  Sanford, Don Alonzo, 1840-1915Add to Favorites
 Title:  Don Alonzo Sanford papers, 1812-1983 (bulk 1870-1915) ead 
 Date(s):  1812-1983 
 Abstract:  Papers, 1812-1983 (bulk 1870-1915). This collection contains materials relating to Don Alonzo Sanford, a prominent resident of Territorial Arizona who was a Patagonia cattle/ sheep rancher and Tucson politician, as well as a successful Washington, D.C. businessman. This collection is comprised of correspondence, documents, deeds, diaries/ledgers and photographs. The bulk of the material relates to Sanford's Arizona ranch as well as his varied business interests in both Tucson and Washington, D.C. The collection also contains legal records relating to the San Jose de Sonoita land grant. Also included are various maps, blueprints, postcards and negatives. 
 Repository:  University of Arizona Libraries, Special Collections 
 Subjects:  Sheep industry -- Arizona -- History -- Sources | Cattle trade -- Arizona -- History | Cattle brands -- Arizona | Cattle brands -- Texas | Frontier and pioneer life -- Arizona | Indians of North America -- Texas | Kiowa Indians | Comanche Indians | Indians of North America -- Claims against | Land titles -- Arizona -- History -- Sources | Land grants -- Arizona | Ranches -- Arizona -- Records and correspondence 
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