The US Census provides not only interesting demographic statistics. It is of historical importance in itself: the questions asked reflect the social concerns that loom…
The meat of the United States Census, taken every ten years, is the body of statistics drawn up on the people questioned. Yet the questions…
A 32-page book written and published by the Arizona Territory Legislature in 1871 begins: “It is customary and generally considered to be to the interest…
On April 30, 1871, the Camp Grant massacre took place. Tensions had been rising between the Apache Indians and American settlers. But the commander of…