PAGE'S HILL

This is the north side of the hill that Page rode around to reach the wash where he died. The initial attack was on the east side of the hill just out of sight in this view. It came from an Apache camp hidden in a deeper wash. If you look closely there is still a faint trace of the Camp Grant Road on the hillside.

Hysterical Journey To Historic Places

December 1st 2012
JOHN PAGE John Hempstead Page landed in Arizona in the spring of 1857. He was among a party of Henry Crabb’s Filibusters. The filibusters were California gun thugs who were promised land in Mexico if they agreed to back Pesquiera’s bid for the governorship of Sonora. As it turned out Pesquiera rose to power without having need for his imported gunmen. When Crabb and his army arrived ... read more

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Britain's American colonies broke with the mother country in 1776 and were recognized as the new nation of the United States of America following the Treaty of Paris in 1783. During the 19th and 20th centuries, 37 new states were added to the origina... ... read more

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