WHEELER GRAVESITE
Sheriff Wheeler thought he was doing a patriotic thing by rounding up the wobbles and deporting them to New Mexico. Many of them had families in Bisbee or in Warren, many also owned property there. The deportation deprived them all of due process. The IWW eventually charged Wheeler with 1185 counts of kidnapping. He had in the meantime joined the army and had gone to France to lead men in battle against Germany. The legal problems that arose caused his recall from the front. He was acquitted on the kidnapping charges, but would have preferred to have been killed charging a German machine gun position.
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 
