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<P class=MsoNormal style="MARGIN: 0in 0in 0pt"><SPAN style="FONT-SIZE: 11pt; FONT-FAMILY: Arial; mso-bidi-font-size: 12.0pt">Just to prove how crazy you people drive me with questions like this – I just gotta know, too – from Will C. Barnes’s wonderful ARIZONA PLACE NAMES < <A href="http://www.amazon.com/Arizona-Place-Names-Croft-Barnes/dp/0816510741/ref=pd_bbs_sr_1/002-5637932-3299250?ie=UTF8&s=books&qid=1189996788&sr=8-1"><FONT color=#800080>http://www.amazon.com/Arizona-Place-Names-Croft-Barnes/dp/0816510741/ref=pd_bbs_sr_1/002-5637932-3299250?ie=UTF8&s=books&qid=1189996788&sr=8-1</FONT></A> >:<?xml:namespace prefix = o ns = "urn:schemas-microsoft-com:office:office" /><o:p></o:p></SPAN></P>
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<P class=MsoNormal style="MARGIN: 0in 0in 0pt"><SPAN style="FONT-SIZE: 11pt; FONT-FAMILY: Arial; mso-bidi-font-size: 12.0pt">“P.O. and milling town on San Pedro river about 10 miles northwest of Tombstone.<SPAN style="mso-spacerun: yes"> </SPAN>Tow established, 1879.<SPAN style="mso-spacerun: yes"> </SPAN>Station on E. P. & S. W. R. R., 16 miles from Benson.<SPAN style="mso-spacerun: yes"> </SPAN>Mill was located on the river to secure water.<SPAN style="mso-spacerun: yes"> </SPAN>After the Contention mine, one of the great producers at Tombstone.<SPAN style="mso-spacerun: yes"> </SPAN>‘So called because of a quarrel between Dick Gird and Williams and Oliver.<SPAN style="mso-spacerun: yes"> </SPAN>They divided the claims and Gird called his the “Contention.”<SPAN style="mso-spacerun: yes"> </SPAN>P.O. established Apr. 6, 1880, John McDermott, P.M.”<o:p></o:p></SPAN></P>
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<P class=MsoNormal style="MARGIN: 0in 0in 0pt"><SPAN style="FONT-SIZE: 11pt; FONT-FAMILY: Arial; mso-bidi-font-size: 12.0pt">Now, if I can just keep myself from beginning research on Dick Gird, I might get some sleep tonight.<SPAN style="mso-spacerun: yes"> </SPAN><o:p></o:p></SPAN></P></DIV></div></body></html>