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Charles Brown person

born: [1850-01-01,1851-01-01)died/dissolved: [1891-01-01,1892-01-01)🌐 Q110628625id: p_charles-brown_3fc43d

also known as: Mr. Charles Brown

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Summary:  Old resident and prominent citizen of Tucson who was one of the owners of the ferry and narrowly escaped the massacre.
Completeness: 100/100 Grade A
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California1850-04
cited from Mr… (1891)
ry massacre, which took place on the 21st day of April, 1850, when a party of Americans who owned the ferry near the junction of the Gila and Colorado rivers, together with their employes, were brutally murdered by the Yuma Indians, up to …
cited from Mr… (1891)
Mr. Charles Brown, an old resident and prominent citizen of Tucson, was one of the owners of the ferry at the time of the calamity, and it was only by an accident that he did not share the fate of his companions. A few days before the Indi…
California1850-04-21
cited from Silver City Enterprise — 1891 (full OCR, Internet Archive) — 1891-06-19 (1891)
ry massacre, which took place on the 21st day of April, 1850, when a party of Americans who owned the ferry near the junction of the Gila and Colorado rivers, together with their employes, were brutally murdered by the Yuma Indians, up to …

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cited from Mr… (1891)
ry massacre, which took place on the 21st day of April, 1850, when a party of Americans who owned the ferry near the junction of the Gila and Colorado rivers, together with their employes, were brutally murdered by the Yuma Indians, up to …
cited from Mr… (1891)
Mr. Charles Brown, an old resident and prominent citizen of Tucson, was one of the owners of the ferry at the time of the calamity, and it was only by an accident that he did not share the fate of his companions. A few days before the Indi…
Tucson1891-06-26
cited from Silver City Enterprise — 1891 (full OCR, Internet Archive) — 1891-06-19 (1891)
ry massacre, which took place on the 21st day of April, 1850, when a party of Americans who owned the ferry near the junction of the Gila and Colorado rivers, together with their employes, were brutally murdered by the Yuma Indians, up to …

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Yuma Ferry1850-04-21
cited from Mr… (1891)
ry massacre, which took place on the 21st day of April, 1850, when a party of Americans who owned the ferry near the junction of the Gila and Colorado rivers, together with their employes, were brutally murdered by the Yuma Indians, up to …
cited from Mr… (1891)
Mr. Charles Brown, an old resident and prominent citizen of Tucson, was one of the owners of the ferry at the time of the calamity, and it was only by an accident that he did not share the fate of his companions. A few days before the Indi…
ferry near junction of Gila and Colorado rivers1891-06-26
cited from Silver City Enterprise — 1891 (full OCR, Internet Archive) — 1891-06-19 (1891)
ry massacre, which took place on the 21st day of April, 1850, when a party of Americans who owned the ferry near the junction of the Gila and Colorado rivers, together with their employes, were brutally murdered by the Yuma Indians, up to …

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old chief witnessed Charles Brown

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1891 · newspaper · public-domain

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1891 · newspaper · public-domain · details

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