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Sylvester Mowry person

born: [1868-01-01,1869-01-01)died/dissolved: [1891-01-01,1892-01-01)🌐 Q7660810id: p_sylvester-mowry_c6c940

also known as: Syl-vester Mowry, Mowry

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Summary:  A West Point graduate and first lieutenant in the 4th U.S. Artillery who established Mowry City about 1858.
Completeness: 100/100 Grade A
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Claims (28)

advocated_for

Arizona Territorypre-Civil War
cited from Memoir of the Proposed Territory of Arizona (1857)
Sylvester Mowry's influential pre-Civil War memoir advocating for the creation of Arizona Territory. Describes the mineral wealth (including the Santa Rita mines), geography, and indigenous peoples of the region that would become Grant County. Mowry was a key figure in the territ…

arrested_for

disloyalty
cited from The company published pamphlets, maps… (1891)
e would no doubt be considerably astonished. The company published pamphlets, maps and prospectuses, and among their views was Mowry City represented as a fairly populous town on the banks of the Mimbres, while in mid- stream steamboats and ot…
disloyalty to the government
cited from Silver City Enterprise — 1891 (full OCR, Internet Archive) — 1891-07-24 (1891)
e would no doubt be considerably astonished. The company published pamphlets, maps and prospectuses, and among their views was Mowry City represented as a fairly populous town on the banks of the Mimbres, while in mid- stream steamboats and ot…

authored

Mowry's pre-Civil War memoirpre-Civil War
cited from Memoir of the Proposed Territory of Arizona (1857)
Sylvester Mowry's influential pre-Civil War memoir advocating for the creation of Arizona Territory. Describes the mineral wealth (including the Santa Rita mines), geography, and indigenous peoples of the region that would become Grant County. Mowry was a key figure in the territ…

born_in

cited from The place has an historical interest, inas-… (1891)
and it might well be mistaken for an old habitation or stronghold of a once warlike people. The “city” was constructed of substan- tial stone and adobe houses, and when in the full tide of its glory, no doubt presented a truly formidable an…
cited from The place has an historical interest, inas-… (1891)
The place has an historical interest, inas- much as it was the oldest settlement within what are now the borders of Grant county, with the possible exception of Pinos Altos. The settlement was established about 1858, by Syl- vester Mowry, a gradua…
Rhode Island
cited from Silver City Enterprise — 1891 (full OCR, Internet Archive) — 1891-07-24 (1891)
and it might well be mistaken for an old habitation or stronghold of a once warlike people. The “city” was constructed of substan- tial stone and adobe houses, and when in the full tide of its glory, no doubt presented a truly formidable an…

built

solid stone and adobe houses
cited from The place has an historical interest, inas-… (1891)
ted sway over the entire country now embraced in Grant county, as well as what is now Dona Ana, and a portion of Sierra. Nothing daunted at the obstacles which beset his path, Mowry pro- ceeded to lay out the future city which was to become f…
cited from When the war broke out Mowry, despite… (1891)
When the war broke out Mowry, despite the fact that he was a Yankee, in the fullest sense of the term, was very loud in his disaffec- tion to the government which had educated him. For his disloyalty he was imprisoned in California by order o…

co_founded

Mowry City1858
cited from Silver City Enterprise — 1891 (full OCR, Internet Archive) — 1891-07-24 (1891)
and it might well be mistaken for an old habitation or stronghold of a once warlike people. The “city” was constructed of substan- tial stone and adobe houses, and when in the full tide of its glory, no doubt presented a truly formidable an…

died_in

London1868
cited from The company published pamphlets, maps… (1891)
e would no doubt be considerably astonished. The company published pamphlets, maps and prospectuses, and among their views was Mowry City represented as a fairly populous town on the banks of the Mimbres, while in mid- stream steamboats and ot…
London1868
cited from When the war broke out Mowry, despite… (1891)
When the war broke out Mowry, despite the fact that he was a Yankee, in the fullest sense of the term, was very loud in his disaffec- tion to the government which had educated him. For his disloyalty he was imprisoned in California by order o…
London1868
cited from Silver City Enterprise — 1891 (full OCR, Internet Archive) — 1891-07-24 (1891)
e would no doubt be considerably astonished. The company published pamphlets, maps and prospectuses, and among their views was Mowry City represented as a fairly populous town on the banks of the Mimbres, while in mid- stream steamboats and ot…

elected_to

first lieutenant in the 4th U.S. artillery
cited from Silver City Enterprise — 1891 (full OCR, Internet Archive) — 1891-07-24 (1891)
and it might well be mistaken for an old habitation or stronghold of a once warlike people. The “city” was constructed of substan- tial stone and adobe houses, and when in the full tide of its glory, no doubt presented a truly formidable an…

established

settlement at Mimbres crossing1858
cited from The place has an historical interest, inas-… (1891)
The place has an historical interest, inas- much as it was the oldest settlement within what are now the borders of Grant county, with the possible exception of Pinos Altos. The settlement was established about 1858, by Syl- vester Mowry, a gradua…

imprisoned_in

cited from When the war broke out Mowry, despite… (1891)
When the war broke out Mowry, despite the fact that he was a Yankee, in the fullest sense of the term, was very loud in his disaffec- tion to the government which had educated him. For his disloyalty he was imprisoned in California by order o…

lived_at

cited from The place has an historical interest, inas-… (1891) · +1 more
and it might well be mistaken for an old habitation or stronghold of a once warlike people. The “city” was constructed of substan- tial stone and adobe houses, and when in the full tide of its glory, no doubt presented a truly formidable an…

made

reports of agricultural and mining possibilities
cited from Mowry was backed in his schemes by a… (1891)
Mowry was backed in his schemes by a New York company, to whom he probably made glowing reports of the agricultural and mining possibilities, of the country. He builded better than he knew, and if he could return in spirit form to the scenes …

obtained_ores_from

vicinity of Tombstone
cited from When the war broke out Mowry, despite… (1891)
When the war broke out Mowry, despite the fact that he was a Yankee, in the fullest sense of the term, was very loud in his disaffec- tion to the government which had educated him. For his disloyalty he was imprisoned in California by order o…

occupation

first lieutenant in the 4th U.S. Artillery
cited from The place has an historical interest, inas-… (1891)
and it might well be mistaken for an old habitation or stronghold of a once warlike people. The “city” was constructed of substan- tial stone and adobe houses, and when in the full tide of its glory, no doubt presented a truly formidable an…
graduate of West Point
cited from The place has an historical interest, inas-… (1891)
The place has an historical interest, inas- much as it was the oldest settlement within what are now the borders of Grant county, with the possible exception of Pinos Altos. The settlement was established about 1858, by Syl- vester Mowry, a gradua…
first lieutenant in the 4th U.S. Artillery
cited from The place has an historical interest, inas-… (1891)
The place has an historical interest, inas- much as it was the oldest settlement within what are now the borders of Grant county, with the possible exception of Pinos Altos. The settlement was established about 1858, by Syl- vester Mowry, a gradua…

operated_at

cited from When the war broke out Mowry, despite… (1891)
When the war broke out Mowry, despite the fact that he was a Yankee, in the fullest sense of the term, was very loud in his disaffec- tion to the government which had educated him. For his disloyalty he was imprisoned in California by order o…

played_role_in

territorial politics of the Southwest
cited from Memoir of the Proposed Territory of Arizona (1857)
Sylvester Mowry's influential pre-Civil War memoir advocating for the creation of Arizona Territory. Describes the mineral wealth (including the Santa Rita mines), geography, and indigenous peoples of the region that would become Grant County. Mowry was a key figure in the territ…

stationed_at

cited from The place has an historical interest, inas-… (1891)
The place has an historical interest, inas- much as it was the oldest settlement within what are now the borders of Grant county, with the possible exception of Pinos Altos. The settlement was established about 1858, by Syl- vester Mowry, a gradua…

was_imprisoned_by

cited from When the war broke out Mowry, despite… (1891)
When the war broke out Mowry, despite the fact that he was a Yankee, in the fullest sense of the term, was very loud in his disaffec- tion to the government which had educated him. For his disloyalty he was imprisoned in California by order o…

worked_for

cited from Mowry was backed in his schemes by a… (1891)
er this time, the crossing of the Mimbres was a station on the southern overland route from southwest Mis- souri to El Paso, and thence by way of Mesilla and the Mimbres on to the Pacific coast, touch- ing at Tucson and the military posts …
cited from Mowry was backed in his schemes by a… (1891)
Mowry was backed in his schemes by a New York company, to whom he probably made glowing reports of the agricultural and mining possibilities, of the country. He builded better than he knew, and if he could return in spirit form to the scenes …

Mentioned by (1)

Mowry City co_founded Sylvester Mowry1858

Sources (9)

Memoir of the Proposed Territory of Arizona

Mowry, Sylvester · 1857 · book · public_domain · details

For years before and after this time, the…

1891 · newspaper · public-domain · details

Mowry was backed in his schemes by a…

1891 · newspaper · public-domain

Mowry was backed in his schemes by a…

1891 · newspaper · public-domain · details

The company published pamphlets, maps…

1891 · newspaper · public-domain · details

The place has an historical interest, inas-…

1891 · newspaper · public-domain · details

The place has an historical interest, inas-…

1891 · newspaper · public-domain

When the war broke out Mowry, despite…

1891 · newspaper · public-domain

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