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Oct 29, 2020 · Al Sieber is one who was buried in the Globe Cemetery before Arizona became the 48th state in 1912. A Civil War veteran, Sieber served as Chief of Scouts for the US Army during the Apache Wars of the late 1800s.
- July 17, 1882
- Apache Time Line
- A Tactical Bronco Blunder
- Arizona Charlie
- Al Sieber’s Deadly Efficiency
- Aftermath: Odds & Ends
- Four Medal of Honor Recipients For Big Dry Wash
Apache leader Na-ti-o-tish (center) positions his warriors along a narrow gorge eight miles north of the Mogollon Rim in east central Arizona. They have built rifle pits and stackedrock wings adjacent to large pine trees, awaiting a small troop of soldiers (55 men) who will pass, single file on horseback, directly below them. Stopping within three-...
In the spring of 1881, Noch-ay-del-klinne (right), a White Mountain Apache medicine man, taught the Apaches a new dance. The performers arranged themselves like the spokes of a wheel, all facing inward, while the medicine man stood in the hub and sprinkled them with the sacred hoddentin (from the pollen of the tule) as they circled around him. As A...
In the parlance of the times, Apaches who escape the San Carlos Reservation are called “Bronco Apaches.” Na-ti-o-tish, neither a chief nor a war leader, leads about 54 Bronco Apaches—including women and children—on a killing and raiding spree, no doubt angered by the death of their medicine man (see time line). After plundering through Pleasant Val...
Arizona is the home today of many famous people, but its first real superstar was a rodeo cowboy and Wild West performer named Charlie Meadows, better known as “Arizona Charlie.” In 1877, the Meadows family settled on a ranch at Diamond Valley, north of Payson, where the community of Whispering Pines is today. In July 1882, Charlie had ridden to Pi...
An immigrant from Germany, Sieber joined the Army just after his 18th birthday, fighting at Gettysburg with the First Minnesota. On the second day of the battle, he was severely wounded in a bayonet charge. Ultimately discharged, he wandered West, landing in Prescott, Arizona, where he distinguished himself in several Indian fights. He rejoined the...
Lieutenant George Morgan survived his wound, as “the slug had only gone around his ribs and lodged in the back muscles.” Sgt. Daniel Conn (“Hog Sergeant”) survived his throat wound, joking, “Sure, I heard the Cap’n say I was kilt, but I knew I was not. I was only speechless!” Pvt. Joseph McLernon died within an hour. One of the Apache scouts, Pvt. ...
The official citations read: Thomas Cruse (July 12, 1892) “Second Lieut. 6th US Cavalry—Gallantly charged hostile indians, and with his carbine compelled a party of them to keep under cover of their breastworks, thus being enabled to recover a severely wounded soldier.” George Morgan (July 15, 1892) “Second Lieut. 3rd US Cavalry—Gallantly held his ...
Al Sieber is buried in the cemetery in Globe, Arizona, a short drive from where he died. The next time you are in that part of Arizona, stop and pay your respects to one of the most memorable characters of the Old West.
Jan 16, 2024 · Today, a solitary mile from Apache Kid Peak in the San Mateo Mountains of New Mexico, a grave marker stands at the alleged site where the Anderson posse confronted and purportedly...
Jan 20, 2023 · The Kid was acting chief of scouts while Al Sieber was away at Fort Apache and the White River Subagency. Upon his return to San Carlos, Sieber has summoned the Kid after hearing he killed another Apache in an alcohol-fueled family feud.
Sieber was killed when a boulder rolled on him during construction. [ notes 3 ] [ 21 ] He was buried with military honors at the cemetery in Globe, Arizona . [ 4 ]
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Jul 11, 2012 · Arizona Bill rode a mule and earned note in the 1920’s and 30’s for his tall tales of the Wild West, being buried in a pauper’s grave, but after his military records were found, he was buried at Fort Sam Houston National Cemetery.
