Sources:

Special thanks to William K. Hartmann author of Searching For Golden Empires

“An Indian School,” Arizona Weekly Citizen, August 28, 1886

Indian Industrial School note, Arizona Weekly Citizen, Jan. 22, 1887

“Indian School: An Educational, Agricultural and Industrial Institution to be Opened in Tucson,” Arizona Weekly Citizen, Nov. 5, 1887

Rev. Howard Billman note, Arizona Weekly Citizen, Oct. 27, 1888

“Indian Industrial School,” Arizona Daily Star, Oct. 29, 1889

“Fort Lowell Removal,” Arizona Weekly Citizen, Jan. 17, 1891

“Fort Lowell: Orders Received for its Abandonment,” Arizona Weekly Citizen, Jan. 17, 1891

Governor of Arizona, “Report of the Acting Governor of Arizona to the Secretary of the Interior,” Government Printing Office, 1893 (pg. 39)

“No Government Aid: The Tucson Indian School will be Independent,” Arizona Weekly Citizen, May 19, 1894

Indian boys assist in construction of bridge note, Arizona Weekly Citizen, June 2, 1894

Indian boys build seats for new Indian church note, Arizona Weekly Citizen, June 2, 1894

“Indian Children Sing,” Arizona Weekly Citizen, July 7, 1894

Land Deed No. 1331—Dec. 31, 1906 (Presbyterian Historical Society collection)

Mary Huntington Abbott, “Papagos, Presbyterians and The Tucson Indian Training School,” Self-Published, 1979 (AHS)

“Tucson Indian Training School,” Women’s Board of Home Missions, 1934

C.L. Sonnichsen, “Tucson: The Life and Times of an American City,” Univeristy of Oklahoma, 1982

Byrd Howell Granger, “Arizona’s Names,” The Falconer Publishing Co., 1983

“Landmark Being Raised,” Tucson Citizen, June 18, 1964

Bonnie Henry, “Educating the Indians,” Arizona Daily Star, Nov. 24, 1991

Presbyterian Historical Society file: http://www.history.pcusa.org/collections/findingaids/fa.cfm?record_id=103

Herndon Papers, 1895-1965 (AHS)

1906 & 1929 City of Tucson Maps

Pima County plat map MP02011

1912 & 1918 Tucson City Directories

PCDOT Files

Ed Smith File


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Sources:

Special thanks to William K. Hartmann author of Searching For Golden Empires

Unknown Author, “An Indian School,” Arizona Weekly Citizen, August 28, 1886

Indian Industrial School note, Arizona Weekly Citizen, Jan. 22, 1887

Unknown Author, “Indian School: An Educational, Agricultural and Industrial Institution to be Opened in Tucson,” Arizona Weekly Citizen, Nov. 5, 1887

Rev. Howard Billman note, Arizona Weekly Citizen, Oct. 27, 1888

Unknown Author, “Indian Industrial School,” Arizona Daily Star, Oct. 29, 1889

Unknown Author, “Fort Lowell Removal,” Arizona Weekly Citizen, Jan. 17, 1891

Unknown Author, “Fort Lowell: Orders Received for its Abandonment,” Arizona Weekly Citizen, Jan. 17, 1891

Governor of Arizona, “Report of the Acting Governor of Arizona to the Secretary of the Interior,” Government Printing Office, 1893 (pg. 39)

Unknown Author, “No Government Aid: The Tucson Indian School will be Independent,” Arizona Weekly Citizen, May 19, 1894

Indian boys assist in construction of bridge note, Arizona Weekly Citizen, June 2, 1894

Indian boys build seats for new Indian church note, Arizona Weekly Citizen, June 2, 1894

Unknown Author, “Indian Children Sing,” Arizona Weekly Citizen, July 7, 1894

Land Deed No. 1331—Dec. 31, 1906 (Presbyterian Historical Society collection)

Mary Huntington Abbott, “Papagos, Presbyterians and The Tucson Indian Training School,” Self-Published, 1979 (AHS)

Unknown Author “Tucson Indian Training School,” Women’s Board of Home Missions, 1934

C.L. Sonnichsen, “Tucson: The Life and Times of an American City,” Univeristy of Oklahoma, 1982

Byrd Howell Granger, “Arizona’s Names,” The Falconer Publishing Co., 1983

Unknown Author, “Landmark Being Raised,” Tucson Citizen, June 18, 1964

Bonnie Henry, “Educating the Indians,” Arizona Daily Star, Nov. 24, 1991

Presbyterian Historical Society file: http://www.history.pcusa.org/collections/findingaids/fa.cfm?record_id=103

Herndon Papers, 1895-1965 (AHS)

1906 & 1929 City of Tucson Maps

Pima County plat map MP02011

1912 & 1918 Tucson City Directories

PCDOT Files

Ed Smith File