This Day…

1860-Arizona mining at Tubac, and in the Santa Rita, Cuerro Colorado, and Santa Cruz Mountains is halted when US Army troops pull out of the area to prepare for the Civil War. The Apache in the area take back control. Gold is in the Orofina Creek in Nez Pearce country. The miners, largely from the West, arrive from gold fields in British Columbia, prospects in Idaho, then move farther east to Montana.