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- [Amendments to Articles of Incorporation of San Simon Cattle and Canal Co.]
- Notarized amendments to the San Simon Cattle and Canal Co. Articles of Incorporation regarding the primary location and branch office of business transactions and the amount of capital stock of the corporation.
- [Amendments to Articles of Incorporation of San Simon Cattle and Canal Co.]
- Notarized amendments to the San Simon Cattle and Canal Co. Articles of Incorporation regarding the primary location and branch office of business transactions and the amount of capital stock of the corporation.
- [Annual Report Certificate]
- Document certifying the filing of an annual report of the San Simon Cattle and Canal Company of Arizona.
- [Arizona Livestock Sanitary Board Certificate of Brand]
- Document certifying the filing of a bill of sale from George W. Walker to San Simon Cattle and Canal Company of particular livestock brands. Illustrations of livestock with the brands in question are printed on the page.
- Baby with Tricycle
- Copy negative of young Ernest Hughes, son of William H. Hughes, in a yard on a wheeled toy with a cactus and trees in the background.
- [Bill of Sale from George Walker to San Simon Cattle and Canal Co.]
- Notarized bill of sale certifying the transfer of ownership of particular cattle brands from George W. Walker to the San Simon Cattle and Canal company.
- By-Laws of the San Simon Cattle and Canal Company
- By-laws laying out rules and regulations for the San Simon Cattle and Canal Company's Board of directors. Handwritten corrections are marked in pencil and pen ink on several pages.
- By-Laws of the San Simon Cattle and Canal Company
- By-laws laying out rules and regulations for the San Simon Cattle and Canal Company's Board of directors. Handwritten corrections and notes are marked in pencil on several pages.
- [Cattle Drive On Ranch, 1918]
- Photograph of a herd of cattle on a ranch crowded tightly together and facing toward the left, with a fence in the foreground. Two men on horseback are to the right of the cattle, facing the same direction as the herd. Shrubs and small trees are scattered in the background.
- Cattle Purchased from J. D. Parramore by the American Live Stock and Loan Company: 1901 to 1909 inclusive.
- List of cattle purchased from J. D. Parramore between 1901 and 1909 from both San Simon and Kings County Land by the American Live Stock and Loan Company.
- Cattle Sanitary Board of New Mexico: Certificate of Brand, May 17, 1897
- Certificate approving the registration and use of cattle brands belonging to the San Simon Cattle and Canal Company.
- Cattle Sanitary Board of New Mexico: Certificate of Brand, May 22, 1897
- Certificate approving the registration and use of cattle brands belonging to the San Simon Cattle and Canal Company.
- Cattle Sanitary Board of New Mexico: Certificate of Brand, May 24, 1897
- Certificate approving the registration and use of cattle brands belonging to the San Simon Cattle and Canal Company.
- [Certificate of Appointment of Agents]
- Notarized document certifying that the San Simon Cattle and Canal Company appointed J. J. Wheeler as its agent int he state of Arizona and J. D. Jordon as its agent in New Mexico. The document is signed by president of the company, J. H. Parramore.
- Certificate of Comparison
- Certificate signed by the new Mexican Secretary and statement signed by J. H. Parramore certifying the appointment of C. V. Drew as an agent of the San Simon Cattle and Canal Company in Rode, New Mexico. The second document is paired with a resolution from the company's board of directors stating that the company president may appoint all local agents for the company.
- Certificate of Incorporation of the San Simon Cattle and Canal Company
- Document certifying the incorporation of the San San Simon Cattle and Canal Company and outlining its basic objectives, stocks, and territories. The notarization location and date of the document are scratched out in pen ink and replaced with handwritten corrections. The document is notarized by George W. Jalouick and signed by Claiborne Walker Merchant, James H. Parramore, J. M. Hall, T. B. Hadley, and W. L. Purcell. A handwritten note on the back by the notary public includes Purcell in the notarization, who was initially left off. A second handwritten note below explains that the document is a copy, along with where the original was signed and located.
- Certificate of Incorporation of the San Simon Cattle and Canal Company
- Document certifying the incorporation of the San San Simon Cattle and Canal Company and outlining its basic objectives, stocks, and territories. The notarization location and date of the document are scratched out in pen ink and replaced with handwritten corrections. The document is notarized by George W. Jalouick and signed by Claiborne Walker Merchant, James H. Parramore, J. M. Hall, T. B. Hadley, and W. L. Purcell.
- Certificate of Inspection of Cattle Shipped or Driven, April 19, 1911
- Certificate of inspection of a herd of cattle driven by James H. Parramore. The document shows the number of heads of cattle and the brands used on the herd.
- Certificate of Inspection of Cattle Shipped or Driven, May 10, 1911
- Certificate of inspection of a herd of cattle driven by James H. Parramore. The document shows the number of cattle and the brands used on the herd.
- [Certification of Amended By-Laws]
- Document certifying amendments made to the by-laws of the San Simon Cattle and Canal Company in 1886.
- [Check from John M. Wagstaff to Arizona Corporation Commission]
- Check made out to E. P. Wise of the Arizona Corporation Commission from John M. Wagstaff on behalf of the San Simon Cattle and Land Company for the amount of twenty dollars as payment for annual registration and report filing fees.
- Children on Bicycles and Horse
- Copy negative of several young boys and girls sitting on horses and bicycles. There are two young girls on bicycles, two boys on the back of a horse pulling a buggy with two more boys and a grown man. In front of the wagon wheel are two young girls and a boy holding a bicycle is at the horse's head.
- [Cienega Ditch: Contract to Dig Ditch, 1916]
- Contract between the San Simon Cattle and Canal Company, J. H. Lacy, and C.L. Simpson to hiring the two men to cut and dig a ditch along the Scinega [sic] Creek, specifying all special requirements, the time frame, additional time fro inclement weather, and the payment to be received.
- [Clipping Scrapbook Page]
- Scrapbook page with a newspaper clipping about a bar in Tuscon "35 years ago". Handwritten notes are visible across the page. A box number for former senator W. J. Bryan is stamped on the back.
- [Consent of San Simon Company Stockholders to Hold First Annual Meeting]
- Document signed by all stockholders of the San Simon Cattle and Canal Company consenting to initiate the company's first stockholder meeting. Similar information is repeated in a brief section on the back of the paper.
- [County Recorder Notice of Filed Articles of Incorporation]
- Record certifying the filing of the Articles of Incorporation of the San Simon Cattle and Canal Company in the county of Pima, Arizona. Several later filing dates of the notice by various people are marked on the back.
- [Envelopes from San Simon Cattle and Canal Company Records]
- Collection of envelopes in which Dock Dilworth Parramore stored various company records such as letters and field notes. A note on the largest envelope was handwritten by W. J. Sellers in 1963 explaining his own reasons for keeping the envelopes.
- [Field Notes: Cienega Lands in Arizona, 1930]
- Document specifying boundary lines, natural and man-made land markers, and the quality of sections of land belonging to the Cienega Ditch Property in Arizona. The distances are measured in units of chains. Arithmetic calculations are handwritten in pencil in the margins of the pages.
- Fort Thomas Arizona
- Copy negative of Fort Thomas in Arizona. There are several long buildings surrounded by a perimeter of trees. In the background, there is open land. Text written on the photograph says "SCS Camp 10A Ft. Thomas, Ariz."
- Group of Explorers
- Copy negative of a group of explorers on horseback in Arizona, with the person on the right riding a mule. Some of them are from Abilene.
- [Hand Drawn Map of Cienega River Ditch]
- Hand drawn map of the Cienega River Ditch land stretching across the border between Arizona and New Mexico. Part of the map is highlighted in orange, showing what appears to be the path of the San Simon River Valley. Various handwritten notes, calculations, and coordinates are written on the front and back of the page.
- House Exterior
- Copy negative of the stone house of Enus Ernest Hughes and Kate Syrena Hefner Hughes in Bisbee, Arizona.
- House Exterior
- Copy negative of a man in a suit and his wife in a dress - Enus Ernest Hughes and Kate Syrena Hefner Hughes - posing at the gate in front of their stone house in Warren (now Bisbee), Arizona sometime between 1913 and 1919.
- House Exterior
- Copy negative of 5 people, 2 men, 2 women and an infant posing in front of a stone house in Bisbee, Arizona. Two of the people are unknown, but three of them are Will Hughes, Clarissa Hughes, and Edna Louise Hughes.
- House Exterior
- Copy negative of 5 people, 2 men, 2 women and an infant posing in front of a stone house in Bisbee, Arizona. Two of the people are unknown, but three of them are Will Hughes, Clarissa Hughes, and Edna Louise Hughes.
- [Land and Water Rights Certificate]
- Certificate from the General Land Office granting John R. Lee the ownership and water rights to a tract of land in the territory of Arizona.
- [Land Ownership Chart]
- Hand-drawn chart showing purchases and ownership of plots of land within Arizona and New Mexico on the Cienega Ditch Property.
- [Letter from A. W. Unthank to San Simon Cattle and Canal Company, October 5, 1885]
- Letter from A. W. Unthank to San Simon Cattle and Canal Company discussing the cost of building six miles of ditch in the San Simon Valley. At the bottom of the letter is a hand-drawn illustration of a cross-section of the proposed water ditch.
- [Letter from Ashley Carswell to T. N. Carswell - September 13, 1944]
- A letter written to Uncle Norwood [T. N. Carswell] from Ashley [Ashley Carswell], Tucson, Arizona, dated September 13, 1944. Ashley Carswell advises that he has completed training and is ready to go overseas. He has a nine-day delay with his crew to pick up a new ship and equipment in Topeka, Kansas, drive to Dallas then fly to Jacksonville to be home four or five days. He assures his Uncle that he is "not worried about going across because I've got the best crew on the field―but I am the only Rebel."
- [Letter from E. K. Capeton to J. H. Parramore, February 23, 1914]
- Letter from E. K. Capeton to J. H. Parramore discussing the death of Capeton's mare, which was killed by a bull belonging to Parramore in Mr. Barker's pasture. Capeton writes seeking out monetary compensation for the loss of his mare and to dispute an accusation made by Mr. Wheeler that he had placed the mare in Mr. Barker's pasture without consent.
- [Letter from E. K. Capeton to Mr. Wheeler, January 17, 1914]
- Letter from E. K. Capeton to Mr. Wheeler discussing the death of Capeton's mare, which was killed by one of J. H. Parramore's bulls, and seeking financial compensation from the San Simon Cattle and Canal Company for his loss.
- [Letter from J. L. Wells to D. D. Parramore, February 10, 1931]
- Letter from J. L. Wells to Dock Dilworth Parramore discussing the filing of maps and a statement of the Cienega Ditch and making suggestions on raising the value of the property by adding a water ditch on the Arizona side.
- [Letter from J. L. Wells to Mr. Parramore, November 12, 1930]
- Letter from J. L. Wells to Mr. Parramore discussing land survey notes from the Arizona side of the Cienega Ditch property and intentions to obtain more legal data about water rights pertaining to the ditch.
- [Letter from John H. Page to D. D. Parramore, May 4, 1918]
- Letter from John H. Page to D. D. Parramore discussing the water rights to a piece of Parramore's property on which a homesteader named Florence A. Belinger resides.
- [Letter from John H. Page to Dock Dilworth Parramore, October 22, 1917]
- Letter from John H. Page & Company to Dock Dilworth Parramore discussing advice on legal technicalities regarding the corporate existence of the San Simon Cattle and Canal Company and the water rights to the Cienega Ditch property. A handwritten note on the back of the last page reads, "Letter in regard to water rights and keeping ditch open. D. D. P."
- [Letter from John H. Page to J. H. Parramore, November 27, 1914]
- Letter from John H. Page to James Harrison Parramore discussing legal advice on company stockholder meetings.
- [Letter from John H. Page to J. H. Parramore, September 25, 1913]
- Letter from John H. Page to James Harrison Parramore discussing adjustments to land scrip claims. Coordinance notes are hand-drawn in pencil near the right margin of the page.
- [Letter from L. E. Cowling to Truett Latimer, January 30, 1953]
- Letter from L. E. Cowling to Truett Latimer discussing opposition from many to an Insurance Policy Approval Bill, as it would give more authority to the National Association of Insurance Commissioners rather than the State Insurance Department.
- [Letter from M. R. Moore to James H. Parramore, November 30, 1900]
- Letter from M. R. Moore to James Harrison Parramore discussing application for a patent for Forest reserve Lieu Selection several plots of land. A handwritten note in pencil on the right of the page reads, "Franks Mill Sec 17 Howard Mill Sec 10".
- [Letter from the U. S. Land Office to J. H. Parramore, April 10, 1905]
- Letter from the U. S. Land Office to James Harrison Parramore discussing the suspension of Lieu Selection #760, thus forbidding the removal of timber or other valuable assets from a particular section of land.