Arizona's yesterday . age to theUnited States, made his way to New Orleans, wherehe enlisted in the New Orleans Grays when warbroke out betw^een Mexico and Texas. After serv-ing in the battles of Goliad and Fannings Defeat hereturned to Germany and wrote and lectured forsome time on Texas and its resources. Soon afterthe publication of his book on Texas he returned tothe United States and at St. Louis, in 1840, hejoined a party crossing to Oregon. From that Ter-ritory he went to the Sandwich Islands and for someyears wandered among the islands of the Polyne-sian Archipelago, returning to Calif
Arizona's yesterday . age to theUnited States, made his way to New Orleans, wherehe enlisted in the New Orleans Grays when warbroke out betw^een Mexico and Texas. After serv-ing in the battles of Goliad and Fannings Defeat hereturned to Germany and wrote and lectured forsome time on Texas and its resources. Soon afterthe publication of his book on Texas he returned tothe United States and at St. Louis, in 1840, hejoined a party crossing to Oregon. From that Ter-ritory he went to the Sandwich Islands and for someyears wandered among the islands of the Polyne-sian Archipelago, returning to California in time tojoin General Fremont in the latters attempt to freeCalifornia from Mexican rule. After the GadsdenPurchase he moved to Arizona, where, after yearsof occupation in mining and other industries, he waskilled by a Digger Indian at Dos Palmas in South-ern California. The town of Ehrenberg was namedafter him.* *This information relative to Ehrenberg is taken largelyfrom The History of Arizona; De Long, STAGE DRIVERS LUCK God, men call Destiny: Hear thee my prayer! Grant that lifes secret for eer shall he than mine is thy will; I dare Not dust zvhere thy broom hath szvept. —^WOON. I HAVE said that Wickenburg was a small placehalf-way between Phoenix and Prescott, butthat is not quite right. Wickenburg was sit-uated between Prescott and the valley of the SaltRiver, in the fertile midst of which the foundationstones of the future capital of Arizona had yet tobe laid. To be sure, there were a few shacks on thesite, and a few ranchers in the valley, but the cityof Phoenix had yet to blossom forth from the wil-derness. I shall find occasion later to speak of thebirth of Phoenix, however. When I arrived in Wickenburg from Tucson—and the journey was no mean affair, involving, asit did, a ride over desert and mountains, both ofwhich were crowded with hostile Apaches—I wentto Work as stage driver for the company that oper-ated stages out of Wickenburg to
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