We're out and about in Arizona -- on vacation. We started in southern Colorado, and gradually worked our way down via Gallup, NM. Now we're in Show Low. Its history is fascinating:
In 1200, a tribal village was established in the area of present-day Show Low, but was later abandoned for unknown reasons.
Three centuries later, Francisco Vasquez de Coronado left his footprints in the area searching for the Seven Cities of Gold. He was followed another three centuries later by mountain men Ewing Young and Kit Carson, as they led a trapping party down to the Salt River Canyon in 1829.
In 1856, Show Low’s founder, Corydon Cooley, left Virginia at age 20 to come to the New Mexico Territory. After service in the Union Army and as a scout and interpreter for General George Crook, Cooley married into the White Mountain Apache Tribe. Chief Pedro became his father-in-law. The tribal center is located in White River and old Fort Apache approximately 40 miles from present day Show Low.
In 1873, Cooley moved his family to a small cabin on the banks of what is now Show Low Creek and became a ranching partner with Marion Clark. After the legendary card game of 1876, Cooley named his newly-acquired ranch “Show Low” and hired Mormon settlers David Adams and Alfred Cluff as workers on the ranch. Adams and Cluff would soon have their own ranches.
In 1880, Cooley and the Huning brothers became partners in the Show Low Ranch property and opened the first store in Show Low three years later. Cooley and the Hunings dissolved their partnership in 1888 and the ranch was sold to Henry Huning.
Gee, we're in a spot where Coronado thought the Seven Cities of Gold was?? It's nice enough -- but nope, he was mistaken. And the "legendary card game of 1876?"
The popular story is one that traces to Will C. Barnes, who claimed that, while he was stationed at Fort Apache in 1880, C.E. told him this tale: C.E. and Marion Clark, neighbors in the Mogollon Rim area, decided around 1876 that the region wasn’t big enough for the two of them, so they played cards to determine who would leave. The game was “Seven-Up,” in which the low card won. Clark told C.E., “If you can show low, you win.” C.E. threw down his hand, saying, “Show low it is.” Popular lore claims he had the deuce of clubs.
This also explains why one of the main roads in town is called -- you guessed it -- 'Deuce of Clubs.'
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Have a great week.
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