Anniversary of the Powers Shootout

[Nighthiker]

2/10/2018 is the 100 year anniversary of the Powers Shootout at the Powers Cabin in the now Galiuro Wilderness in Southern Arizona. Was planning on a trip his weekend but could not make it.

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@Nighthiker
I hadn't thought about the anniversary coming up. I think about the shooting and related activities before and after whenever I'm out there. I've been to the Garden quite a few times, the Shootout Cabin three times, and once to Holdout Spring, and I've done those trips from the north and the south (Ash Creek TH). I still feel that I lack the right perspective because backpacking it is a lot different than travel by horse.

[RedRoxx44]

I feel bad because I forgot all about it till now. I even started a thread about it somewhere.

[Tough_Boots]

I came across another book on the shootout-- The Power Affair by Zeke Crandall. Has anyone read it?

[Sredfield]

@Tough_Boots
No, and I thought I had them all.

[HeatWave]

I’ve wanted to get out that way and hike to the cabin and garden. My great grandmother was a sister to “Old Man” Jeff.

[GrottoGirl]

@Tough_Boots I just finished a fictionalized account called ‘With Blood in their Eyes’ by Thomas Cobb. I’ll have to check out the book you mentioned. Thanks!

[Nighthiker]

asunow.asu.edu has an article about the incident, Shots fired in1918 Arizona still resonate. Another book will be available in May, Arizona's Deadliest Gunfight by Heidi Osselaer.

[Sredfield]

Very thorough article, thanks for the link.