This is a Message Board Post that is gatewayed to this mailing list. Surnames: GALLIGAN, SHANNON, MILLER, Classification: Query Message Board URL: http://boards.ancestry.com/mbexec/msg/an/xU.2ADE/463.1 Message Board Post: Hi Sallie - I recently purchased several short history books of Wickenburg while visiting the Wickenburg Musuem this summer. While both books do not list Charlie Morton SHANNON in the index (he may be mentioned somewhere in the text however), one of books lists chronologically the history of Wickenburg and hence the era that Mayor SHANNON was in office could be studied through other resources. This partial summation extract is taken from "The Town on the Hassayampa, A History of Wickenburg, Mark E. Pry, published by Desert Caballeros Western Museum, 21 North Frontier Street, Wickenburg, Arizona 85390, 520-684-2272, Copyright 1997, ISBN 0-96577377-0-5, page 144": 1890 - Walnut Grove Dam breaks and floods Hassayampa River valley, killing between fifty and seventy persons. That same year the Garcia Cemetery was established. Whether the cemetery was established to meet the burial need of those that died in the flood is not discussed. 1891 - Santa Fe, Prescott & Phoenix Railroad (SFP&P) established 1895 - Wickenburg railroad depot built and service inaugurated along SFP&P line between Ash Fork and Phoenix 1897 - Wickenburg townsite formally surveyed and official plat recorded The above listed events are likely candidates for inclusion in a newspaper report as an a event where the major is likely to be in attendance. Unfortunately, a town newspaper did not come into existence until "1901 - Wickenburg News-Herald, town's first newspaper, established". I would consider contacting the museum to see where early 1901 town newspapers are archived. I would also check to see if newspapers in Phoenix and Prescott carried any stories of the these events. Lastly, you might try Ancestry.com Newspapers On-Line to see if any national paper carried the story of the flood of 1890. It would seem to be newsworthy enough to be included in some papers throughout the nation. To add some context to the era the Wickenburg townsite was laid out in 1868, warfare with the Yavapai Indians ends in 1873 and Wickenburg's first school was established in 1879. Good luck. Glen F. Pritchett, USGENWEB volunteer