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26-568: Elevations in the Galiuro Wilderness range from 4,000 feet (1,219 m) to 7,671 feet (2,338 m) at the summit of Bassett Peak. The Galiuro Mountain Range is a very rough and brushy block fault range characterized by block-like uplifts rising abruptly from relatively level plains that are characteristic of southern Arizona. Erosion has produced many rugged cliffs and steep slopes which have brightly colored exposed soils and rocks. The mountain

52-707: A private in Troop E, 1st United States Cavalry in St. Paul . He was then sent to Fort Custer . However, after the Kelvin Grade Massacre , the 1st Cavalry was sent to Fort Grant , Arizona to pursue the Apache Kid , who was never captured. On June 16, 1895, Sisson was discharged from the army at Fort Grant. His discharge indicated he was an " excellent " soldier. He remained in Arizona as indicated by his next documented appearance in

78-852: A graben between two horsts – the Vosges mountains (in France ) and the Black Forest (in Germany ), and also the Rila – Rhodope Massif in Bulgaria , Southeast Europe , including the well defined horsts of Belasitsa (linear horst), Rila mountain (vaulted domed shaped horst) and Pirin mountain – a horst forming a massive anticline situated between the complex graben valleys of Struma and that of Mesta . Tilted type block mountains have one gently sloping side and one steep side with an exposed scarp, and are common in

104-656: A letter to the Powers asking them to come in for prosecution, but it was ignored. Several weeks later, on the night of February 9, 1918, Deputy United States Marshal Frank Haynes, Sheriff McBride, and Deputy Sheriffs Martin Kempton and TK "Kane" Wootan arrived at the Power's cabin near the Power's Mine. They carried arrest warrants for Tom and John Power for draft evasion, and warrants for Jeff Power and his hired man, Tom Sisson, who were wanted for questioning. Just before dawn on February 10, as he

130-488: A living person. Instead the brothers used the name Redington, and this name was subsequently used for the community, the pass, and the road. The Redington post office was open in 1879 with Henry Redfield as the postmaster. In 1883 Lem Redfield was lynched in Florence on suspicion of being involved with a stagecoach robbery near the brothers' Redington ranch. In the 1880s the rancher William H. Bayless moved his operation into

156-658: A record at the time. His grave is located in the Florence Cemetery, at Florence . Block fault Fault blocks are very large blocks of rock, sometimes hundreds of kilometres in extent, created by tectonic and localized stresses in Earth's crust . Large areas of bedrock are broken up into blocks by faults . Blocks are characterized by relatively uniform lithology . The largest of these fault blocks are called crustal blocks . Large crustal blocks broken off from tectonic plates are called terranes . Those terranes which are

182-464: Is a double range bisected by two main canyons, Rattlesnake and Redfield. The wilderness boundary generally follows the forest boundary on the west and approximately one mile east of Trail 287 on the east. The most prominent peaks and high points in the Wilderness include Bassett Peak at 7,671 feet (2,338 m), Kennedy Peak at 7,540 feet (2,298 m), and Sunset Peak at 7,094 feet (2,162 m) along

208-527: Is currently no documentation regarding his involvement in any criminal activity prior to the gunfight at the Power's Cabin in February 1918. [However, on October 2, 1913, Sisson was convicted of being a horse thief – he had been indicted on a charge of grand larceny for stealing a horse from an Indian and was given a sentence of not more than ten nor less than one years at the State prison; a certificate of reasonable doubt

234-742: The Basin and Range region of the western United States. An example of a graben is the basin of the Narmada River in India , between the Vindhya and Satpura horsts. Redington, Arizona Redington is a populated place in Pima County , Arizona , United States. It is located on the banks of the San Pedro River , northeast of Tucson and approximately 54 km north-northwest of Benson . The area

260-571: The East African Rift zone. Death Valley in California is a smaller example. There are two main types of block mountains; uplifted blocks between two faults and tilted blocks mainly controlled by one fault. Lifted type block mountains have two steep sides exposing both sides scarps, leading to the horst and graben terrain seen in various parts of Europe including the Upper Rhine valley,

286-524: The San Pedro River . They entered Mexico south of Hachita , New Mexico , where on March 8 they surrendered to a United States Army patrol that had picked up their trail and crossed the border in pursuit. At their trial, all three men were convicted of first-degree murder and sentenced to life imprisonment. Sisson died in prison at the age of 86, but the Power brothers were paroled in 1960, forty-two years after their conviction. They were pardoned by Governor Jack Richard Williams nine years later. In 1975,

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312-461: The San Pedro Valley . Over the next several years he bought up homesteads, ranches and other land. Drought in the 1890s caused many settlers in the valley to leave and Bayless acquired their land to build the 200,000-acre Carlink Ranch. The townsite with its general store, post office and school were located within the ranch. Eulalia Bourne , pioneer schoolteacher, rancher and author, taught at

338-574: The U.S. Census of 1900 . At the age of thirty, he was boarding with two other young men in the home of Bud Snow in Cochise , Arizona. In 1910, Tom was once again recorded as a resident of the Arizona Territory . He was living in his own rented house and lists his occupation as " plumber ". Although the United States Marshal's wanted poster indicates that Sisson was a " paroled convict ", there

364-698: The band-tailed pigeon . Original native inhabitants of the area are believed to be the Jacome Indians, a little-known group possibly related to the Apaches. White settlers began arriving in the mid-19th century, taking up prospecting and later mining and ranching in the 1890s. In 1909, Jeff Power and his family homesteaded in Rattlesnake Canyon and began mining nearby. When two of Power's sons, Tom and John Power, failed to report when drafted into World War I , Sheriff Robert F. McBride of Graham County delivered

390-399: The Galiuro Wilderness, including large mammals such as desert mule deer , pronghorn , desert bighorn sheep , Coues’ white-tailed deer , collared peccary , Mearns coyote , New Mexico black bear , and North American cougar . Smaller mammals include desert cottontails , ground squirrels , raccoon , white-nosed coati , foxes , skunks , and bobcat . Birds include quail , doves , and

416-831: The Power's Cabin was placed on the National Register of Historic Places . In 1932, Congress set aside 52,717 acres (213 km) in the Galiuro Mountains as the Galiuro Primitive Area within the Crook National Forest. It was renamed the Galiuro Wild Area in 1940, with administration shifting to the Coronado National Forest in 1953. With the passage of the Wilderness Act in 1964, the area

442-551: The canyon bottoms and on the northern slopes of the higher elevations grow Arizona cypress , Ponderosa pine , Chihuahua pine , Mexican white pine , Douglas fir , and smaller stands of white fir . Deciduous trees such as sycamore , alder , maple , ash , walnut , and aspen grow in the riparian areas where springs supply water almost year-round, including Power's Garden, Mud Spring, Corral Spring, Juniper Spring, South Field Spring, Kielberg Dam, Walnut Spring, Cedar Spring, and Holdout Spring. A variety of wildlife can be found in

468-664: The east divide. Those along the west divide include Rhodes Peak at 7,116 feet (2,169 m), Maverick Mountain at 6,990 feet (2,131 m), and Kielberg Peak at 6,880 feet (2,097 m). The vegetation growing in Galiuro Wilderness varies from species of the semi-desert grassland type to those of the mixed conifer type. The majority of the south and west-facing slopes of the Galiuro Range are covered with dense stands of manzanita , live oak , mahogany and other brush species. The higher slopes and ridgetops have moderate to dense stands of juniper , pinon pine , and oak trees. Along

494-431: The faults have a large vertical displacement. Adjacent raised blocks ( horsts ) and down-dropped blocks ( grabens ) can form high escarpments . Often the movement of these blocks is accompanied by tilting, due to compaction or stretching of the crust at that point. Fault-block mountains often result from rifting , an indicator of extensional tectonics . These can be small or form extensive rift valley systems, such as

520-590: The full thickness of the lithosphere are called microplates. Continent-sized blocks are called variously microcontinents, continental ribbons, H-blocks, extensional allochthons and outer highs. Because most stresses relate to the tectonic activity of moving plates , most motion between blocks is horizontal, that is parallel to the Earth's crust by strike-slip faults . However vertical movement of blocks produces much more dramatic results. Landforms ( mountains , hills, ridges, lakes, valleys, etc.) are sometimes formed when

546-608: Was born on June 9, 1869, in Livonia Township, Sherburne County, Minnesota . He was the youngest child of Russell and Mary (Hagebone) Sisson. His father, Russell Sisson, was a Union veteran of the Civil War , having served as a Private in Company H of the 57th Pennsylvania Infantry . He died sometime after 1895, but probably before 1900, as he does not appear in the Census of 1900. Sisson

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572-557: Was granted and a bond of $ 1,000 was granted; he was paroled by Governor George W. P. Hunt .] After being convicted, Tom was sentenced to life in prison. He escaped briefly in 1923, by walking away from a work detail. He was quickly recaptured. As incredible as it may seem, in 1932 Sisson, who had then been in prison for fourteen years, received a pension for his military service from the United States Government. Sisson died on January 23, 1957, after spending 39 years in prison,

598-439: Was preparing breakfast, Jeff heard two of their horses gallop by their dogs began barking. When Jeff Power stepped outside with his rifle Deputy Sheriff Wootan yelled, "Throw up your hands! Throw up your hands!" A furious gunfight ensued, leaving Sheriff McBride, Deputy Sheriffs Kempton and Wootan, and Jeff Power dead. Marshal Haynes escaped to nearby Klondyke, Arizona, while the Power boys and Tom Sisson fled south to Redington on

624-480: Was previously known as Tres Alamos . Redington Pass is a significant geographic feature northeast of Tucson. Redington Road goes through the pass, from Tucson to Redington. The Redington area was first settled by Henry and Lem Redfield in 1875. The Redfields petitioned to establish a post office named after them, but the United States Postal Service wouldn't allow for an office to be named after

650-491: Was redesignated the Galiuro Wilderness . A last addition in 1983 incorporated the floor of Rattlesnake Valley into the wilderness, bringing it to a total of 76,317 acres (309 km). In January 1943, a World War II B-24 bomber on a training run crashed near the summit of Bassett Peak, killing all eleven men on board. A plaque mounted on one of the wings commemorates their final resting place. Thomas Joseph W. Sisson

676-521: Was the youngest in the family. His next oldest sibling, sister Lucretia, was born nearly ten years before him. By 1880, at age 11, he was motherless. The Federal census of that year indicates just he and his 65-year-old father living in the household. Five years later, the Minnesota State Census of 1885 indicates that it was still just he and his elderly father, indicating that he spent much of his childhood alone. In March 1890, Sisson enlisted as

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