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The
Tucson Citizen is a daily newspaper in
Tucson, Arizona. It was founded by
Richard C. McCormick with
John Wasson as publisher and editor on
October 15,
1870 as the
Arizona Citizen. The current publisher and editor is
Michael Chihak.
As of October 2005, the daily circulation was approximately 30,937. The Citizen publishes six days per week (except Sunday, when only the
Arizona Daily Star is published as part of the two papers'
joint operating agreement).
The
Tucson Citizen is the oldest continuously published newspaper in
Arizona.
History
Founder Richard C. McCormick had originally been the owner of the
Arizonan. However when the editor of the
Arizonan refused to support the Richard C. McCormick's re-election as congressional delegate for the territory of Arizona, McCormick took the press and started the
Arizona Citizen with Wasson. During the mid-1880s, the newspaper was known as the
Tucson Weekly Citizen.
William A. Small, his wife, and
William H. Johnson invested in the newspaper in the late 1930s. Johnson sold his share to Small in 1964, and Small turned control over to his son,
William A. Small Jr. in 1966 when he retired.
In 1977, the Citizen was sold to
Gannett Company, Inc., the current owner.
Role in Chiricahua relocation
John Wasson had thundered that
Thomas Johnathan Jeffords was an "incarnate demon" and accused him being a drunkard, being in collusion with whiskey peddlers and ammunition dealers, and receiving gold and livestock stolen by the Chiricahuas in Mexicos.
Thomas Johnathan Jeffords was a friend of the
Chiricahua chief
Cochise. Cochise had struck up a deal with
General O.O. Howard in which his tribe would get territory on
Apache Pass. Howard agreed to a reservation in Chokonen Chiricahua territory, one that ran from the Dragoon Mountains on the west to the Peloncillo Mountains on the east. It included the Chiricahua Mountains and ran south to the Mexican border. Howard offered promised rations of food and clothing to be distributed by Jeffords.
After General
George Crook had launched his campaign against the Yavapais and Western Apaches, he demanded that the Chiricahuas submit to a daily rollcall, or else "he would commence hostilities against them without delay." After Cochise had died, Thomas Johnathan Jeffords lived on for two more years, but didn't have the influence over the Apaches that Cochise had. Many Americans, including Crook, didn't trust him either.
Jeffords denied the accusations from the
Tucson Weekly Citizen editor, but on May 3 the government ordered
John Clum to suspend Jeffords and, if "practicable," transfer the Chiricahuas to
San Carlos, the southern part of the
White Mountain Apache Reservation. Only 42 men and 280 women and children went to San Carlos at first, while others tried to spread throughout southern Arizona and into Mexico. Later San Carlos was in one of the lowest and hottest portions of the reservation, Native American tribes were cramped together with little regard for cultural and linguistics differences, and many died from disease.
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