SPRINGERVILLE, ARIZONA
128 YEARS OF COUNTY SHERIFFS
BY JACK A. BECKER
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TOWN WAS KNOWN AS
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SHERIFF
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COUNTY SEAT
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Colorado Chiquito
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John L. Taylor
April 2, 1869-Jan. 1, 1871
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Prescott; Arizona Territory
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Colorado Chiquito
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John H. Behan
1871 - 1872
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Prescott; Arizona Territory
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Milligan Settlement
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James S. Thomas
1872 - Jan. 17, 1874
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Prescott; Arizona Territory
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Round Valley
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Henry M. Herbert
Jan. 17, 1874 - Jan. 1, 1875
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Prescott; Arizona Territory
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Round Valley
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Edward F. Bowers
1875 - 1878
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Prescott; Arizona Territory
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Springerville*
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Joseph R. Walker
Jan. 1, 1879 - Feb. 24, 1979
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Prescott; Arizona Territory
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*Apache County was created by the Tenth Territorial Legislature on Feburary 24, 1879. The legislators initially placed the couny seat at Snowflake, but provided for an election to be held on June 2, 1879, to decide the issue. After that election the county seat was moved to St. Johns, however, in 1880 it was moved to Springerville. The hotly debated issue was finally resolved in court in Prescott and the county offices were permanently located in St. Johns.
Territorial Governor, John C. Fremont, (nationally known as "The Pathfinder") appointed Alejandro Peralta as the first Sheriff of Apache County.
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Springerville
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- Alejandro Peralta
- Feb. 24, 1879-June 2, 1879
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Snowflake; Arizona Territory
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Springerville
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- Luther Martin
- June 2, 1979-Dec. 31, 1880
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Springerville; Arizona Territory
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Springerville
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- Ephraim S. Stover
- Jan. 1, 1881-Dec. 31 1882
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St. Johns; Arizona Territory
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Springerville
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St. Johns; Arizona Territory
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Springerville
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- J. Lorenzo Hubbell
- 1885-1886
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St. Johns; Arizona Territory
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Springerville
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- Commodore P. Owens
- 1887-1888
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St. Johns; Arizona Territory
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Springerville
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- St. George Creaghe
- 1889-1890
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St. Johns; Arizona Territory
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Springerville
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St. Johns; Arizona Territory
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Springerville
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- Wm. R. Campbell
- 1893-1894
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St. Johns; Arizona Territory
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Springerville
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- James Scott
- 1895-1896
W.W. Berry
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St. Johns; Arizona Territory
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Springerville
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- St. George Creaghe
- 1897-1898
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St. Johns; Arizona Territory
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Springerville
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St. Johns; Arizona Territory
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Springerville
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St. Johns; Arizona Territory
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Springerville
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- Sylvester Peralta
- 1903-1904
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St. Johns; Arizona Territory
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Springerville
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St. Johns; Arizona Territory
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Springerville
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- Sylvester Peralta
- 1907-1914
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St. Johns; Arizona Territory
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Springerville
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- Jacob Hamblin Jr.
- 1915-1916
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St. Johns, Arizona
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Springerville
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- E. W. Grimes
- 1917-1918
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St. Johns, Arizona
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Springerville
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St. Johns, Arizona
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Springerville
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St. Johns, Arizona
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Springerville
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St. Johns, Arizona
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Springerville
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St. Johns, Arizona
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Springerville
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St. Johns, Arizona
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Springerville
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St. Johns, Arizona
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Springerville
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St. Johns, Arizona
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Springerville
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St. Johns, Arizona
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Springerville
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- A. Hartley Greenwood
- 1935-1936
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St. Johns, Arizona
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Springerville
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St. Johns, Arizona
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Springerville
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St. Johns, Arizona
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Springerville
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St. Johns, Arizona
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Springerville
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St. Johns, Arizona
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Springerville
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St. Johns, Arizona
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Springerville
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St. Johns, Arizona
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Springerville
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- Edgar B. Merrill
- 1961-1972
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St. Johns, Arizona
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Springerville
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St. Johns, Arizona
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