Date: Thu, 4 Apr 2013 07:12:22 -0700 (PDT)
http://trees.ancestry.com/tree/22684561/photo/vvnuBe_0b4T8Usg4CMoqzZQGNZqkE_vdmUPOFlxzuY0RVry8HlyxU7K8kD2w_GKk http://trees.ancestry.com/tree/22684561/person/1281846383/photo/665a769d-e9a2-471d-b5d9-32126e91ba49?src=search Theres this too, from Arizona Highways. ________________________________ From: Mary Lou Cooley <mlcooley_at_q.com> To: John Cooley Mailing List <undisclosed.recipients_at_johncooley.net> Sent: Wednesday, April 3, 2013 9:38 PM Subject: Re: Corydon Cooley If only...they had listed his parents! -----Original Message----- From: Julie Sent: Wednesday, April 03, 2013 9:26 PM To: John Cooley Mailing List Subject: Re: Corydon Cooley I was just wondering about him this afternoon! I found that same story whil= e looking for Colby on Find a Grave. I had never heard anything about him b= efore that I've noticed, but being from Az everyone knows the Show Low story= . It's interesting for sure and I wonder he ties in. Sent from my iPhone On Apr 3, 2013, at 8:13 PM, "Mary Lou Cooley" <mlcooley_at_q.com> wrote: > Did anyone ask about Corydon Cooley? This is from Find A Grave: >=20 > Corydon Eliphalet Cooley > Birth: Apr. 2, 1836; Loudoun County, Virginia, USA > Death: Mar. 19, 1915; Navajo County, Arizona, USA >=20 > Western Frontiersman and Folk Figure. He came to the White Mountains in > th= e=20 > early 1860s after serving two years as a Lieutenant in the 2nd New > Mexico=20= > Infantry Regiment. He came as a prospector and was one of the first > white=20= > men to extensively explore the mineral wealth of the region. He loved > and=20= > respected the Apache people and married two daughters of Pedro, an > Apache=20= > band chief in the Forestdale area. He and his wives established a ranch > in= =20 > the area that is now the city of Show Low. Martha Summerhayes, author > of=20= > Vanished Arizona, a book of her memories of life as an officer's wife on > t= he=20 > Arizona frontier, had been intrigued by the story of Cooley living with > tw= o=20 > Apache women. On a journey between forts, Martha and her husband were=20 > overnight guests of the Cooleys. When she asked her husband which of > the=20= > attractive young women was Cooley's wife, he said, "I don't know. Both > of=20= > 'em, I guess". Refined Victorian lady that she was, Martha tried to=20 > rationalize the situation, writing, "Now this was too awful, but I knew > he= =20 > did not intend for me to ask any more questions." One of the wives soon > di= ed=20 > during childbirth, leaving him to live as a monogamist. Their ranch was > on= e=20 > of the most noted stopping places in eastern Arizona and guests were=20 > unanimous in their appraisal of Molly as a tidy and gracious housewife > and= =20 > Cooley as a generous and notable host. With his vast knowledge of the > Whit= e=20 > Mountains, the Apache people and their ways, and his ability to speak > the=20= > very difficult Apache language, he was acknowledged for many years as one > o= f=20 > the great and famous Indian scouts of the Arizona Territory. He was Chief > o= f=20 > Scouts off and on for General George Crook, probably the greatest > Indian=20= > fighter the United States Army ever knew. With the possible exception of > h= is=20 > good friend Al Sieber, he was Crook's most trusted scout. There was > great=20= > respect between Crook and Cooley. John G. Bourke, General Crook's=20 > aide-de-camp for 11 years and author of the book On the Border with > Crook,= =20 > notes that Cooley's influence was always on the side of peace and=20 > understanding between the Indian and the white man. The following > quote=20= > about Cooley is from the July 1996 issue of Arizona Highways. "Always > hung= ry=20 > for adventure and danger, Cooley gladly accepted appointment in 1877 > as=20= > deputy U.S. marshal for huge Yavapai County, from which Apache and > Navajo=20= > counties were later carved. He ranged far and wide in his new job, > risking= =20 > his life more than once to bring in outlaws who had flocked to wild > Arizon= a=20 > Territory. In one especially notable raid, he captured and jailed two=20 > desperadoes who were threatening to take over the new settlement of=20 > Springerville. Scarcely had he left the town, however, when a lynch > mob=20= > stormed the jail, and in the words of Cooley's report to Gov. John > Hoyt,=20= > "disposed of the prisoners according to frontier law." One great > legend=20= > involves Cooley and Marion Clark. They were partners in a 100,000 acre=20 > ranch. At some point the two decided that the area just wasn't big > enough=20= > for the two of them and one had to leave. They couldn't decide who > should=20= > leave, so they played a game of cards with the winner to take all. > They=20= > played a game called "seven up" throughout the night and into the > early=20= > morning with no winner. Finally Clark told Cooley, "Show low and you > take=20= > the ranch". Cooley turned over a deuce of clubs and walked away with a=20 > reported 100,000 acres of land, all the cattle and the buildings. Clark > we= nt=20 > on his way and was not to be heard from again. However, in March of 2007 > a= =20 > local reporter found an article in the October 24, 1910 Washington Post > th= at=20 > indicates some errors in the legend. The card game actually occurred, > but,= =20 > by the time it happened, Clark had already moved on and the game was > betwe= en=20 > Cooley and a man named Henry Huning. Cooley told the Post the game was > six= =20 > to five in Huning's favor and Cooley, holding the trey, was certain he > had= a=20 > winner. He told Huning to show low to win and Huning held the deuce. By > 18= 88=20 > Cooley started ranching a few miles south of where the Hondah Casino > now=20= > stands. Mormon settlers moved into the area, bought the ranch land, > cattle= =20 > and buildings from Huning for $13,500. They divided the land into four > and= =20 > one half shares, split the cattle, and occupied the buildings. They > called= =20 > the settlement Show Low and the main street through town is now named > "Deu= ce=20 > of Clubs". There is some serious dispute about the accuracy of this=20 > Washington Post article and some evidence to support the original version > o= f=20 > the legend. His year of death is actually 1917 and not 1915 as stated on > t= he=20 > plaque on his headstone. (bio by: Tom Todd) >=20 > Family links: > Spouse: > Molly Cooley (____ - 1920)* > Children: > Albert W Cooley (____ - 1924)* > Belle Cooley Amos (1873 - 1966)* > Cora Agnes Cooley Pettis (1875 - 1944)* > Lillie R Cooley Penrod (1876 - 1968)* > Charles Paul Cooley (1882 - 1940)* > Corydon Carelton Cooley (1891 - 1954)* > *Calculated relationship > Search Amazon for Corydon Cooley > Burial: Fort Apache Cemetery; Navajo County, Arizona, USA > Maintained by: Find A Grave > Originally Created by: Tom Todd > Record added: Apr 17, 2007 > Find A Grave Memorial# 18994311 >=20 > Mary C.=20 >=20 > -- > <a href=3D"http://newsummer.com/distlist">distlist 0.9</a> > See http://ancestraldata.com/listarchive/johncooleylist/for list > informat= ion. -- <a href="http://newsummer.com/distlist">distlist 0.9</a> See http://ancestraldata.com/listarchive/johncooleylist/for list information. -- <a href="http://newsummer.com/distlist">distlist 0.9</a> See http://ancestraldata.com/listarchive/johncooleylist/for list information.
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