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John Leroy Cline

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John Leroy Cline

Birth
Marysville, Yuba County, California, USA
Death
31 Jul 1950 (aged 95)
Punkin Center, Gila County, Arizona, USA
Burial
Punkin Center, Gila County, Arizona, USA Add to Map
Plot
#24
Memorial ID
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Arizona Death Certificate
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"Guests began arriving early in the day and by noon one of the largest crowds ever drawn together in the Tonto district had assembled. the place looked like an old time camp grounds, but instead of the covered wagons so common in years ago, automobiles, the more modern means of transportation, crowded the grove capacity."

"Mr. Cline came to Arizona in 1863 with a herd of 1,600 head of cattle being sent 'over the trail' from San Diego, Calif. At the time he was only 20 years old. The drive proved an extremely hazardous and danger from Indian attack."

"The courage of he and his companions is illustrated by the fact that the 1,600 head of cattle were safely ferried across the Colorado river four miles below Yuma at Hall Hamilton's ferry, on New Year's day, 1864, with the use of rowboats. The herd and its tenders arrived on tonto 16 days later on February 15, 1864, and since then Mr. Cline has been engaged in the cattle business in that district."

"One of Mr. Cline's most interesting reminiscences is the experience he underwent in 1881 when he piloted Major Chaffee and 40 soldiers up the Four Peaks in the Matzatzal mountain range, where his name and the group's are still registered."

(Excerpts from "John L. Cline, 74, Honored With Big Birthday Social," Arizona Record, June 16 1929, page 3; courtesy Bullion Plaza Cultural Center & Museum, Miami, Az.)
Arizona Death Certificate
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"Guests began arriving early in the day and by noon one of the largest crowds ever drawn together in the Tonto district had assembled. the place looked like an old time camp grounds, but instead of the covered wagons so common in years ago, automobiles, the more modern means of transportation, crowded the grove capacity."

"Mr. Cline came to Arizona in 1863 with a herd of 1,600 head of cattle being sent 'over the trail' from San Diego, Calif. At the time he was only 20 years old. The drive proved an extremely hazardous and danger from Indian attack."

"The courage of he and his companions is illustrated by the fact that the 1,600 head of cattle were safely ferried across the Colorado river four miles below Yuma at Hall Hamilton's ferry, on New Year's day, 1864, with the use of rowboats. The herd and its tenders arrived on tonto 16 days later on February 15, 1864, and since then Mr. Cline has been engaged in the cattle business in that district."

"One of Mr. Cline's most interesting reminiscences is the experience he underwent in 1881 when he piloted Major Chaffee and 40 soldiers up the Four Peaks in the Matzatzal mountain range, where his name and the group's are still registered."

(Excerpts from "John L. Cline, 74, Honored With Big Birthday Social," Arizona Record, June 16 1929, page 3; courtesy Bullion Plaza Cultural Center & Museum, Miami, Az.)


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