Safford Field Office
| Contacts: | Diane Drobka, 928-348-4403 ddrobka@blm.gov |
BLM Hosting Two History-Related Talks
Safford, Ariz. With the busy summer season ended, the Bureau of Land Management (BLM) Safford Field Office is resuming its monthly Brown Bag lunch talks. The upcoming talk will be on October 12, at noon, at the BLM office, located at 711 14th Avenue in Safford.
Historian Hal Herbert will introduce Ryder Ridgway’s newly published book, “The Power Family of Graham County, Arizona” and Tom Cobb will introduce his new novel, “With Blood in their Eyes.” Tom Cobb is an expert on the Power Brothers’ shootout and adds his creative talent to the talk. Both speakers will offer a reexamination of the Power Brothers shootout.
The Power’s Cabin is located within the Coronado National Forest in the Galiuro Mountains of southeastern Arizona. The gunfight took place in 1918, resulting from the issuance of an arrest warrant for brothers Tom and John Power for draft evasion in World War I.
Ryder Ridgway wrote his book several years ago but asked that it not be published until after his death and the death of all the direct descendants of the participants as he did not want to embarrass anyone.
In 1975, the Power’s Cabin was placed on the National Register of Historic Places.
For more information about the talk, contact Dave Arthun at 348-4428.
The BLM manages more than 245 million acres of public land, the most of any Federal agency. This land, known as the National System of Public Lands, is primarily located in 12 Western states, including Alaska. The BLM also administers 700 million acres of sub-surface mineral estate throughout the nation. In Fiscal Year (FY) 2011, recreational and other activities on BLM-managed land contributed more than $130 billion to the U.S. economy and supported more than 600,000 American jobs. The Bureau is also one of a handful of agencies that collects more revenue than it spends. In FY 2012, nearly $5.7 billion will be generated on lands managed by the BLM, which operates on a $1.1 billion budget. The BLM's multiple-use mission is to sustain the health and productivity of the public lands for the use and enjoyment of present and future generations. The Bureau accomplishes this by managing such activities as outdoor recreation, livestock grazing, mineral development, and energy production, and by conserving natural, historical, cultural, and other resources on public lands.