Harry C. Wheeler
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Harry Cornwall Wheeler was an Arizona lawman who was the third captain of the Arizona Rangers, as well as the sheriff of Cochise County, serving from 1912 into 1918. He is known as the lead figure in
Arizona Rangers Captain Harry C. Wheeler
Harry C. Wheeler as captain of the Arizona Rangers.
Phelps Dodge
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Phelps Dodge Corporation was an American mining company founded in 1834 as an import-export firm by Anson Greene Phelps and his two sons-in-law William Earle Dodge, Sr. and Daniel James. The latter tw
Harry C. Wheeler
…was tumultuous in labor relations, particularly for mine workers. In June 1917, IWW Local 800, a union of miners in Bisbee, began a strike against the Phelps Dodge Corporation. Wheeler deputized 2,200 men from Bisbee and Douglas to act as a posse. On July 12, they arrested 2,000 people in Bisbee. Nearly 1,300 of the strikers…
Phelps Dodge Tower in downtown Phoenix.
The Phelps Dodge Headquarters Building in Bisbee, Arizona.