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On the cover: John Horton Slaughter astride his horse with baby May Watkins in his lap. The distinctive picket fence that enclosed the yard of the main ranch house on Slaughter's San Bernardino Ranch is seen in the background. The huge ranch was made up of approximately 65,000 acres of grassland straddling the border near Douglas, Arizona, with one-third in the United States and two-thirds in Mexico. It was the scene of Geronimo's first surrender to General Nathan Crook in 1886 and served as a military outpost during the Mexican Revolution. Pancho Villa and his troops camped there on the Mexican side of the line after his defeat in 1915 in the Battle of Agua Prieta, Spring 1901. (Courtesy of the Burns family.)
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Mark and Nellie Bartlett homesteaded the Mustang Ranch in Elgin in 1912. Their daughter Fern and her husband, Captain Stone Collie, remodeled the original house and opened it as a guest ranch in the early 1930s. This windmill, on the neighboring Rose Tree Ranch, offered visitors a convenient place to stop and water their horses during trail rides. The ranch is named for the Mustang Mountains, seen in the background. The most recognizable peak in the range is a local landmark known as The Biscuit. Riders are, from left to right, Patrick Mercurio, Marka Collie Moss, Stone Collie, two unidentified guests, and Jane Collie Woods. (Collie family collection, Marka Moss, and Jane Woods.)
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Betty's first book, "Hidden Treasures of Santa Cruz County", released in September 2006, includes 41 stories of homesteaders and early settlers of the area accompanied by numerous historic photographs.
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