[[Az-Geocaching] Mohawks in Yuma?]

[Mark Heitowit]

You might try the public library, The Yuma Chamber of Commerce, or The Heard
Museum.

"Team Tierra Buena" <teamtierrabuena@earthlink.net> wrote:
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> Other than having read Dee Brown's "Bury My Heart at Wounded Knee" many
> years ago (great book, BTW), I don't know anything about Native American
> history, shame on me. But when we were down in Yuma for the Strike
> Force, there were several geographic entities in the area that contained
> the name "Mohawk". There was Mohawk Valley, the Mohawk Canal, and
> others.
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> I've always associated the Mohawks with upstate New York, James Fenimore
> Cooper and all that. Does anyone here know how the "Mohawk influence"
> came to Yuma County, Arizona? Barring that, anyone have any suggestions
> as to how I might find out? Googling "Mohawk" and "Arizona" wasn't much
> help.
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> Steve
> Team Tierra Buena
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