Cowboy Cavalry: A Photographic History of the Arizona Rough Riders

Even before the still-unexplained destruction of the U.S. battleship Maine in Havana Harbor on February 15, 1898, many Americans believed that war with Spain over the question of Cuban Independence had become inevitable. After the Maine incident, a number of individuals across the nation expected an immediate declaration of war and requested authorization to organize volunteer units to serve in the conflict. Arizona's effort was one of the better organized and became the basis of Theodore Roosevelt's Rough Riders. On April 25, 1898 President McKinley designated that newly appointed Col. Leonard Wood would command a a special mounted regiment recruited from the 4 existing U.S. territories with Theodore Roosevelt as Lt. Col. This brochure is also designated as The Arizona Historical Society Museum Monograph No. 10, published as one centennial tribute to these warriors. Carefully handled booklet (softcover with stapled binding) is as new. No marks Copyright 1998. No edition/printing info found. No ISBN, LCCN nor MSR.…