In 1861, with no military protection to stop Apache attacks, Quesse’s family and others abandoned Tubac and moved to the farming and mining community of Los Reales, just north of San Xavier Mission.

In the 1880s, there were 10 blacksmith shops in Naperville, a town then of just 2,000 people. Blacksmithing work was hot and dangerous. Forges used to heat iron could reach temperatures of 1,900 ...

Son Edward Hall Brown, born in 1861, learned the trade from his father, particularly learning how to handle skittish horses. In 1898, he went into business for himself and proved to be a ...

From blacksmith and wagon shop to its demise as one of the Big Four auto manufacturers, ... • 1861-65: Studebaker supplies wagons to the Union Army during Civil War.