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   Jack Swilling was a pioneer, prospector, and Confederate soldier in the Arizona Territory. He helped discover gold and silver deposits, founded Phoenix, Arizona, and fought in the American Civil War and Apache Wars.

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3. thephoenixenigma.com › jack-william-jack-swillingJack William “Jack” Swilling - The Phoenix Enigma

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   Jack William “Jack” Swilling. Introducing my absolute all-time favorite Arizona legend. A bipolar, drug addicted, alcoholic, gun-toting, frontiersman. Explosive and tortured, a cunning opportunist, visionary, and the founding father of Phoenix, AZ, my personal hero John William “Jack” Swilling.

4. truewestmagazine.com › article › jack-swillingJack Swilling: Arizona’s Forrest Gump - True West Magazine

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   Sep 21, 2018 · Learn about Jack Swilling, a prospector, ranger, guide and founder who participated in many historic events in Arizona's early history. From the first gold rush to the founding of Phoenix, Jack Swilling was a brave and influential figure in the Wild West.

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6. www.britannica.com › biography › Jack-SwillingJack Swilling | American pioneer | Britannica

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   In 1867 Jack Swilling, a Confederate veteran of the American Civil War, began a grain-milling business near the site of the present Sky Harbor International Airport to provision the federal garrison at Camp McDowell. Two years before Swilling’s arrival, a local farmer named John Y.T. Smith, the….

7. truewestmagazine.com › article › jack-swillingJack Swilling - True West Magazine

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   May 7, 2015 · Arizona pioneer Jack Swilling was a founder of both Prescott and Phoenix—and an accused stage robber. In 1878, Jack and two friends were mistaken for a trio that held up a stage near Wickenburg. He was arrested and jailed in Yuma, awaiting trial.

8. truewestmagazine.com › article › jack-swillingsJack Swilling's Arizona Adventures: Part I - True West Magazine

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   Sep 21, 2017 · Learn about the life and exploits of Jack Swilling, a Confederate officer and gold seeker who participated in three famous discoveries in Arizona. Read how he became a founding father of Wickenburg, Prescott, and Phoenix, and why he is barely remembered today.

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   What is Jack Swilling known for?

   • Jack Swilling in his only known photograph, date unknown. John W. "Jack" Swilling (April 1, 1830 – August 12, 1878) was an early pioneer in the Arizona Territory. He is commonly credited as one of the original founders of the city of Phoenix, Arizona.

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   Where was Jack Swilling born?

   • John William "Jack" Swilling was born on April 1, 1830, at Red House Plantation, Anderson, South Carolina, to George Swilling and Margaret Farrar Swilling, the eighth of their 10 children. George Swilling was the son of the plantation manager, while Margaret Farrar's father, Thomas Farrar, was the owner.

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   What happened to Jack Swilling?

   • Swilling suffered a serious head injury that affected him for the rest of his life. Around 1854, Jack Swilling was involved in an incident that left him with a serious and painful head injury. Swilling stated in a published letter late in life that he was “struck on the head with a heavy revolver” and the blow to his head cracked his skull.

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   Who did Jack Swilling marry?

   • In addition he also was the mail contractor between Prescott and the Pima villages below the Salt River Valley on the Gila River. In the midst of all this activity, Jack Swilling married a young Mexican woman of Spanish heritage named Trinidad Mejia Escalante (1847–1925).

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10. la.sharlothallmuseum.org › index › blogJack Swilling and Joseph Walker's Arizona Adventure - Part 1

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    May 20, 2006 · Jack Swilling's best-known contribution to Territorial Arizona was his formation of a company that brought irrigation to the Salt River Valley of Arizona in 1867 and led to the founding of modern metropolitan Phoenix.