Mom’s grandparents and mother got run out of Mexico by Poncho Villa and ended up in Globe, so I’m guessing it was closer to 1915 than 1900. They were mining people.
My grandfather used to talk about going on picnics to indian ruins and sorting through their trash...Moccasins, utensils, pottery, etc. All of it must have been at least 500 years old but it was just trash to them. Wish I had some of it now.
I love "old stuff", and being a native Kalifornian, anything before 1950 is ancient.....
I treasure two bricks that I gleaned from my uncle's pallet 40 years ago.....this was in Mobile, Alabama and the bricks were spares from a warehouse that was being demolished in Mobile, and he ran up and bought the lot ---- he built his home with 'em; they were all hand done by slaves, and the straw/chaff is quite visible.
Yeah, there are some extensive ruins between Miami and Globe. Beautiful pieces of painted pottery. I would have loved to see it back in 1910 or so.