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 "Fred W. Loring, in his campaign costume, with his mule `Evil Merodach.' Taken about 48 hours before he was brutally murdered by Apache--Mohaves, while en route from Prescott, A. T. [Ariz. Terr.] to San Bernadino, Cal., by stage. Loring had been with the [Wheeler] expedition as general assisstant and correspondent, and was returning to the East with a mind stored with rare adventure and scenic wonders." By Timothy H. O'Sullivan, 1871. [238kb Image from US National Archives]
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 "First Auction Sale of Lots at Imperial April 12, 1904." Inside the tent with the California Development Co. and hopeful landowners. [185kb Image from US National Archives]
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 "Guthrie Cotton Market." Peak of trading on Harrison Avenue is captured by Photographer Swearingen, after 1893. [395kb Image from US National Archives]
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 "John Sontag of the firm of `Evans & Sontag' of Calif. fame. Sontag was shot to death about Sept.14, 1904. He was not yet dead when this picture was taken." [365kb Image from US National Archives]
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 "Bankers' and Railroad Men's Party on Blue Grass Lawn at Calexico." The California Development Co. was in hopes that after this campout the men would invest in Imperial Valley schemes, ca. 1904 [234kb Image from US National Archives]
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 "Claims bought and sold. U.S. Land Office practice--contests a specialty." Attorneys and surveyors in front of office, west of Court House Square, Round Pond, OkIa. Terr. By Kennett, January 1894. [234kb Image from US National Archives]
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