Barnabas/Barnabe Palm
"Barney Palm, proprietor of the "Pioneer", can justly lay claim to the title of pioneer, as 27 years in the territory and 16 in the county is longer residence than most men boast of. In 1874-5 Mr. Palm assisted in surveying the valley and making a plat of the country from the narrows to Geronimo. He has gone through the vicissitudes of a western frontier life and has been engaged in various kind of business during the three decades he had been in the land of sunshine and silver.
In 1880 he erected a brewery. Since that time he has been in the saloon and stock business, he having at present some very fine-blooded brood mares.
Mr. Palm is one of the old landmarks of the country and is known from the Rockies to the Colorado river. He handled the ribbons on the Concord coach that carried the mail between Tucson and Fort Bowie (old Apache pass), during the Indian troubles, and afterwards was in the employ of Alexander Levin in Tucson."
-Graham Guardian, Feb. 14, 1896
Barnabe also served as Justice of the Peace
"Death of Barney Palm:
Another of the old timers has gone to the great beyond, the mysteries of which we must all some day face.
On Friday last, Barnabee B. Palm, at the age of 53, died very suddenly at his home in Safford. For about eight years he has been afflicted with heart trouble and for the past six months has been under the doctor's care almost constantly. For some time past he has been convinced that he could not live much longer. On Friday last he was sitting in his home talking with John Keasley and smoking his pipe, when suddenly he braced himself, and fell forward and was caught by Mr. Keasley and was dead in two or three minutes.
The funeral was held on Sunday in the M.E. church and was conducted by Rev. Downs. The remains were interred in the Union cemetery.
Barney Palm was one of the characters of Arizona. He came here while a young man and is one of the sturdy pioneers who made it a possible dwelling place for the civilization that we are now blessed with. Before there were any settlements in this valley and when it was almost as much as much as a person's life was worth to venture outside a fort, Barney was one among the venturesome and daring men who made the government survey of the valley which enabled those now enjoying beautiful farms here to homestead land.
For several years before the advent of the railroad, Barney was one of the stage drivers out of Tucson during which time he had many thrilling experiences. Later he located in the Gila valley and conducted a saloon at what is known as the brewery, three miles below Solomonville and later to Safford, where he has lived for the last eight or nine years.
Barney has been a saloon man during a large portion of his life, but he never was a drunkard and many a poor unfortunate can testify to his kind heart and generosity. No one who ever needed assistance ever appealed to him in vain."
-Graham Guardian, July 5, 1901
Barnabe was survived by his second wife, several step-children and a daughter, Mrs. Louisa Spring, of Tucson (born 1873).
A son, Thomas, died in 1877 at age 2 years, 2 months and 9 days.
"Barney Palm, proprietor of the "Pioneer", can justly lay claim to the title of pioneer, as 27 years in the territory and 16 in the county is longer residence than most men boast of. In 1874-5 Mr. Palm assisted in surveying the valley and making a plat of the country from the narrows to Geronimo. He has gone through the vicissitudes of a western frontier life and has been engaged in various kind of business during the three decades he had been in the land of sunshine and silver.
In 1880 he erected a brewery. Since that time he has been in the saloon and stock business, he having at present some very fine-blooded brood mares.
Mr. Palm is one of the old landmarks of the country and is known from the Rockies to the Colorado river. He handled the ribbons on the Concord coach that carried the mail between Tucson and Fort Bowie (old Apache pass), during the Indian troubles, and afterwards was in the employ of Alexander Levin in Tucson."
-Graham Guardian, Feb. 14, 1896
Barnabe also served as Justice of the Peace
"Death of Barney Palm:
Another of the old timers has gone to the great beyond, the mysteries of which we must all some day face.
On Friday last, Barnabee B. Palm, at the age of 53, died very suddenly at his home in Safford. For about eight years he has been afflicted with heart trouble and for the past six months has been under the doctor's care almost constantly. For some time past he has been convinced that he could not live much longer. On Friday last he was sitting in his home talking with John Keasley and smoking his pipe, when suddenly he braced himself, and fell forward and was caught by Mr. Keasley and was dead in two or three minutes.
The funeral was held on Sunday in the M.E. church and was conducted by Rev. Downs. The remains were interred in the Union cemetery.
Barney Palm was one of the characters of Arizona. He came here while a young man and is one of the sturdy pioneers who made it a possible dwelling place for the civilization that we are now blessed with. Before there were any settlements in this valley and when it was almost as much as much as a person's life was worth to venture outside a fort, Barney was one among the venturesome and daring men who made the government survey of the valley which enabled those now enjoying beautiful farms here to homestead land.
For several years before the advent of the railroad, Barney was one of the stage drivers out of Tucson during which time he had many thrilling experiences. Later he located in the Gila valley and conducted a saloon at what is known as the brewery, three miles below Solomonville and later to Safford, where he has lived for the last eight or nine years.
Barney has been a saloon man during a large portion of his life, but he never was a drunkard and many a poor unfortunate can testify to his kind heart and generosity. No one who ever needed assistance ever appealed to him in vain."
-Graham Guardian, July 5, 1901
Barnabe was survived by his second wife, several step-children and a daughter, Mrs. Louisa Spring, of Tucson (born 1873).
A son, Thomas, died in 1877 at age 2 years, 2 months and 9 days.
Barnabas/Barnabe Palm
"Barney Palm, proprietor of the "Pioneer", can justly lay claim to the title of pioneer, as 27 years in the territory and 16 in the county is longer residence than most men boast of. In 1874-5 Mr. Palm assisted in surveying the valley and making a plat of the country from the narrows to Geronimo. He has gone through the vicissitudes of a western frontier life and has been engaged in various kind of business during the three decades he had been in the land of sunshine and silver.
In 1880 he erected a brewery. Since that time he has been in the saloon and stock business, he having at present some very fine-blooded brood mares.
Mr. Palm is one of the old landmarks of the country and is known from the Rockies to the Colorado river. He handled the ribbons on the Concord coach that carried the mail between Tucson and Fort Bowie (old Apache pass), during the Indian troubles, and afterwards was in the employ of Alexander Levin in Tucson."
-Graham Guardian, Feb. 14, 1896
Barnabe also served as Justice of the Peace
"Death of Barney Palm:
Another of the old timers has gone to the great beyond, the mysteries of which we must all some day face.
On Friday last, Barnabee B. Palm, at the age of 53, died very suddenly at his home in Safford. For about eight years he has been afflicted with heart trouble and for the past six months has been under the doctor's care almost constantly. For some time past he has been convinced that he could not live much longer. On Friday last he was sitting in his home talking with John Keasley and smoking his pipe, when suddenly he braced himself, and fell forward and was caught by Mr. Keasley and was dead in two or three minutes.
The funeral was held on Sunday in the M.E. church and was conducted by Rev. Downs. The remains were interred in the Union cemetery.
Barney Palm was one of the characters of Arizona. He came here while a young man and is one of the sturdy pioneers who made it a possible dwelling place for the civilization that we are now blessed with. Before there were any settlements in this valley and when it was almost as much as much as a person's life was worth to venture outside a fort, Barney was one among the venturesome and daring men who made the government survey of the valley which enabled those now enjoying beautiful farms here to homestead land.
For several years before the advent of the railroad, Barney was one of the stage drivers out of Tucson during which time he had many thrilling experiences. Later he located in the Gila valley and conducted a saloon at what is known as the brewery, three miles below Solomonville and later to Safford, where he has lived for the last eight or nine years.
Barney has been a saloon man during a large portion of his life, but he never was a drunkard and many a poor unfortunate can testify to his kind heart and generosity. No one who ever needed assistance ever appealed to him in vain."
-Graham Guardian, July 5, 1901
Barnabe was survived by his second wife, several step-children and a daughter, Mrs. Louisa Spring, of Tucson (born 1873).
A son, Thomas, died in 1877 at age 2 years, 2 months and 9 days.
"Barney Palm, proprietor of the "Pioneer", can justly lay claim to the title of pioneer, as 27 years in the territory and 16 in the county is longer residence than most men boast of. In 1874-5 Mr. Palm assisted in surveying the valley and making a plat of the country from the narrows to Geronimo. He has gone through the vicissitudes of a western frontier life and has been engaged in various kind of business during the three decades he had been in the land of sunshine and silver.
In 1880 he erected a brewery. Since that time he has been in the saloon and stock business, he having at present some very fine-blooded brood mares.
Mr. Palm is one of the old landmarks of the country and is known from the Rockies to the Colorado river. He handled the ribbons on the Concord coach that carried the mail between Tucson and Fort Bowie (old Apache pass), during the Indian troubles, and afterwards was in the employ of Alexander Levin in Tucson."
-Graham Guardian, Feb. 14, 1896
Barnabe also served as Justice of the Peace
"Death of Barney Palm:
Another of the old timers has gone to the great beyond, the mysteries of which we must all some day face.
On Friday last, Barnabee B. Palm, at the age of 53, died very suddenly at his home in Safford. For about eight years he has been afflicted with heart trouble and for the past six months has been under the doctor's care almost constantly. For some time past he has been convinced that he could not live much longer. On Friday last he was sitting in his home talking with John Keasley and smoking his pipe, when suddenly he braced himself, and fell forward and was caught by Mr. Keasley and was dead in two or three minutes.
The funeral was held on Sunday in the M.E. church and was conducted by Rev. Downs. The remains were interred in the Union cemetery.
Barney Palm was one of the characters of Arizona. He came here while a young man and is one of the sturdy pioneers who made it a possible dwelling place for the civilization that we are now blessed with. Before there were any settlements in this valley and when it was almost as much as much as a person's life was worth to venture outside a fort, Barney was one among the venturesome and daring men who made the government survey of the valley which enabled those now enjoying beautiful farms here to homestead land.
For several years before the advent of the railroad, Barney was one of the stage drivers out of Tucson during which time he had many thrilling experiences. Later he located in the Gila valley and conducted a saloon at what is known as the brewery, three miles below Solomonville and later to Safford, where he has lived for the last eight or nine years.
Barney has been a saloon man during a large portion of his life, but he never was a drunkard and many a poor unfortunate can testify to his kind heart and generosity. No one who ever needed assistance ever appealed to him in vain."
-Graham Guardian, July 5, 1901
Barnabe was survived by his second wife, several step-children and a daughter, Mrs. Louisa Spring, of Tucson (born 1873).
A son, Thomas, died in 1877 at age 2 years, 2 months and 9 days.
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