In the Footsteps of Martha Summerhayes – Surprise
City of Surprise City Hall - City Council Chambers 16000 N Civic Center Plaza, Surprise, AZ, United StatesMartha Summerhayes was a refined New England woman who entered the Arizona Territory in 1874 as the young bride of an Army Lieutenant. Traveling in horrific conditions and dreadful heat, she soon despised the wild and untamed land. She gave birth to the first anglo child born at Fort Apache where the native women took […]