Arizona: A History of Snake Oil Salesmen, Scams and Hoaxes
Arizona Western College / Parker Learning Center 1109 Geronimo Avenue, ParkerSince the earliest days, Arizonans have been visited by entrepreneurs offering all kinds of get rich quick schemes. Benefitting from tales of abundant resources in the territory, limited law enforcement and communication, a scoundrel could create enticing promise of riches and success without much external oversight. Newspapers often fanned the hysteria only to later denounce […]