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Slaughter Ranch Museum

Douglas, Arizona - An early telephone at Slaughter Ranch, in southeast Arizona on the Mexican border. Originally called the San Bernardino Ranch, the ranch was owned by rancher and frontier sheriff John Slaughter from 1884 until 1922. It is now a museum. Slaughter's telephone was the first one in this part of the country; it was connected to the sheriff's office in Tombstone, Arizona, 70 miles away.

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Image Description:	Douglas, Arizona - An early telephone at Slaughter Ranch, in southeast Arizona on the Mexican border. Originally called the San Bernardino Ranch, the ranch was owned by rancher and frontier sheriff John Slaughter from 1884 until 1922. It is now a museum. Slaughter's telephone was the first one in this part of the country; it was connected to the sheriff's office in Tombstone, Arizona, 70 miles away.
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