Deportation Notes

I missed the exact day.  That would have been Monday, the 12th. From there, it was 8 1/2 years ’til the actual anniversary of the Bisbee Deportation.

If you don’t know what the Deportation is, you’ll have to wait until I’ve completed a few more episodes of this blog to get the details. Or you can google it; there’s stuff already on the net.

It’s time to get serious about collecting and disseminating as much information as possible about the event, its origins and its aftermath. From the various points of view.

There’s no doubt it’s controversial, perhaps as much today as it was 91 1/2 years ago. And I know there’s no way my blog, my site will please everyone. Then go start your own.

But I’ve been studying the Deportation long enough to know that there are not just two sides, but many, that need to be considered, explored, presented. And I know that it needs to be studied in the tenor of its own time. Only the aftermath can fairly be approached by today’s standards of action.

There’s a lot of background, numerous personalities and innumerable stories that make up the Bisbee Deporation. We’ll try to explore as much of that as possible over the months, the years to come. This blog is only a part of the effort. A companion website, bisbeedeportation.com, also will be going up.  Maybe a video as well.

But here’s the start, the first step on that thousand-mile trip. Drink it in, comment on it, use it as the basis of your own research, ignore it, whatever. It will be here waiting for you when you come back.