Cubfan64,
This might belong in another thread but I am trying to find any link between DLM & the stone charts... so, I read somewhere that the date was Feb 22, but I have misplaced the link. Anyway, if Waltz died of "some" condition aggravated by his being caught in a 1891 flood.. the facts don't seem to add up. In 90 & 91 there were floods but they both occurred in Feb. Since Waltz was being cared for as a result of the flood, that rules out Feb 22 1890, but Feb 22 1891... was right smack in the middle of the event. I found no recorded flood for Sep/Oct 1891, however I have just started looking.
"1891 Feb. 18-26: The maximum flood of record for Maricopa County occurs on the Verde, Salt and Gila rivers. The Salt River has an estimated 300,000 cubic feet per second water flow, expanding to nearly three miles wide in the Phoenix area and rising to 18 feet above the wooden Arizona Diversion Dam at the confluence with the Verde River. Adobe homes along the Salt River are demolished and the railroad bridge between Tempe and Phoenix is destroyed, leaving Phoenix without a rail connection for three months. Remarkably, no fatalities are recorded."
"1890 Feb. 22: At Phoenix, the Salt River rises 17 feet in 15 hours. Heavy rains and melting snow cause the failure of Walnut Grove Dam on the Hassaympa River 30 miles north of Wickenburg, drowning 128 people and causing considerable property damage."
February is also a much more logical time as Waltz suffered from exposure. October seems unlikely. Has anyone else read about the Feb 22 date? If so please post the link! Thank you!
AZ February
Rainfall:
Average: 0.7 inches
Record: 4.7 inches(1905)
Temperature (degrees F):
Average High: 70.7 degrees
Lowest High: 46 degrees (1899, 1903)
Record High: 92 degrees (1921, 1986)
Average Low: 44.7 degrees
Highest Low: 65 degrees (1996)
Record Low: 24 degrees (1899, 1993)
AZ October
Rainfall:
Average: 0.7 inches
Record: 4.4 inches (1972)
Temperature (degrees F):
Average High: 88.1 degrees
Lowest High: 56 degrees (1959)
Record High: 107 degrees (1980)
Average Low: 60.8 degrees
Highest Low: 82 degrees (1987)
Record Low: 34 degrees (1900,1911)
Also, another date October 13, 1891 found here:
http://www.findagrave.com/cgi-bin/fg.cgi?page=gr&GRid=6172003
Nine months after the flood Waltz dies of pneumonia? That just seems unlikely. What am I missing?