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Biographical NoteHarry Miller, also known as “Indian” or “Two Guns” is most famously remembered for being the name sake of the ghost town Two Guns located on Interstate 40 east of Flagstaff. Miller ran a trading store and zoo at this location during the period around 1925. Around 1940 Miller left Arizona for Lupton, New Mexico where he became an amateur archaeologist. Miller believed that he had discovered the “real” route of Coronado and the Seven Cities of Cibola in the Lupton area. He was also an editor and author, having edited The Mocassin magazine in the 1920s, written Philosophy of Universality in 1929, and self-published a series of poetry books, Songs of the Navajo Sea, between 1946 and 1951. He died in 1952. Scope and ContentCollection consists of Miller’s excavation bulletins and notes on his work in the Lupton area, news paper clippings, correspondence between Miller, Dr. Harold Colton, the Department of the Interior, and other archaeologists. Also included are various biographical notes and photographs. There are also various published materials written by Miller, including a complete 35-volume set of Songs of the Navajo Sea. RestrictionsConditions Governing Use
Unpublished and published manuscripts are protected by copyright. Permission to publish, quote, or reproduce must be secured from the repository and the copyright holder. Controlled Access TermsPersonal Name(s) Coronado, Francisco Vásquez de, 1510-1554 Miller, Harry E. (Harry Edgar), 1879-1952 Geographic Name(s) Lupton (Ariz.) Two Guns (Ariz.) Subject(s) Cibola, Seven Cities of Trading posts – Arizona Administrative InformationPreferred Citation
Harry E. (Two Guns) Miller collection, MS-049 [Box Number]. Museum of Northern Arizona. Flagstaff, Arizona. Acquisition Information
The collection was donated by Dr. Harold S. Colton in 1964 and Jeanne duBuy Miller Spaziani, the grand niece of Harry E. Miller in 1988 (Accession MS-49). Processing Information
Processed in September of 2009. Container List
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