Sunday, August 16, 2026

Question: Which two families were involved in the Pleasant Valley War in Gila County?

Answer: The Tewksbury and Graham families. The Tewksbury-Graham feud, widely known as the Pleasant Valley War (and sometimes called the Tonto Basin Feud), was a notoriously bloody range war fought in Gila County, from 1882 to 1892. It pitted the cattle-ranching Graham family against the Tewksbury family, who branched out from cattle into sheep herding, resulting in dozens of deaths and delaying Arizona’s statehood.