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Gila County is a county in the central part of the U.S. state of Arizona. As of the 2010 census its population was 53,597.〔(【引用サイトリンク】url=http://quickfacts.census.gov/qfd/states/04/04007.html )〕 The county seat is Globe.〔(【引用サイトリンク】accessdate=2011-06-07 )〕 Gila County comprises the Payson, AZ Micropolitan Statistical Area. Gila County contains parts of Fort Apache Indian Reservation and San Carlos Indian Reservation. ==History== The county was formed from parts of Maricopa County and Pinal County on February 8, 1881.〔http://cip.azlibrary.gov/Collection.aspx?CollID=1170〕 The boundary was then extended eastward to the San Carlos River by public petition in 1889. The original county seat was in the mining community of Globe City, now Globe, Arizona. Popular theory says that the word ''Gila'' was derived from a Spanish contraction of Hah-quah-sa-eel, a Yuma word meaning "running water which is salty". In the 1880s, a long range war broke out in Gila County that became the most costly feud in American history, resulting in an almost complete annihilation of the families involved. The ''Pleasant Valley War'' (also sometimes called the ''Tonto Basin Feud'' or ''Tonto Basin War'') matched the cattle-herding Grahams against the sheep-herding Tewksburys. Once partisan feelings became tense and hostilities began, Frederick Russell Burnham, who later became a celebrated scout and the inspiration for the boy scouts, was drawn into the conflict on the losing side. Burnham shot many men in the feud, and was himself nearly killed by a bounty hunter. Tom Horn, a famous assassin, was also known to have taken part as a killer for hire, but it is unknown as to which side employed him, and both sides suffered several murders to which no suspect was ever identified. In the 1960s, it was home of Gerald Gault, who was the subject of the 1967 U.S. Supreme Court ruling, ''in re Gault'', that stated juveniles have the same rights as adults when arrested to be notified of the charges against them, the rights to attorneys and to confront their accusers. 抄文引用元・出典: フリー百科事典『 ウィキペディア（Wikipedia）』 ■ウィキペディアで「Gila County, Arizona」の詳細全文を読む スポンサード リンク
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