In 1870, he came to the [[United States]] and changed his name to Thomas David Casanega. As a 21-year-old adventurer, he first travelled to [[San Francisco]] to visit relatives, and in 1874, he went to [[Los Angeles]], where he became a [[naturalized U.S. citizen]]. In 1875, he arrived in the [[Territory of Arizona]]. There, he joined a group of prospectors for gold and silver, but nothing came of it. Later, he owned a saloon and became a lawman. He served as a deputy sheriff in the 1880s and befriended other lawmen [[Robert H. Paul]], [[Johnny Behan]], [[John Horton Slaughter]], [[Wyatt Earp]], and [[Andrew J. Doran]]. He married the niece of [[Pete Kitchen Ranch|Peter Kitchen]], arguably the oldest pioneer in the Territory of Arizona.
In 1870, he came to the [[United States]] and changed his name to Thomas David Casanega. As a 21-year-old adventurer, he first travelled to [[San Francisco]] to visit relatives, and in 1874, he went to [[Los Angeles]], where he became a [[naturalized U.S. citizen]]. In 1875, he arrived in the [[Territory of Arizona]]. There, he joined a group of prospectors for gold and silver, but nothing came of it. Later, he owned a saloon and became a lawman. He served as a deputy sheriff in the 1880s and befriended other lawmen [[Robert H. Paul]], [[Johnny Behan]], [[John Horton Slaughter]], [[Wyatt Earp]], and [[Andrew J. Doran]]. He married the niece of [[Pete Kitchen Ranch|Peter Kitchen]], arguably the oldest pioneer in the Territory of Arizona.
Later, Casanega went on to be a [[Tubac]] pioneer. In 1883, he was elected deputy sheriff. He became well known for restoring peace and order in [[Nogales]] and four settlements in [[Quijotoa, Arizona]].
Later, Casanega went on to be a [[Tubac]] pioneer. In 1883, he was elected deputy sheriff. He became well known for restoring peace and order in [[Nogales]] and four settlements in [[Quijotoa, Arizona]].
Casanega developed a large and prosperous ranch, sold cattle and hogs to the [[Michael Cudahy (industrialist)|Michael Cudahy]], the proprietor of Cudahy Meat Packers of [[Phoenix, Arizona| Phoenix]], and milk products to the Escalade Brothers of [[Nogales]]. “Editor Bird (of the ”Nogales International” newspaper) stopped by the ranch of Tom Casanega: One of the best farms in the valley, on which the owner had fed 135 head of cattle [[alfalfa]] to carry them through the dry spell. Casanega, wrote Bird, would like to increase his alfalfa area….”
Casanega developed a large and prosperous ranch, sold cattle and hogs to the [[Michael Cudahy (industrialist)|Michael Cudahy]], the proprietor of Cudahy Meat Packers of [[Phoenix, Arizona| Phoenix]], and milk products to the Escalade Brothers of [[Nogales]]. “Editor Bird (of the ”Nogales International” newspaper) stopped by the ranch of Tom Casanega: One of the best farms in the valley, on which the owner had fed 135 head of cattle [[alfalfa]] to carry them through the dry spell. Casanega, wrote Bird, would like to increase his alfalfa area….”
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Thomas David Casanega also known as Tom Casanega (Serbian: Tomo Vido Kažanegra[1]; Kotor, Austrian Empire, now Montenegro, 10 October 1849 – Tucson, Pima County, Arizona, United States, 6 October 1934) was a Serbian-American pioneer, miner, lawman, and cattle rancher during the Apache wars in the Territory of Arizona. He was Peter Kitchen‘s son-in-law. Tom also served as stagecoach shotgun messenger for Wells Fargo and as deputy sheriff (1882-1884) when Robert H. Paul headed the sheriff’s department in Santa Cruz Valley now Pima County.[2][3]
Early life and education
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In 1849, Thomas Casanega was born as Tomo Vido Kažanegra, the son of Vido, born in 1815, and grandson of Ilija, born in 1770, an old and respected merchant family, who even today live in the village of Duljevo and towns on a narrow strip of land in Montenegro called Paštrovići. Kažanegra is one of the distinctive family names of the long-established Dubković clan of the Paštrovići in the area south of the Bay of Kotor between the mountains overlooking the Adriatic, from where its men sailed the wider world to engage in trade. When Tomo Kažanegra was preparing to emigrate, the region was called Kingdom of Dalmatia and was under the rule of the Austrian Empire. After World War I, it united with free Montenegro as the Kingdom of Yugoslavia. Tomo received his elementary and secondary education in Kotor. Because all of the families of the Paštrovići had ties to the sea trade, it was normal for young men to leave home and seek their fortune abroad. His decision to come to America was not unusual. Many young Paštrovići were already in New Orleans or San Francisco before and during the California Gold Rush. Tomo by then was a polyglot and well prepared; he spoke Russian, German, Italian, some French and Spanish, and his native Serbian.
To travel, Kažanegra had to apply for an Austrian passport and received a misspelled “Kcasanegra” surname; undaunted by the error, he took it as it was.
In 1870, he came to the United States and changed his name to Thomas David Casanega. As a 21-year-old adventurer, he first travelled to San Francisco to visit relatives, and in 1874, he went to Los Angeles, where he became a naturalized U.S. citizen. In 1875, he arrived in the Territory of Arizona. There, he joined a group of prospectors for gold and silver, but nothing came of it. Later, he owned a saloon and became a lawman. He served as a deputy sheriff in the 1880s and befriended other lawmen Robert H. Paul, Johnny Behan, John Horton Slaughter, Wyatt Earp, and Andrew J. Doran. He married the niece of Peter Kitchen, arguably the oldest pioneer in the Territory of Arizona.
Later, Casanega went on to be a Tubac pioneer and cattle rancher. In 1883, he was elected deputy sheriff. He became well known for restoring peace and order in Nogales and four settlements in Quijotoa, Arizona.
In Tumacacori, Casanega developed a large and prosperous ranch, sold cattle and hogs to the Michael Cudahy, the proprietor of Cudahy Meat Packers of Phoenix, and milk products to the Escalade Brothers of Nogales. “Editor Bird (of the Nogales International newspaper) stopped by the ranch of Tom Casanega: One of the best farms in the valley, on which the owner had fed 135 head of cattle alfalfa to carry them through the dry spell. Casanega, wrote Bird, would like to increase his alfalfa area….”
