Pauline Weaver
History of Arizona,  Thomas Edwin Farish, Vol. 2 1915, pg. 184

Probably the first white settler, if indeed a trapper could 
be called a settler was Pauline Weaver, a native of White 
County Tennessee.  His name is inscribed upon the walls of 
the Casa Grande with the date 1833.  He is credited with 
having explored the Verde and also the Colorado River 
numerous times.  Differing entirely from the majority 
of the trappers of that day, he had no difficulties 
with the Indians, but was always free to enter their 
camps.  He had the confidence of the Pimas, the Maricopas, 
the Yumas, the Wallapais, the Mohaves and the different 
tribes along the Colorado, speaking their languages fluently.  
He was never known to engage in any hostile expedition against 
them but was frequently a peace messenger, arranging, as far 
as possible, any difficulties between the whites and the 
Indians, without resorting to arms.

He discovered the placers along the Gila and also the 
placers at Weaver Diggings near Antelope Creek in the 
southern part of Yavapai County.  Weaver located a ranch 
in Yavapai County where he lived for many years and died 
at Camp Verde in the late 1860's and is buried in the 
Government burial ground.

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