175: Arizona's Deadly Power Cabin Shootout w/ Heidi Osselaer - A True Crime History Podcast

Most Notorious! A True Crime History Podcast

Erik Rivenes

True Crime, History, Education

4.7 • 2.8K Ratings

🗓️ 3 November 2020

⏱️ 75 minutes

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Summary

On February 10, 1918, the Power family, holed up in their cabin in Arizona's isolated Galiuro Mountains, suddenly found themselves surrounded by a small posse. Lawmen were there to arrest two of the Power sons for draft evasion. After a few minutes of confusion, a shootout ensued, tragically ending with four casualties. Adding to the drama, the only daughter of the family had died under mysterious circumstances two months earlier.

My guest is Heidi Osselaer, retired professor and author. Her book is called "Arizona's Deadliest Gunfight: Draft Resistance & Tragedy at the Power Cabin, 1918". She was also a consultant on the award-winning documentary, Powers War.

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0:31.5	On this episode of Most Notorious, Arizona's deadliest gunfight, the 1918 power cabin shoot-out.
0:40.6	Everyone said, you know, has an explanation. Why did King Wu and shoot Jeff Bower down
0:46.5	right there? Boom. And most people who know about these situations will tell you, it was
0:53.1	cold, it was dark, and he was scared. You know, you come from front face to face with
0:59.3	the man in the dark with the gun, and you shoot first and ask questions later.
1:04.0	Because otherwise you're the one that might be killed.
1:23.1	Welcome everyone to another episode of the Most Notorious Podcast, I'm Eric Rivenes.
1:36.8	It is with great pleasure that I introduce my guest today, Heidi Ossalear. She is a retired
1:44.0	professor of history at Arizona State University, and also an award-winning author, and she
1:51.0	is here to talk about her book entitled, Arizona's Deadliest Gunfight, Draft Resistance
1:57.9	and Tragedy at the Power Cabin 1918. Well, appreciate you coming on the podcast. Can't
2:04.7	wait to talk to you about this. Thank you, Eric. It's exciting to be here.
2:10.5	Well, I will admit, before picking up this book, I had never heard this story before, but
2:15.7	it is a captivating one. How did you first hear about the Power Family and this tragedy
2:23.1	that they were all involved in? Well, I knew nothing about them either, and I received
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