Three Boy Scouts, Mike Early, David Greenberg, and Michael La Noue, died in the Santa Rita Mountains during a snowfall on November 15, 1958.
Six boys set out that day to hike Mt. Baldy, now known as Mt. Wrightson. Three of the boys turned back but the other 3 continued and were caught in a freak snowstorm.
The boys' bodies were not found until December 4, 1958. There is a memorial to these boys in the Santa Rita Mountains on the Josephine Saddle Trail.
Sources:
"Bodies of Lost Boys Found." Arizona Daily Star. December 5, 1958. Page 1.
Leavengood, Betty. Hikers Guide to the Santa Rita Mountains. Boulder, Colo.: Pruett Pub. Co. c1994. Page
"Snow Blankets City." Arizona Daily Star. November 17, 1958. Page.
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