What Feud?

Richard Oldham, the founding Mayor of Quartzsite, is a local businessman, who has spent some 65 of his 72 years in Quartzsite, Arizona.

His parents ran a small bee business and his father [Charles] was an outdoorsman -- as was his grandfather, a ranger. Oldham grew up in Quartzsite where his parents often left him to watch their property while they moved bees throughout the region between Quartzsite and Flagstaff.

The area became his life.

He was licensed to fly at the age of 19. Working in Prescott at an auto  dealership, he became the private pilot for his boss, the dealership owner there.

When he was 24, he purchased the Chevrolet dealership in Parker, just 35 miles north of Quartzsite. When the opportunity arose to move to California and Chevrolet offered him the opportunity to purchase a dealership there, he still continued keeping an active interest in the La Paz County area.

He was more than moderately successful.

As the 1980's began a boom time for Quartzsite, Oldham developed a piece of property he had assisted his mother in purchasing -- a property she sold when she and her husband, Harland Shepherd, needed money to invest in the Roadrunner Market, another Quartzsite business.

He purchased more property to go with the parcel already purchased [130 acres] adding another 65 acres. Oldham first built an RV park and then a mobile home park.

He went on to develop a mobile home sales lot and still runs that, along with being a purveyor of classic cars and other popular autos.

Oldham was always a progressive minded, charismatic individual who found ready acceptance in the field of politics in the area.

Deciding that the water and sewer issues facing the town were so onerous that they would prevent municipal growth, Oldham flew his private plane around the area and drew up the boundaries to establish the perimeters of what would be the Quartzsite township.

Under his direction, the Quartzsite Chamber of Commerce board eventually set about the business of becoming the first councilmen.

Oldham was unanimously appointed to be the town's first Mayor, a position he would later win twice more.

The town was underway and these were good times for everyone.

In 1987, Oldham's wife, Timmie, who became the model for first his dealership ads and later a company spokesman for other of Oldham's endeavors, was diagnosed with early onset Alzheimer's Disease.

As Oldham slowed his political activities to assist his wife, a new player announced his intentions to join in on Quartzsite's political scene.

Rex Byrd, proud of his history as a Teamster, ran for and won a position on the council. The two had been friends, Oldham providing him access to various pieces of his own earth moving equipment -- and supporting Byrd in his interest in the council.

But the friendship quickly faded when Byrd drilled two wells for Oldham that were not functional. When Oldham complained about the non standard wells, Byrd attempted to sue Oldham in court. The case crumbled as the judge reviewed the facts surrounding the disagreement between the two men and he fined Byrd and demanded the wells be completed in working order.

In lieu of damages, he also demanded that Byrd pay Oldham's court and defense costs.

Byrd reportedly indicated that this finding cost him $72,000.00.

He soon announced his intention to become the fourth Mayor of Quartzsite.

Hosting BBQs and criticizing Oldham using printed materials and a word of mouth campaign, Byrd ran for and won the Mayoral position.

Following Byrd's election, Oldham continued to follow the town's progress and complained that the town's resources were being squandered. Byrd was again vocal in his criticism of Oldham and openly aired his frustration as the situation escalated.

Byrd was ultimately named by the Department of Public Safety in a plot to murder Oldham.

Acting in an undercover capacity, an agent stationed in Quartzsite to investigate illegal gun sales, the agent indicated he had been solicited to carry out a contract 'hit' on Oldham.

Interested in making certain that officials would be able to gather indictments against all of the participants in what they described as a conspiracy, the Department of Public Safety orchestrated the staging of a scene intended to convince Oldham's enemies that he had, indeed, been murdered.

Undercover agents took Oldham out into the desert and staged a scene that included placing his 'corpse' under an ironwood tree, hat askew, body posed to appear as though he had, indeed, been murdered. The various agents took an abundance of photographs to ensure the perpetrators would be convinced of his demise.

Oldham, meanwhile, was directed to leave the area and go to California until the 'sting operation' against 'the conspirators' had been carried out.

The coming months were filled with details of the trial that concluded in the conviction of Rex Byrd. The individual that actually paid the money and participated in other elements of the incident pleaded guilty.

After less than a year in prison, this second individual was utilized to bring questions concerning Byrd and Byrd was released. He resumed his position as Mayor of Quartzsite and lost to Patty Bergen in the following election.

Byrd died in December of 2001.

To think that there is 'a feud' that has extended ten years beyond the death of one of these men is unrealistic to even the most naive.

The Records

Since the video that went viral, and the allegations of the Quartzsite 10 there is other information trickling from the Mineshaft that will clarify these issues further.

Walk with me and see if you can figure out where the bones are buried.

After the Video

• Stewart Rhodes is a Yale educated, award winning attorney. It was Stewart Rhodes that stepped up to become the attorney for myself and Jennifer Jones.
  
  
  
• It's imperative that videos such as this find their way into the public forum  to show what is happening in places such as this. There is a lot of propaganda being circulated which, of course, is to be expected. It is up to each of us to dig for the truth.
  
  
• You will notice that this site is dedicated to giving you unvarnished information, with the documents available to back it up.

THE TIMELINE

Quartzsite has a lengthy history of corruption.

Is there a feud? No.

There was a disagreement between the founding Mayor and a man, Rex Byrd, who was convicted of attempting to hire a killer to take Oldham out of the picture.

He was later released from prison and has since died. [December 2001.] This widely publicized story has been used by the council and several other officials in Quartzsite to convince people that there's no lawlessness happening today -- but just echoes of a long ago feud that keep reappearing on the scene.

The truth is that this 'story' is simply the 'approved method' of muddying the water in the hope that you won't dig any deeper.

Don't fall for it. Instead, FOLLOW THE MONEY.