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Signal is a ghost town located on the banks of the Big Sandy River in southern Mohave County, Arizona, United States. The town was a mining center from the 1870s to 1930s. The peak population was around 800. Remnants of the town can still be seen today along with nearby Virginia City. [1] [2]
Town was sometimes called Bundyville, after the family that settled the area. As of 2006 one member of the Bundy family still lived alone on a 320-acre ranch near the abandoned town site. [28] Nothing: Mohave: 1977: 2005: Abandoned site: An attempted revival occurred sometime after August 2008, but by April 2011, Nothing was marked as abandoned ...
In 1935, the Clark family sold United Verde to Phelps Dodge, [18] and in 1938 UVX went out of business. [19] As the ore deposits ran out, the mines closed. Phelps Dodge wanted to raze the town. [20] Dozens of buildings, including the post office and jail, were lost as the earth beneath them sank away in the 1930s. Such was the case of the ...
Schoose incorporated the town as the "GOLDFIELD, GHOST TOWN AND MINE TOURS, INC." He serves as president, his wife as Secretary/Treasurer, and Jay Zingler as vice-president. [9] The town and its historic buildings were revived as a tourist attraction. The town has the only 3 ft (914 mm) narrow gauge railroad in operation in Arizona. It also has ...
Gleeson is a ghost town situated in southeastern Cochise County, Arizona, United States. [3] It has an estimated elevation of 4,924 feet (1,501 m) above sea level. [1] The town was first settled as Turquoise [4] in the 1870s in what was then the Arizona Territory, then later re-established as Gleeson in 1900.
Canyon Diablo is a ghost town in Coconino County, Arizona, United States, on the edge of the arroyo Canyon Diablo. The community was settled in 1880 and died out in the early 20th century. The town, which is about 12 mi (19 km) northwest of Meteor Crater, was the
[8] [9] The Contention City Post Office was established on April 6, 1880, and at its peak in the mid-1880s, the town was home to John McDermott's saloon, the Western Hotel, a blacksmith, a butcher shop, several general stores, and a Chinese laundry, and was a stop on two stage lines connecting the town to Tombstone and Tucson.
Charleston is a ghost town in Cochise County in the southeastern part of the U.S. state of Arizona.It was occupied from the late-1870s through the late-1880s, and was located in what was then known as the Arizona Territory.