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The Caboose Park and Superior History Trail is located at 834 W. Highway 60. The Superior Ore Cart was installed just in time for the ribbon cutting and dedication ceremony of the park and trail on April 25, 2015. Three of the main trails are the U.S. 60 History Trail, the Mining History Trail and the Copper Corridor Ore Cart Trail.
The Superior townsite was laid out in 1902, and named after the Lake Superior and Arizona Copper Company (LS&A). The Superior post office opened on December 29, 1902. [10] By 1950, before the United States Supreme Court's Brown v. Board of Education decision, schools in Superior segregated Anglo and Mexican students. [11]
The Arizona Historical Society currently houses a large collection of published and unpublished historical documents in its library and archives division. The collections are divided among 4 locations in Arizona, with each location specializing in certain aspects of history. The society lists its collection specialties as follows:
This trail in Queen Creek Canyon reveals mining and ranching history, plus an old tunnel blasted from solid rock. The geology is impressive, too. Hike into Superior history on an old stretch of U ...
The following are approximate tallies of current listings in Arizona on the National Register of Historic Places. These counts are based on entries in the National Register Information Database as of April 24, 2008 [2] and new weekly listings posted since then on the National Register of Historic Places web site. [3]
He purchased four lots in Block 12 in 1912, and began to build the Magma Hotel, using reinforced concrete, one of its earliest uses for a commercial building in Arizona. McPherson got the idea to use concrete from its use to rebuild the town of Ray, Arizona after a devastating fire. At the time, the vast majority of structures in Superior were ...
Location of Phoenix in Arizona. This is a list of the National Register of Historic Places listings in Phoenix, Arizona. This is intended to be a complete list of the properties and districts on the National Register of Historic Places in Phoenix, the largest city in Maricopa County, Arizona, United States. The locations of National Register ...
Magma Engine No. 5 switching in Superior, 1967. The Magma Arizona Railroad (reporting mark MAA) was built by the Magma Copper Company and operated from 1915 to 1997.. The railroad was originally built as a 3 ft (914 mm) narrow gauge line, but was converted to 4 ft 8 + 1 ⁄ 2 in (1,435 mm) standard gauge in 1923.