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Pinal, Arizona
Ghost town
View of the mill and town of Pinal, circa 1880.
View of the mill and town of Pinal, circa 1880.
CountryUnited States
StateArizona
CountyPinal
Founded1878
Abandoned1891
Elevation
[1]
2,526 ft (770 m)
Population
 (2009)
 • Total
0
Time zoneUTC-7 (MST (no DST))
Post Office openedApril 10, 1878
Post Office closedNovember 28, 1891

Pinal City is a ghost town in Pinal County in the U.S. state of Arizona. The town was populated from the 1870s into the 1890s, in what was then the Arizona Territory.

History

After an abortive settlement by troops under General George Stoneman from November 1870 to August 1871 the area was developed by prospectors and ranchers. Silver was discovered resulting in a boom town of about two thousand residents at the foot of Picket Post Mountain by 1878. The post office was established on April 10, 1878 as Picket Post, and the name was formally changed to Pinal on June 27, 1879.[2]

Pinal City's biggest claim to fame is as the death place of Celia Ann "Mattie" Blaylock, Wyatt Earp's common law wife on 4 July 1888, from an alcohol and laudanum overdose.

When the Silver King mine played out, Pinal City went into steep decline. The post office closed on November 28, 1891, and the town was deserted shortly thereafter.[2]

The nearby Silver Queen mine continued and gradually became a better producer of copper, forming the basis of the town site of Superior by 1900.

The Boyce Thompson Arboretum State Park now sits on the site of Pinal City.[3]

References

  1. ^ U.S. Geological Survey Geographic Names Information System: Old Pinal Townsite
  2. ^ a b Sherman, James E. (1969). "Pinal". Ghost Towns of Arizona (First ed.). University of Oklahoma Press. p. 118. ISBN 0806108436. {{cite book}}: |access-date= requires |url= (help); Unknown parameter |coauthors= ignored (|author= suggested) (help)
  3. ^ History of the Superior Region
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