Apache ~ Yuma Counties Arizona Newspapers, 1894

Population 59,620. Arizona has an area of 113,920 square miles, and is situated in the valley of the Colorado. The soil, even on the alkaline plains, is very fertile when irrigated. The mountainous land is quite well adapted to wool-growing and stock-raising. The principal crops are corn, wheat and barley. There are large deposits of minerals in the Territory. Gold, silver, copper, lead, iron, salt, borax, etc., are abundant, and the mining and the working of gold, silver, copper and lead ores is at present the leading industry. Immense quarries of building stone have recently been opened near Flagstaff, and large quantities shipped to Los Angeles, and used in the construction of many of the substantial buildings that are going up there. All kinds of fruit known to tropical climates reach perfection in the southeast section of the Territory. The city of Phoenix has become quite celebrated as a health resort. The estimated value of all taxable property, taken from the Territorial Board of Equalization, is about $30,000,000.

Apache County

Population 4,281. Devoted to agriculture

Keam's Canon, Population 125

St. Johns, Population 482

Winslow, Population 980

Cochise County

Population 6,938. Mountain ranges and broad valleys; fertile mere irrigated. Gold, silver, copper, lead, etc. Timber on the higher altitudes. Fine fruit region. Milling and smelting of ores.

Tombstone,, Population 1,875

Wilcox, Population 500

Coconino County

New county. No statistics.

Flagstaff, Population 1,200

Gila County

Population 2,021. Mountainous, with rolling uplands covered with a fine growth of grass. Essentially a mining and grazing country, but embracing thousands of acres of farming lands.

Globe City, Population 803

Graham County

Population 5,670. Mountainous; with mesas and valleys; soil fertile in valleys. Gold, silver, copper and coal. Products: corn, barley, hay, vegetables and fruits; stock-raising; mining.

Solomonville, Population 287

Maricopa County

Population 10,986. Partly mountainous; soil fertile in places. Fruit-raising and agriculture. Phoenix is the county seat, and also the Territorial Capital.

Gila Bend, Population 300

Mesa City, Population 1,500

Phoenix, Population 3,152

Tempe, Population 500

Mohave County

Population 1,444. Mountainous; much of the soil is well adapted for stock ranges. Gold, silver, lead, and copper ores abound. Mining and stock-raising the only interests.

Kingman, Population 322

Pima County

Population 12,673. Diversified by mountain ridges and tablelands; gold, silver, copper; barley, wheat, corn, hay, livestock.

Nogales,, Population 1,194

Tucson, Population 5,150

Pinal County

Population 4,251. Broad plains, broken by irregular mountain chains; extensive mining carried on; soil fertile, when irrigated.

Arizola, Population 300

Florence, Population 1,486

Yavapai County

Population 8,685. Partly mountainous; large forests; fertile soil, when irrigated; gold, silver, lead, coal and copper is found.

Prescott, Population 1,759

Yuma County

Population 2,671. Mostly mountain or high table-land. Gila and Colorado valleys are very fertile, when irrigated.

Yuma, Population 1,773

Index

Source: Pacific States Newspaper Directory, Sixth Edition, Palmer & Rey Type Foundry, San Francisco, 1894

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