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Railroads of Arizona Volume 2 Phoenix and the central roads by David Myrick
Railroads of Arizona Volume 2 Phoenix and the central roads by David Myrick
Hard cover with dust jacket
Copyright 1980 FIRST edition
976 pages
Indexed
Table Of Contents
Acknowledgments Vii
Introduction 479
Eight Railroads To Phoenix 481
The Maricopa And Phoenix Railroad Company 495
The Phoenix, Tempe And Mesa Railway Company 513
Maricopa And Phoenix And Salt River Valley
Railroad Company 523
Arizona Eastern Railroad Company (1904) 539
Phoenix & Eastern Railroad Company 545
Arizona Eastern Rr - Winkelman And Christmas 583
The Gila River Canyon Controversy - Part I 595
The Gila River Canyon Controversy - Part Ii 609
Arizona And Colorado Railroad Company 615
Ray And Gila Valley Railroad Company 635
Magma Arizona Railroad Company 681
San Manuel Arizona Railroad Company - Mammoth 721
Copper Creek Railroad 737
Phoenix And Buckeye Railway Company 747
Arizona Eastern Railroad Company (1910) 757
Phoenix Union Station 781
Southern Pacific Lines:
Phoenix Main Line - Construction 785
Tucson, Phoenix & Tidewater Railroad Company 825
Gila Valley, Globe And Northern Railway Company 829
Early Days Along The Gvg&N 859
Arizona Eastern Railroad - Globe Division 887
Old Dominion Copper Mining And Smelting Company 913
Arizona Commercial Copper Company 927
Inspiration Consolidated Copper Company/
Arizona Eastern Railroad - Live Oak Branch937
Appendix 957
Index 959
Railroading and the growth of Central Arizona, an evocative history with 452 illustrations and maps
This impressive volume continues David F. Myrick's comprehensive history of the railroads of Arizona by focusing on the lines built to serve the Salt River Valley and the towns and mines along the Gila River. It records the fascinating story of ninety years that witnessed failures and frustrations as well as final fulfillment. It animates the many colorful railroading pioneers who helped transform a thinly settled frontier into a region containing one of the largest cities in the Southwest-Phoenix.
A century ago, when thousands of miles of railroads were being built each year, Phoenix was still a village served only by stagecoaches and teamsters. Eight attempts were made over a ten-year period to build one 35-mile rail line into the Salt River Valley. Obstacles of all sorts had to be overcome: topographical barriers, lack of financing, unwillingness of residents to bear heavy tax burdens to pay for railroad construction, the need for action by the territorial legislature and Congress, the inaction of insincere speculators, and the ineptitude of inexperienced builders.
Yet all obstacles were finally surmounted and one railroad after another pushed into Phoenix and the surrounding area. This delightfully detailed book describes all the people and events contributing to the development of the Central Arizona railroad corridor.
Myrick explores the role of the great transcontinental lines - the Southern Pacific and Santa Fe. But he also gives ample coverage to short lines and even independent mining railroads like the Magma Arizona. His vivid narrative permits readers to accompany sas they plan how to span rivers and gorges, and construction gangs as they toil laying tracks to burgeoning cities like Phoenix and Tempe, or to tiny towns like Christmas, Ray, and Winkelman.
Railroads of Arizona: Phoenix and the Central Roads is an accurate and exciting account of the impact of railroading on an important section of America. Its lively prose and hundreds of arresting illustrations capture both faded railroad dreams and fully realized ambitions. It is an invaluable reference for anyone who is captivated by the lore of trains, and by the ways in which history has been shaped by railroading.
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