Arizona Ghost Towns/Sites: Then and Now 15% off
Description: Highlights: Content: The overlay, which is used over the four sections of the 1881 map of Arizona, has been reproduced from a modern road map. The purpose is to show the changes in the state over a period of approximately 100 years. Place names may appear on the historical maps but may be absent on the current map. The reader should note that some of the early locations were moved from time to time while others changed their names or simply failed. Accompanying text with anecdotal stories from the history of each of the four sections of the state appears on the reverse sides of maps #3-6. For example, as shown on the 1881 Arizona map, NE section, Horsehead Crossing was established in 1870 as a trading post for the Indians and early settlers. The crossing was used by the southern traffic to St. Johns, Ft. Apache and Snowflake. Two Mormon bishops, William Flake and Erastas Snow, reportedly combined their names to coin the name of Snowflake. This establishment reported