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Bradshaw City, Arizona

Ghost town in Yavapai County, Arizona

Ghost town in Arizona, United States

34°11′48″N 112°21′21″W / 34.19667°N 112.35583°W / 34.19667; -112.35583CountryUnited StatesStateArizonaCountyYavapaiFounded:c. 1860Abandoned:c. 1880Named forWilliam D. Bradshaw^[1]Elevation

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6,358 ft (1,938 m)Time zoneUTC-7 (MST (no DST))Post Office Opened:July 1, 1874Post Office Closed:December 15, 1884

Bradshaw City is a ghost town in Yavapai County, Arizona, United States. It served as a mining camp from its founding in 1863 until the late 1880s. "Bradshaw City" is the namesake of its founder, William D. Bradshaw.^[1]

History

William D. Bradshaw founded Bradshaw City as a mining camp in 1863 after prospectors working on the northwest slope of Mount Wasson discovered gold. The camp began as a loose collection of tents which were soon replaced with hundreds of buildings including dance halls, restaurants, saloons, and hotels as the population inflated to around 5000 people. The town supported the Tiger Mine, situated a short distance from the "Central #26: Crown King Back-road" which serviced the area at the time.

By the end of 1871, miners and prospectors began to move away from Tiger Mine to find work elsewhere. By the 1880s the Tiger mine had played out and Bradshaw city faded. Today, a few foundations and a forest service sign mark the spot where Bradshaw City once stood.^[1] A portion of the city cemetery remains.^[3]

References

^ ^a ^b ^c Bradshaw City, Arizona from apcrp.org Arizona Pioneer & Cemetery Research Project, accessed March 1, 2017
^ U.S. Geological Survey Geographic Names Information System: Bradshaw City
^ Varney, Philip (1980). "One: Near Prescott • Ghosts of the Higher Ground". Arizona's Best Ghost Towns. Flagstaff: Northland Press. p. 19. ISBN 0873582179. LCCN 79-91724.