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510: 62: 92: 314:, Peck noticed a peculiar rock partly underground. After examination, the rock proved to be pure silver and the first of Alexandra was founded. The town is located in Peck Canyon and was named Alexandra after Mrs. T.M. Alexander, a founder and the first lady to be at the town. A long mountain road separated the town from Mayer. The silver ore produced from the mine was taken via pack train through Bradshaws to Aztlan Mill, thirty miles (48.3 km) away. 99: 69: 318:
Alexandra was lively, until litigation problems began and, by 1879, the town was mostly uninhabited and remained so for years. The post office closed in 1896, but in 1903, a new mine shaft was founded at Peck Mine. This did not save the town though, apparently Alexandra never thrived again and became a ghost.
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This became troublesome, so eventually, Peck built his own mill at Alexandra, in 1877. A year later a post office was established. The town boomed and grew to seventy-five to 100 buildings. General stores, saloons, boarding houses, livery stables, a blacksmith and a brewery all existed there.
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Alexandra was founded by E.G. Peck, the owner of the Peck Mine, a famous mining company at the time, T.M. Alexander, William Cole and a man named
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camp until abandoned in 1896. Alexandra is ten miles (16.1 km) east of
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U.S. Geological Survey Geographic Names Information System: Adamana
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University of Oklahoma Press. p. 8. 432: 418: 410: 98: 68: 23: 1052:1875 establishments in Arizona Territory 861:Yavapai-Apache Nation Indian Reservation 321:Alexandra's population was 190 in 1890. 330: 252: 235: 222: 188: 154: 119: 53: 41: 260: 227: 212: 204: 196: 176: 164: 16:Ghost town in Yavapai County, Arizona 7: 21:Ghost town in Arizona, United States 440:Municipalities and communities of 14: 97: 90: 67: 60: 43: 643:Village of Oak Creek (Big Park) 376:Cram, George Franklin (1890). 1: 1047:Mining communities in Arizona 111:Show map of the United States 851:Hualapai Indian Reservation 1068: 1002: 506: 454: 383:. G.F. 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Ghost town
Alexandra in the 1880s
Alexandra, Arizona is located in Arizona
Alexandra, Arizona is located in the United States
34°15′48″N 112°18′30″W / 34.26333°N 112.30833°W / 34.26333; -112.30833
Country
State
Arizona
County
Yavapai
Named for
Time zone
MST
DST
ghost town
Yavapai County
Arizona
frontier
mining
Mayer
Curtis Coe Bean
Bradshaw Mountains
U.S. Geological Survey Geographic Names Information System: Adamana
Ghost Towns of Arizona
ISBN
0-8061-0843-6
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Ghosttowns.com
Arizona Pioneer & Cemetery Research Project
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