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Dome, Arizona

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Arizona Pioneer & Cemetery Research Project, Internet Presentation, Version 050710, Dome Cemetery and Gila City – Dome, Yuma County, Arizona, By Kathy and Ed Block, APCRP Historians
318:, the nearby boomtown one and a half miles (2.4 km) west of Swiveler's, but the post office closed July 14, 1863, after most of the town was swept away in the 1123: 519: 1103: 382:
168, State of Arizona, Bureau of Geology and Mineral Technology, Geological Survey Branch, A Division of the University of Arizona, Reprinted 1981, p.18"
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in 1892 but soon closed when the attempt failed. Subsequently it opened and closed several times before finally closing in 1940.
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and a road that follows the old Overland stage route, south of the Wellton-Mohawk canal and
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route, a post office was established here in 1858. It was first under the name of
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U.S. Geological Survey Geographic Names Information System: Dome
911: 501: 298:, United States. It is located in the Dome Valley south of the 589: 378:"Eldred D. Wilson, "Gold Placers and Placering in Arizona", 322:, and then abandoned for the La Paz gold rush along the 463: 873: 800: 776: 716: 618: 600: 561: 263: 255: 234: 226: 221: 213: 205: 197: 185: 173: 163: 37: 1114:Butterfield Overland Mail in New Mexico Territory 1119:Former populated places in Yuma County, Arizona 923: 513: 460:– Ghost Town of the Month at azghosttowns.com 8: 330:began, a new post office was established as 930: 916: 908: 520: 506: 498: 417:, University of Oklahoma Press, 1969, p.60 34: 470: 358: 254: 233: 220: 212: 196: 162: 127: 52: 413:James E. Sherman, Barbara H. Sherman, 1124:Stagecoach stops in the United States 262: 225: 204: 184: 172: 103: 67: 7: 32:Ghost town in Arizona, United States 1085:. New York Times. October 14, 1858. 1104:Butterfield Overland Mail stations 528:Municipalities and communities of 27:Ghost town in Yuma County, Arizona 25: 116:Dome, Arizona (the United States) 485: 473: 306:, 20 miles (32 km) east of 102: 95: 66: 59: 337:Today the site lies along the 1: 119:Show map of the United States 791:Fort Yuma Indian Reservation 443:Google Map of Dome, Arizona 1140: 786:Cocopah Indian Reservation 448:Lower Gila River Watershed 1075: 946: 939:Butterfield Overland Mail 883: 678:Orange Grove Mobile Manor 587: 542: 312:Butterfield Overland Mail 128: 80:Location in the state of 53: 44: 428:Dome from ghosttowns.com 281: 217:194 ft (59 m) 1109:Ghost towns in Arizona 594: 415:Ghost Towns of Arizona 148:32.75528°N 114.36222°W 941:3rd Division Stations 593: 896:United States portal 531:Yuma County, Arizona 153:32.75528; -114.36222 18:Dome Valley, Arizona 975:Peterman's (Mohawk) 820:Castle Dome Landing 778:Indian reservations 708:Yuma Proving Ground 320:Great Flood of 1862 144: /  86:Show map of Arizona 595: 304:Swiveler's Station 294:, in southwestern 264:Post Office closed 256:Post Office opened 227: • Total 1091: 1090: 905: 904: 688:Rancho Mesa Verde 663:Fortuna Foothills 271: 270: 259:December 24, 1858 16:(Redirected from 1131: 1086: 1084: 1062:Pointer Mountain 1009:Murderer's Grave 963:Filibusters Camp 932: 925: 918: 909: 897: 890: 835:Filibusters Camp 658:El Prado Estates 592: 554: 547: 537: 532: 522: 515: 508: 499: 490: 489: 488: 478: 477: 476: 469: 430: 425: 419: 410: 404: 403: 401: 399: 394:on July 21, 2011 393: 387:. 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Dome Valley, Arizona
Ghost town
Dome, Arizona is located in Arizona
Arizona
Dome, Arizona is located in the United States
32°45′19″N 114°21′44″W / 32.75528°N 114.36222°W / 32.75528; -114.36222
Country
State
Arizona
County
Yuma
Time zone
UTC-7
MST
DST
O'odham
ghost town
Yuma County
Arizona
Gila River
Fort Yuma
Butterfield Overland Mail
Gila City
Great Flood of 1862
Colorado River
placers
Union Pacific
Sunset Route
Gila River
U.S. Geological Survey Geographic Names Information System: Dome

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