Gleeson, Arizona
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Gleeson is a ghost town situated in southeastern Cochise County, Arizona, United States.[2] It has an estimated elevation of Script error: No such module "convert". above sea level.[1] The town was first settled as Turquoise[3] in the 1870s in what was then the Arizona Territory, then later re-established as Gleeson in 1900.[4]
History
The area was initially settled as a mining camp called Turquoise after the mineral which had been mined by Native Americans in the area.[3] The Turquoise post office was established on October 22, 1890, and lasted only a few years until September 17, 1894. When local miner John Gleeson registered a copper claim and opened the Copper Belle Mine, the town of Gleeson was created just downhill from the old site of Turquoise. Silver Bill, Pejon and Defiance were some of the other mines that followed in the surrounding areas.[5]
The Gleeson post office, established on October 15, 1900,[6] supported a town of about 500 people engaged primarily in copper mining, including veins of lead, silver and zinc.
In 1912, 28 buildings burned to the ground and the town was rebuilt.[3]
Copper production boomed to supply demand during World War I. The mines played out by the 1930s and eventually the Gleeson post office closed on March 31, 1939.[6]
Remnants
Though several families still live on the site,[3] Gleeson is, by all measures, a ghost town, with the last commercial venture a rattlesnake products store that closed in 2014. Visitors can find the ruins of a hospital, a saloon, a cemetery, a jail, the foundation of the village school and evidence of the extensive mining in the surrounding hills near town.[3] The Gleeson cemetery is west of the town on the road to Tombstone.[7]
The Arizona Republic newspaper published an article on the town on January 12, 2014, stating that the jail has been renovated and now is a museum.[8]
Geography
Gleeson is located Script error: No such module "convert". east of Tombstone[6] on the southern slopes of the Dragoon Mountains[5][9] It is located on the Ghost Town Trail near Courtland and Pearce.[3]
Gallery
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The Gleeson Jail upon completion in 1910.
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Gleeson's Main Street in 1917.
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Gleeson's hospital in 1925.
See also
References
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External links
- Gleeson, Arizona provides pictures, maps and historic information about Gleeson Ghost Town.
- Ghost Town of the Month entry for Gleeson: recent photos and visitor information.
- GleesonArizona.com Site dedicated to Gleeson information and history.
- Gleeson (Turquoise) – ghosttowns.com
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