Fortuna, Arizona
Fortuna is a ghost town in Yuma County in the U.S. state of Arizona. It was located on the Southern Pacific's Sunset Route.
Fortuna was a mining town named for the Fortuna Mine or La Fortuna Mine in the Gila Mountains, discovered about 1893 by Charles Thomas, William Holbert, and others, in 1893 in Arizona Territory.[1] It had its own post office from September 1896 that was discontinued in November 30, 1904 being replaced by Blaisdell, Arizona.[2][3]
See also
[edit]References
[edit]- ^ U.S. Geological Survey Geographic Names Information System: Fortuna, Arizona
- ^ John and Lillian Theobald, Arizona Territory Post Offices & Postmasters, Arizona Historical Foundation, Phoenix, 1961, p.101
- ^ U.S. Geological Survey Geographic Names Information System: Fortuna, Arizona
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| Footnotes | ‡This populated place also has portions in an adjacent county or counties | |