An illustrated history of Mayer, Arizona
Subtitle: stagecoaches, mining, ranching and the railroad
By: Nancy Burgess ; foreword by Marshall Trimble
Publisher: McFarland & Co., Publishers; McFarland & Company
Published: 2012
Place of publication: Jefferson, N.C
Language: eng
Number of pages: 272
ISBN-13: 9780786462872
Subjects: Mines and mineral resources; Railroads; Economic conditions; Biography; Stagecoach lines; Ranching; Pictorial works; History
Description: "This chronicles the story of this rural western town and who put it on the map, including founders who established their settlement around Big Bug Stage Station, purchased for $1200 in 1882. It traces the influence of the Mayers and other families through later generations and the town's role in the growth of ranching, the railroad and mining"--Provided by publisher.
Notes: Includes bibliographical references and index.
Table of contents: title: The Black Canyon Road, or, How Do you Get There From Here?; title: The Mayer Family at Big Bug Station; title: The Town of Mayer : How the West Was Really Won; title: Ranchers and Farmers Follow the Dusty Trail to Mayer; title: School Bells Ring; title: Joe Mayer, Entrepreneur Extraordinaire; title: Business is Booming; title: The Mining Boom : Boom and Bust; title: The Railroads Arrive; title: The Depression Years and World War II in Mayer; title: The Later Years : Post World War II; title: The Modern Years : Mayer Today.