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historicalmarkerproject/markers/HM27EW_what-is-the-story-behind-the-picketpost-house_Superior-AZ.html
Colonel William Boyce Thompson was a mining promoter, financial magnate, and Red Cross officer. He fell in love with the Picketpost Mountain area when he first visited his Magma Copper Mine near Superior and chose this spot for his winter home. Be…
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HM1DW5_historic-pinal-cemetery_Superior-AZ.html
The Pinal Cemetery served the nearby mill town of Picketpost/Pinal (1876 to 1892), which processed the silver ore taken from the Silver King Mine. Resting here in a cross-section of people from the surrounding area: the first settlers, miners, mil…
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HM19YN_us-60-history-trail_Superior-AZ.html
This historical trail began in 1997 when Broken Hill Proprietary Company Limited ( BHP ) donated local mining artifacts from the 120 year old magma mine to the Superior Historical Society, Inc. due to their age and size, it was determined that the…
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HMMSQ_picket-post-mountain_Superior-AZ.html
A landmark and lookout point during Indian Wars; site of outpost of Camp Pinal which was located at head of Stoneman Grade to the east. Soldiers protected Pinal City and the Silver King Mine from Apache raiders. It was the home of Col. William Boy…
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HMMS8_robert-taylor-bob-jones_Superior-AZ.html
Born in Rutledge, Tennessee, he became a self-taught construction engineer and builder of railroads. In 1909, he settled in the mining town of Superior, site of the Magma Copper Company. He opened his first drug store in Superior in 1913, later ex…