Mesa City and Surrounding Country Overview
Mesa City, Maricopa County, is a thriving settlement of about 1,000 on a broad plateau near Salt River. The town features schools with 170 and 100 plus students, several churches, a new weekly paper, and a growing fruit industry including canneries and distilleries. Agriculture expands with wheat, alfalfa, grapes, and emerging oranges and olives, supported by canal irrigation and multiple new brick buildings along Main Street.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Arizona Gazette
Mesa
Maricopa County
Mesa City
Salt River
Gila River
Utah
Alma
Lehi
Latter Day Saints
Mesa Weekly Free Press
California
Highland
McComas
Wilbur
Charles Peterson
Arizona Timber and Coal Resources Across the Territory
A St Johns Herald report argues Arizona possesses rich timber and extensive coal fields in the northeast. It notes coal outcrops near the Painted Desert, including a 23 foot thickness, and San Carlos coal beds extending into Colorado and New Mexico. Development is blocked by the San Carlos Indian reservation but could spur rail links from Flagstaff. A San Diego press dispatch describes railroad funding delays and weak subscriptions under President Reed. Prospecter advocates state silver currency and open trade against eastern financiers.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Arizona
Salt River Valley
Oregon
Washington
Painted Desert
San Carlos
Colorado
New Mexico
Congress
Flagstaff
St. Johns Herald
San Diego
Phoenix
Reed
California
Nevada
Utah
Idaho
Also Mentioned on This Page
Wacs
B. F. Johnson, Sons & Co
General Merchandise
D* ‘Omas
H. Jones
Heineman & Gill Block
M. Gilbert, M. D
Mesa City, A. T
J. Je8sur
Orroeg
O. P. Fitch
Mesa Cyfice
Macdeonald Street
Livery Stable
Meba
McCabe
Attorneys-At-Law
Tempe
Ariz
E. Holbrook
Porter Building
Trippel & Son
Aux, Tarrm
Senep L Tarrerst
U. 8
Notary Poustic & Conveyancer
Hakes House
Lawrence Woodruff
Hahnwman Medical College
Philadelphia
Cotton Block
PHo@nix
TH. Sabin, M. D
Orfice
Postoffice
Robson Street
Main
Main Street
Mesa, Ariz
Postoffi
RW. Arthur
Maeve Sa
Hardware and Grocery
Myers
Assegner
Patterson & Brundage Bros
Geo. Passey
W. A. Burton
ST. Louis
VAL Blatz
Passey & Sons
Common Council
Mesa Do
W. J. Lebaron
R. H. Smits
Village Recorder
Theo. B. Comstock
Territorial University
Yuima
Coal and Timber
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