COLLECTION NAME:
Archivision Digital Research Library
Record
Title:
Goldfield Ghost Town [recreation]
Title:
Entrance to the church at the top of the hill, north end of the street
View:
Entrance to the church at the top of the hill, north end of the street
Creators:
Robert F. Schoose (American developer, born 1947)
Date:
founded 1892 (creation); recreated 1984 (other)
Style/Period:
Nineteenth century; Twentieth century
Location:
site: Goldfield, Arizona, United States
Location Note:
4650 E Mammoth Mine Rd., 4.5 miles Northeast of Apache Junction
GPS:
+33.457058-111.491852
Culture:
American
Work Types:
inhabited places; towns; theme towns; transit systems; railroads (infrastructure)
Description:
Situated atop a small hill between the Superstition Mountains and the Goldfield Mountains, the settlement of Goldfield got its start in 1892 when very rich, high grade gold ore was found in the area. A town soon sprang up and on October 7, 1893 it received its first official post office. It boomed for about 5 years, with a population of 1,500, then died. A revival of gold digging led to a second boom in 1921, when the town was renamed Youngsberg, but it was also abandoned in 1926. Developers built a reconstruction tourist attraction on the site of the Goldfield Mill beginning in 1988. There is a small loop of a narrow gauge railroad and a train ride (a 36" gauge train which consists of a Plymouth diesel pulling a passenger car and a caboose). (Source: Goldfield Ghost Town [website]; http://goldfieldghosttown.com/)
Classification:
Architecture and City Planning
Technique:
construction (assembling)
Image Rights:
© Scott Gilchrist, Archivision, Inc.
Vendor ID:
1A2-US-GF-GFTV-C02
MDID Identifier:
64409
Archivision Set:
Archivision Addition Module Eight
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