Arizona Place Names

by Will Croft Barnes

Book Overview

Will Croft Barnes (1858-1937) first came to Arizona as a cavalryman and went on to become a rancher, state legislator, and conservationist. From 1905 to 1935, his travels throughout the state, largely on horseback, enabled him to gather the anecdotes and geographical information that came to constitute Arizona Place Names. For this first toponymic encyclopedia of Arizona, Barnes compiled information from published histories, federal and state government...

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0816510741
• ISBN13: 9780816510740
• Release Date: February 1988
• Publisher: University of Arizona Press
• Length: 512 Pages
• Weight: 1.33 lbs.
• Dimensions: 1.1" x 5.5" x 8.5"