Graham County

by Harold E. Herbert, Graham County Historical Society and Museum, Graham County Historical Society and Mus

Book Overview

Originally located in Do?a Ana County in New Mexico Territory, the area that eventually became Graham County, Arizona, was part of a vast high desert landscape that stretched all the way to the Colorado River. In 1881, the Arizona legislature broke from the tradition of naming counties after local Native American tribes when it carved Graham County out of Pima and Apache Counties and named it for the 10,516-foot Mount Graham, the highest peak in the...

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0738548480
• ISBN13: 9780738548487
• Release Date: March 2008
• Publisher: Arcadia Publishing (SC)
• Length: 128 Pages
• Weight: 0.70 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.3" x 6.5" x 9.2"