Clarkston - Arizona Ghost Town

CLARKSTON

NAME: Clarkston
COUNTY: Pima
ROADS: 2WD
LEGAL INFO: T12S, R6W
CLIMATE: Mild winter, hot summer
BEST TIME TO VISIT: Winter, fall, spring

COMMENTS: 1 mile west of Ajo.
REMAINS: A few old buildings.

Clarkston's post office was established January 21, 1918 and discontinued November 30, 1955. Clarkston is a town that once boasted 1500 residents and now is gone due to a fire in 1931. Copper was the mainstay and a lot of copper there was as the town lived on into the 1950's. Water, of course, was the problem here in the desert and many people had to buy bottled water due to the taste and lack of the local water. Clarkston had its own movie theater, bath houses, pool halls, newspaper - the Copper News, music shop, hardware store, furniture store, mild depot, soft drink stands, and more. Today very little remains.

Clarkston's post office was established January 21, 1918 and discontinued November 30, 1955. Clarkston is a town that once boasted 1500 residents and now is gone due to a fire in 1931. Copper was the mainstay and a lot of copper there was as the town lived on into the 1950's. Water, of course, was the problem here in the desert and many people had to buy bottled water due to the taste and lack of the local water. Clarkston had its own movie theater, bath houses, pool halls, newspaper - the Copper News, music shop, hardware store, furniture store, mild depot, soft drink stands, and more. Today very little remains.

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