GILA CITY

NAME: Gila City COUNTY: Yuma ROADS: 4WD LEGAL INFO: T8S, R21W CLIMATE: Mild winter, hot summer BEST TIME TO VISIT: Winter, fall, spring

COMMENTS: Not worth the trip. REMAINS: Nothing

Gila City's post office was established December 24, 1858 and discontinued July 14, 1863. Destroyed by a flood in 1862, Gila City at one time had over 1200 residents. Located on the Gila river, Gila City was one of the first boom towns in Arizona. Its life was short lived as the mines and Placer gold played out, but for a short time it was quite a town. Today, nothing is left of the site.

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