Howells - Arizona Ghost Town

HOWELLS

NAME: Howells
COUNTY: Yavapai
ROADS: 2WD
LEGAL INFO: T13N, R1W
CLIMATE: Mild winter possible snow, warm summer
BEST TIME TO VISIT: Anytime

COMMENTS: Just down Lynx Creek from Walker.
REMAINS: Some foundations.

John Howell, a metallurgist, built a large smelting works at this site including a two stack smelter, quartz mill, and sawmill. A town of 200 developed and supported an assay office, blacksmith, boarding house, stage station, saloons, and a company store. One of the stores was run by Henry Goldwater, Barry Goldwater uncle. After operating for about a year and producing $173,825 of silver lead, the site shut down due to the high cost of hauling coke in from the railroad. Today only foundations mark the site. A post office was at the site from 1883 to 1893.	Howells Courtesy Kurt Wenner Howells Courtesy Kurt Wenner Howells Courtesy Kurt Wenner

John Howell, a metallurgist, built a large smelting works at this site including a two stack smelter, quartz mill, and sawmill. A town of 200 developed and supported an assay office, blacksmith, boarding house, stage station, saloons, and a company store. One of the stores was run by Henry Goldwater, Barry Goldwater uncle. After operating for about a year and producing $173,825 of silver lead, the site shut down due to the high cost of hauling coke in from the railroad. Today only foundations mark the site. A post office was at the site from 1883 to 1893.

Howells
Courtesy Kurt Wenner

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