POLARIS

NAME: Polaris COUNTY: Yuma ROADS: 4WD LEGAL INFO: T1S, R17W CLIMATE: Warm winter, hot summer BEST TIME TO VISIT: Winter, fall, spring

COMMENTS: Located on private property in the KOFA National Wildlife Refuge. REMAINS: Nothing.

Polaris' post office was established June 17, 1909 and was discontinued July 31, 1914. Felix Mayhew discovered the outcropping responsible for Polaris and sold it for a cool $350,000. Polaris was named for the North Star and reported about 150 residents. The mines played out in 1911 and Polaris was no more.

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