ARAVAIPA

NAME: Aravaipa
COUNTY: Graham
ROADS: 2WD
LEGAL INFO: T5S, R19E
CLIMATE: Warm winter, hot summer
BEST TIME TO VISIT: Winter, fall, spring
COMMENTS: Near Klondyke.
REMAINS: A few buildings.

Aravaipa had a post office from 1883 until 1893. For nine of those years it was known as Dunlap after Burt Dunlap, a local rancher. When they found there was already a post office with the same name, the town was renamed after the Aravaipa indians. There was a school. store, and even a pool hall in this mining/ranching town. Today there are a few buildings and outhouses left.


Aravaipa
Courtesy Kurt Wenner


Here is a picture of miners Cabin in Aravaipa Canyon on FR 277. There
are some mines, but I dont know anything about that.
Bobby Zlatevski

 

Here are two pictures of old cabins in Aravaipa Canyon on Aravaipa
Canyon Road.
Bobby Zlatevski


Here are two pictures of old cabins in Aravaipa Canyon on Aravaipa
Canyon Road.
Bobby Zlatevski



Aravaipa
Courtesy Kurt Wenner


Aravaipa
Courtesy Kurt Wenner


Aravaipa
Courtesy Kurt Wenner

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