BEARDSLEY |
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Beardsley COUNTY: Maricopa ROADS: 2WD LEGAL INFO: T1W, R4N CLIMATE: Warm winter, hot summer BEST TIME TO VISIT: Winter, fall, spring |
COMMENTS: Bell road and
Grand avenue. REMAINS: Nothing. |
Until the 1940's there were still corrals and residences; Expansion of the railroad right away required the site to be bulldozed out of existence. The post office operated only in the year of 1936. GT Beardsley was originally a station which honored Will H. Beardsley.Beardsley
began developing an irrigation project in the 1880's. For years it served
as a sheep shearing point on the Santa Fe, Prescott & Phoenix Railroad.
Beardsley was also the original junction of the branch of the SF and
PP Railroad to McMicken. The junction was later re located to Ennis 4.5
miles east of Beardsley. His company, The Agua Fria Const. Co. also built
a canal named the Beardsley Canal, from Lake Plesant to ranches as
far as 30 miles Submitted by, Paul S. Hodson |
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