Nortons Landing, Arizona | |
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| Coordinates:33°03′02″N114°38′39″W / 33.05056°N 114.64417°W /33.05056; -114.64417 | |
| Country | United States |
| State | Arizona |
| County | La Paz |
| Elevation | 213 ft (5 m) |
| Time zone | UTC-7 (Mountain (MST)) |
| • Summer (DST) | UTC-7 (MST) |
| Area code | 928 |
| GNIS feature ID | 24540 |
Norton's Landing[2] orNorton's,[3]: 116 was a steamboat landing on theColorado River, in what was thenYuma County,Arizona Territory. Today it is inLa Paz County, Arizona. Nortons Landing is 52 miles upriver fromYuma, Arizona 4 miles abovePicacho, California and 18 miles below theClip, Arizona landing.[4]: 168 It lies on a rocky point of land next to the river at 215 feet of elevation just east ofRed Cloud Wash andBlack Rock Wash, where roads to the district mines in the mountains met the Colorado River.[2]
Nortons Landing was developed for the Red Cloud Mine and other nearby mines of theSilver Mining District in theTrigo Mountains. The Silver District became active in 1879 when George Sills, Neils Johnson, George W. Norton, and Gus Crawford relocated many silver claims abandoned following the death ofJacob Snively in 1871.[5]: 138
The landing and settlement was named forGeorge W. Norton who owned the Red Cloud Mine and its smelter at the landing, and had been the engineer in charge of constructing the first railroad bridge across theColorado River, atYuma, Arizona in 1877.[6]: 746–747 The landing also had general store, and a post office called Norton's from June 4, 1883, to August 24, 1888, when it was discontinued, mail being sent to Yuma. It again had a post office from September 3, 1891, to March 13, 1894, when it was again discontinued and the town died.[3]: 116 Norton's Landing continued until April, 1897. The Arizona Sentinel, Yuma, AZ, on 17 April 1897: The famous and well-known silver district mining town, Norton's Landing, is completely deserted, on account of the low price of silver and the mines closing down. The inhabitants have all removed to that flourishing mining camp, Picacho.[7]
The site is now a ghost town in La Paz County, Arizona. Only a few foundations, mining equipment, and slag from the reduction works remain.[8]
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