Railroads of Arizona, Vol. 1: The Southern Roads

Railroads of Arizona, Vol. 1: The Southern Roads by Myrick, David F.. hardcover edition. ISBN: 9780831071110.

Volume 1 in this authoritative history of Arizonas railroads covers the construction and operation of those in the southern part of the state. The book not only provides a detailed and invaluable description of the railroads but also of the history of Arizona and its major towns and cities. The railroads covered include the Southern Pacific, the Texas and Pacific, the El Paso and Southwestern/Arizona and South Eastern, the Arizona Southern/Arizona Narrow Gauge, the New Mexico and Arizona, the Twin Buttes, the Tucson and Nogales, the Helvetia Copper Co., the Johnson, Dragoon & Northern, the Arizona and Colorado (SP)/Mexico and Colorado (EP&SW), the Mascot and Western, the Arizona Southern, the Tucson, Cornelia and Gila Bend, the Yuma Valley, the Picacho and Colorado River, and the Tombstone and Southern. Illustrated throughout with black and white photos. With maps. 477 pages with index.