Burke's Station
Burke's Station was a stagecoach station on the Butterfield Overland Mail route in Arizona. It was named in 1858 after Patrick Burke, the first proprietor of the station. It was temporarily closed when the Butterfield line shut down during 1861 due to the American Civil War. Burke's was located 9.43 miles from Grinnels Ranch approximately halfway over the difficult route to Oatman Flat. It was afterward purchased by King Woolsey. Later revived as a stagecoach station in 1866, it was purchased by William Fourr who also sold flour and groceries there and acquired a dairy herd. Then in 1869, Fourr sold Burkes Station and it continued as a stage station until the Southern Pacific Railroad arrived in Arizona, making it obsolete. After closure as a stage station, the name was changed to 'Burkes Ranch' and by 1900 to 'Alpha' (AZ-T101).
References
- ^ U.S. Geological Survey Geographic Names Information System: Burke's Station
- ^ "The War of the Rebellion: A Compilation of the Official Records of the Union and Confederate Armies. Chapter LXII. Operations on the Pacific Coast.* January 1, 1861-June 30, 1865. Part I, Correspondence. pp.1017-1018, 1056 Distances from Los Angeles, Cal., eastward". Archived from the original on July 21, 2011. Retrieved July 28, 2011.
- ^ The Fourr Ranch, from Library of Green Valley Hiking Club website, gvhcmail@yahoo.com accessed on July 27, 2011 Archived March 28, 2012, at the Wayback Machine