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1881 establishments in Arizona Territory
Bureau of Land Management areas in Arizona
Landmarks in Arizona
San Pedro Valley (Arizona)

American frontier

The American frontier, also known as the Old West, and popularly known as the Wild West, encompasses the geography, history, folklore, and culture associated with the forward wave of American expansion in mainland North America that began with European colonial settlements in the early 17th century and ended with the admission of the last few contiguous western territories as states in 1912.

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Arizona

Arizona (Hoozdo Hahoodzo; Alĭ ṣonak) is a landlocked state in the Southwestern region of the United States.

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Arizona State Route 82

State Route 82 (SR 82) is an east–west state highway in southern Arizona. Fairbank, Arizona and Arizona State Route 82 are san Pedro Valley (Arizona).

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Bill Downing

Bill Downing a.k.a. William F. Downing (1860 – August 5, 1908) was a notorious outlaw during the Wild West era in Arizona.

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Bisbee, Arizona

Bisbee is a city in and the county seat of Cochise County in southeastern Arizona, United States.

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Boomtown

A boomtown is a community that undergoes sudden and rapid population and economic growth, or that is started from scratch.

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Bureau of Land Management

The Bureau of Land Management (BLM) is an agency within the United States Department of the Interior responsible for administering U.S. federal lands.

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Burt Alvord

Albert "Burt" Alvord (September 11, 1867 – after 1910) was an American lawman and later outlaw of the Old West.

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Butterfield Overland Mail

Butterfield Overland Mail (officially the Overland Mail Company)Waterman L. Ormsby, edited by Lyle H. Wright and Josephine M. Bynum, "The Butterfield Overland Mail", The Huntington Library, San Marino, California, 1991.

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Charleston, Arizona

Charleston is a ghost town in Cochise County in the southeastern part of the U.S. state of Arizona. Fairbank, Arizona and Charleston, Arizona are ghost towns in Arizona.

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Cochise County, Arizona

Cochise County is a county in the southeastern corner of the U.S. state of Arizona. Fairbank, Arizona and Cochise County, Arizona are 1881 establishments in Arizona Territory and Populated places established in 1881.

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Contention City, Arizona

Contention City or Contention is a ghost mining town in Cochise County in the southeastern part of the U.S. state of Arizona. Fairbank, Arizona and Contention City, Arizona are ghost towns in Arizona.

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Copper Queen Mine

The Copper Queen Mine was a copper mine in Cochise County, Arizona, United States.

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Daylight saving time

Daylight saving time (DST), also referred to as daylight saving(s), daylight savings time, daylight time (United States and Canada), or summer time (United Kingdom, European Union, and others), is the practice of advancing clocks to make better use of the longer daylight available during summer so that darkness falls at a later clock time.

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Douglas, Arizona

Douglas is a city in Cochise County, Arizona, United States that lies in the north-west to south-east running Sulphur Springs Valley.

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Fairbank train robbery

The Fairbank train robbery occurred on the night of February 15, 1900, when some bandits attempted to hold up a Wells Fargo express car at the town of Fairbank, Arizona.

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General store

A general merchant store (also known as general merchandise store, general dealer, village shop, or country store) is a rural or small-town store that carries a general line of merchandise.

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Geographic Names Information System

The Geographic Names Information System (GNIS) is a database of name and location information about more than two million physical and cultural features throughout the United States and its territories; the associated states of the Marshall Islands, Federated States of Micronesia, and Palau; and Antarctica.

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Ghost town

A ghost town, deserted city, extinct town, or abandoned city is an abandoned settlement, usually one that contains substantial visible remaining buildings and infrastructure such as roads.

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Gypsum block

Gypsum block is a massive lightweight building material composed of solid gypsum, for building and erecting lightweight, fire-resistant, non-load bearing interior walls, partition walls, cavity walls, skin walls, and pillar casing indoors.

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History of Arizona

The history of Arizona encompasses the Paleo-Indian, Archaic, Post-Archaic, Spanish, Mexican, and American periods.

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History of Wells Fargo

This article outlines the history of Wells Fargo & Company from its merger with Norwest Corporation and beyond.

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Jack Dunlop

Jack Dunlop, also known as John Dunlop, Jess Dunlop, John Patterson, and most commonly Three Fingered Jack (1872 – February 24, 1900) was an outlaw in the closing days of the Old West, best known for being a train robber.

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Jeff Milton

Jefferson Davis Milton (November 7, 1861 – May 7, 1947) was an Old West lawman and a son of Confederate Governor of Florida John Milton.

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Land grant

A land grant is a gift of real estate—land or its use privileges—made by a government or other authority as an incentive, means of enabling works, or as a reward for services to an individual, especially in return for military service.

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List of counties in Arizona

There are 15 counties in the U.S. state of Arizona.

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List of ghost towns in Arizona

This is a partial list of ghost towns in Arizona in the United States. Fairbank, Arizona and list of ghost towns in Arizona are ghost towns in Arizona.

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List of sovereign states

The following is a list providing an overview of sovereign states around the world with information on their status and recognition of their sovereignty.

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Little Boquillas Ranch

The Little Boquillas Ranch is an historic ranch property located in western Cochise County, Arizona, near the Fairbank Historic Townsite in what is now part of the San Pedro Riparian National Conservation Area.

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Mining

Mining is the extraction of valuable geological materials and minerals from the surface of the Earth.

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Mountain Time Zone

The Mountain Time Zone of North America keeps time by subtracting seven hours from Coordinated Universal Time (UTC) when standard time (UTC−07:00) is in effect, and by subtracting six hours during daylight saving time (UTC−06:00).

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N. K. Fairbank

Nathaniel Kellogg "N.K." Fairbank (1829–1903) was a Chicago industrialist whose company, the N.K. Fairbank Co., manufactured soap as well as animal and baking products in conjunction with the major meat packing houses of northern Illinois.

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Police officer

A police officer (also called a policeman (male) or policewoman (female), a cop, an officer, or less commonly a constable) is a warranted law employee of a police force.

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Post office

A post office is a public facility and a retailer that provides mail services, such as accepting letters and parcels, providing post office boxes, and selling postage stamps, packaging, and stationery.

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San Pedro Riparian National Conservation Area

The San Pedro Riparian National Conservation Area (San Pedro Riparian NCA; SPRNCA) contains nearly of public land in Cochise County, Arizona, between the international border with Mexico and St. David, Arizona. Fairbank, Arizona and San Pedro Riparian National Conservation Area are san Pedro Valley (Arizona).

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San Pedro River (Arizona)

The San Pedro River is a northward-flowing stream originating about south of the international border south of Sierra Vista, Arizona, in Cananea Municipality, Sonora, Mexico. Fairbank, Arizona and San Pedro River (Arizona) are san Pedro Valley (Arizona).

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Silver mining

Silver mining is the extraction of silver by mining.

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Silver mining in Arizona

Silver mining in Arizona was a powerful stimulus for exploration and prospecting in early Arizona.

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Stagecoach

A stagecoach (also: stage coach, stage, road coach, diligence) is a four-wheeled public transport coach used to carry paying passengers and light packages on journeys long enough to need a change of horses.

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Tombstone, Arizona

Tombstone is a city in Cochise County, Arizona, United States, founded in 1879 by prospector Ed Schieffelin in what was then Pima County, Arizona Territory. Fairbank, Arizona and Tombstone, Arizona are Cemeteries in Arizona and ghost towns in Arizona.

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Train station

A train station, railroad station, or railroad depot (mainly North American terminology) and railway station (mainly UK and other Anglophone countries) is a railway facility where trains stop to load or unload passengers, freight, or both.

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U.S. state

In the United States, a state is a constituent political entity, of which there are 50.

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United States census

The United States census (plural censuses or census) is a census that is legally mandated by the Constitution of the United States.

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United States Geological Survey

The United States Geological Survey (USGS), founded as the Geological Survey, is an agency of the United States government whose work spans the disciplines of biology, geography, geology, and hydrology.

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Western saloon

A Western saloon is a kind of bar particular to the Old West.

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Works Progress Administration

The Works Progress Administration (WPA; renamed in 1939 as the Work Projects Administration) was an American New Deal agency that employed millions of jobseekers (mostly men who were not formally educated) to carry out public works projects, including the construction of public buildings and roads.

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References

[1] https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Fairbank,_Arizona

Also known as Fairbank, AZ, History of Fairbank, Arizona.

Fairbank, Arizona, the Glossary

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See also

1881 establishments in Arizona Territory

Bureau of Land Management areas in Arizona

Landmarks in Arizona

San Pedro Valley (Arizona)

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