Arizona Historic photos, documents, and people

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Children of migrant cotton field workers from Sweetwater, Oklahoma. Eight children in the family. Note the housing. Near Casa Grande project, Arizona

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Kingman (vicinity), Arizona. A transcontinental train passing close to the tungsten recovery plant where the ore from the Boriana mines is processed

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Kingman (vicinity), Arizona. A transcontinental train passing close to the tungsten recovery plant where the ore from the Boriana mines is processed

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Kingman (vicinity), Arizona. A workman detaching a train of mine cars that have been hauling tungsten ore from the Boriana mine to a recovery plant

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Morenci, Arizona. Loading copper ore from an open-pit mine on an ore train on its way to the smelter plant of the Phelps Dodge mining corporation

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Kingman (vicinity), Arizona. Close-up view of the plant, which produces tungsten concentrates from ore mined in the nearby Boriana mine workings

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Kingman (vicinity), Arizona. A general view of the desert mountain type of country in which tungsten ore is mined by the Boriana mining company

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Kingman (vicinity), Arizona. A scene in the desert-type country in which the Boriana mine is located. Tungsten ore is obtained in this area

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Migrant drought refugee family stalled on an Arizona highway, between Yuma and Phoenix, on their way to California to work in the harvests