This is the first in a two-part series on railroading and its effect on mining in Arizona. Railroad transportation proved indispensable to the development of the mining industry in Arizona, connecting ...

The impetus for the Magma Arizona Railroad originated from the necessity in providing ore transport for the mines around Superior beginning in 1875 with the discovery of a rich silver lode by Charles ...

Though most people aren’t aware of it, women have played a role in the construction and maintenance of the Southern Pacific Railroad since it first reached Tucson, according to the Arizona History ...