Railroads of Arizona, Volume 6: Jerome and the Northern Roads

Description

Author: Myrick, David F. (1918-2011)

Publisher: Signature Press

Pub Date: 2010

Binding: Hardcover

Condition: Book: Good to Very Good.  Binding tight.  No marks, tears, bends or folds.  Very light edge and corner wear.  Dust Jacket: Good.  NOT price clipped (no price indicated).  Very light edge and corner wear.  This volume looks like it just came from the printer.

Notes: Historically Jerome, Arizona, a copper and silver mining center, was served by FOUR railroads–the Verde Tunnel & Smelter RR, the Verde Valley Railway, the Arizona Central, and the Verde Canyon (for tourist trips).  Not just a history of these northern Arizona railroads, but also the towns they served.   Includes the Grand Canyon Railway, a tourist train operating from Williams to the Grand Canyon.  Other outlying mining districts like Swansea, Chloride and Vivian had rail connections with the world outside Arizona.  Lots of historical photographs.