story isaboutoneinparticularthatstands outinmymemory.But,firstmorebackground

information about Crown King.

Crown King Arizona (elevation 6000 ft.) had been a prosperous small mining town as early as the

1890s.By the 1900s severaldifferent mining companies were operating in the area orclose by.

A railroad was badly needed to service these companies.

Afterconsiderabledelays, frustrationandexpense, theCrownKingbranchoftheBradshaw

MountainRailroadwasextendedtothetopoftheBradshawmountainsMay12,1904.The

Bradshaw mountains were rugged and very steep.

We lived in Parker for a brief period until July of 1920. My younger brother, Oliver was born there

March 18, 1920. It got very hot in Parker and the mosquitoes came in swarms. Crown King came

up for bid again, dad bid it, and we were glad to move back to Crown King.

We stayed there until May of 1921 when the railroad finally closed the station. Dad had to bump

the last assigned operator which happened to be the night job at Hot Springs Junction. Hot Springs

was in the desert and worse than Parker or Crown King. We stayed there until the agency at Mayer,

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