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Bradshaw City, Arizona

Ghost town in Yavapai County, Arizona

Field	Value
name	Bradshaw City, Arizona
settlement_type	Ghost town
image_skyline	The Bradshaw gold and silver mining company of Arizona (IA bradshawgoldsilv00brad).pdf
imagesize	200 px
image_caption	"The Bradshaw gold and silver mining company of Arizona" 1866 prospectus
coordinates
subdivision_type	Country
subdivision_type1	State
subdivision_type2	County
subdivision_name	United States
subdivision_name1	Arizona
subdivision_name2	Yavapai
established_title	Founded:
established_date	c. 1860
extinct_title	Abandoned:
extinct_date	c. 1880
named_for	William D. Bradshaw
elevation_footnotes
elevation_ft	6358
elevation_m	1938
timezone	MST (no DST)
utc_offset	-7
blank_name	Post Office Opened:
blank_info	July 1, 1874
blank1_name	Post Office Closed:
blank1_info	December 15, 1884

Bradshaw City is a ghost town in Yavapai County, Arizona, United States. It served as a mining camp from its founding in 1863 until the late 1880s. "Bradshaw City" is the namesake of William D. Bradshaw.

History

William D. Bradshaw founded Bradshaw City as a mining camp in 1863 after prospectors working on the northwest slope of Mount Wasson discovered gold. The camp began as a loose collection of tents which were soon replaced with hundreds of buildings including dance halls, restaurants, saloons, and hotels as the population inflated to around 5000 people. The town supported the Tiger Mine, situated a short distance from the "Central #26: Crown King Back-road" which serviced the area at the time.

By the end of 1871, miners and prospectors began to move away from Tiger Mine to find work elsewhere. By the 1880s the Tiger mine had played out and Bradshaw city faded. Today, a few foundations and a forest service sign mark the spot where Bradshaw City once stood.

References

[http://www.apcrp.org/Bradshaw%20City/Bradshaw_CitY_Master.htm Bradshaw City, Arizona] from apcrp.org Arizona Pioneer & Cemetery Research Project, accessed March 1, 2017
{{gnis. 26704. Bradshaw City
[https://westernmininghistory.com/towns/arizona/bradshaw-city/ Bradhaw City, Arizona mining history], accessed 8/15/2025

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