"On Apache Trail to Roosevelt, just inside Pinal County at junction with Superior Highway. Group of  gasoline and eating stations, with an interesting menagerie of local wild animals."

Barnes, Will C. Arizona Place Names University of Arizona Press. 1997.
P. 21

"The name derives from the fact that this thriving community lies at the junction of the Apache Trail with the main highway from Phoenix to Superior."

Barnes, Will C.; Granger, Byrd (ed.) Arizona's names : X marks the place Falconer Pub. Co. : distributed by Treasure Chest Publications, c1983. P. 24

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Websites

City Profile and Statistics--Arizona Department of Commerce
http://www.azcommerce.com/SiteSel/Profiles/Community+Profile+Index.htm

Local Government Website
http://www.ajcity.net/

Apache Junction Chamber of Commerce
http://www.apachejunctioncoc.com/

THE ROAD TO APACHE JUNCTION by Thomas J. Kollenborn
http://ajnet.ci.apache-jct.az.us/1ountain.htm

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Sites to See

Apache Junction Public Library
1177 N. Idaho Road, Apache Junction, AZ 85219
(480) 474-8555
Go to Home Page

Superstition Mountain Museum and Lost Dutchman Mine Museum
P.O. Box 3845 Apache Junction, Arizona, 85217-3845
(480) 983-4888
http://www.superstitionmountainmuseum.org/

The Apache Trail (AZ 88)
http://www.americansouthwest.net/arizona/apache_trail/

The Lost Dutchman Mine Page
http://home1.gte.net/ltdan/

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Newspapers

Apache Junction News
http://www.ajnews.com/

Arizona Republic Community News- Apache Junction
http://www.azcentral.com/community/comstories/comaj.html

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Books/Manuscripts found in the ASU Library Catalog

The history of Apache Junction, Arizona : in the shadow of the Superstitions / by James A. Swanson and Thomas J. Kollenborn.
E78.A7 S33x 1996

Arizona gold : Apache Junction, Chandler, Gilbert, Mesa & Tempe
F819.P57 A75x 1985

Apache Junction, Arizona/ prepared and published by Community Affairs, Arizona Office of Economic Planning and Development.
EPD 1.2:C 55 A 61/978

The allied sites project : results of the archaeological investigations of two small sites near the Pinal County municipal solid waste landfill, south of Apache Junction, in Pinal, Arizona / by K.J. Schroeder ; with contributions from Suzanne K. Fish and Eric J. Hansen; prepared for Allied Waste Industries, Scottsdale, Arizona.
E78.A7 S33x 1996
 

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Items on the Arizona and Southwest Index

FE EPH DTO-Apache Junction

CE EPH DTO-Apache Junction.1-6

Gold in the Superstition Mountains
CM MSM-514

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