"On Burro Creek western side of county. Origin unknown. Post office established February 26, 1910. Henry A. Geisendorger Post master."

Barnes, Will C. Arizona Place Names University of Arizona Press. 1997. P. 34

"Bagdad was initially identified in 1880 by John Lawler. Because of its isolated location and low grade, however, ore was not developed. Although the Giroux Syndicate gained rights to the mine in 1906, it was not able to do much. Between 1906 and 1927 a number of companies tried to work the mine with the greatest (yet still unsuccessful) effort being that of the Lewishon interests.

In 1927 the Bagdad Copper Company began operation. The beginning of the Great Depression in 1929, slowed but did not stop their efforts. The company managed to continue development through the 1930's and, in 1941 received a government loan that enabled them to add new equipment. Since the low grade ore made underground mining unprofitable, General Manager, Ernest R. Dickie, began converting to an open pit operation. Dickie used large trucks for haulage, and Bagdad became the testing ground for much of the change taking place in large ore trucks. All underground mining at Bagdad had ended by 1950."

Excerpt from The Mission, Means and Memories of Arizona Miners:  A History of Mining in Arizona from Pre-History to Present  by James McBride. 2001 Arizona Mining Associationhttp://www.azcu.org/historyofmining/textversion.html Accessed 7/17/01
 

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Websites

Arizona Department of Commerce Community Profiles- Bagdad
http://www.commerce.state.az.us/pdf/commasst/comm/bagdad.pdf

Local Government Website
http://www.bagdad-az.com/

Arizonan.com: Bagdad
http://www.arizonan.com/Bagdad/

Chronology of the History of Bagdad
http://www.northlink.com/bagdad/a_bit_more_history_on_bagdad.htm
 

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Books/Manuscripts

Some talk about a copper mine : a history of Bagdad, Arizona / Robert C. Bogart ; illustrations by Jerry Lee Henderson.
F819.B35 B63x 1990
 

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Items found in the Arizona and Southwest Index

Bagdad-Copper-Corporation
CE EPH MCYA-15

Cyprus Bagdad Copper Company History, 1975
FE EPH MMC-4

Bagdad, Arizona: Newsclippings; 1969
CE EPH DTO-BAGDAD.1

Bagdad, Arizona: Community Profiles.
CE EPH DTO-BAGDAD.2

Bagdad, Arizona clippings, 1986
FE EPH DTO-BAGDAD

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