Benson
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"When the S.P.R.R. (Southern Pacific Railroad) came through southern Arizona in 1880, the town of Benson was founded. The new town, at a somewhat different location for that of the earlier stage station (see Ohnersorgen Stage Station) was the rail shipping point for the booming new town of Tombstone to the south. Benson was named for Judge William B. Benson of California, a friend of Charles Crocker, president of the railroad. Judge Benson spent many years in the mining regions of the West."

P.O. Est. July 26, 1880.

Barnes, Will C.; Granger, Byrd (ed.) Arizona Place Names University of Arizona Press. 1960.
p. 30
 

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Websites

City Profile-Arizona Department of Commerce
http://www.commerce.state.az.us/pdf/commasst/comm/benson.pdf

Local Government Website
http://www.cityofbenson.com/

Benson Merchant Association Homepage
http://www.bensonaz.com/

Benson, Arizona Chamber of Commerce
http://www.theriver.com/bensonspvchamber/

The Arizonan
http://www.arizonan.com/Benson/
 

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Newspapers

San Pedro Valley-Sun
http://www.bensonnews-sun.com/

Sites to See

Benson Museum
180 S San Pedro BENSON AZ 85602-6656
(520) 586-3070

Amerind Foundation
2100 N Amerind Rd DRAGOON AZ
(520) 586-3666
http://www.amerind.org/

Karchner Caverns State Park
P.O. Box 1849
Benson, Arizona 85602
The park is open 7 days a week, 7:30 a.m. to 6:00 p.m
(520) 586-4100
http://www.pr.state.az.us/parkhtml/kartchner.html

Vega Bray Observatory
5655 N. Via Umbrosa,
Tucson, Arizona, USA 85750-1357
520 615 3886
http://www.communiverse.com/skywatcher/
 

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Books/Manuscripts found in the ASU Library Catalog

Benson, Arizona : one hundred years of law enforcement  /by Stan Benjamin
HV8148.B46 B36x 2000

The oasis.(local newspaper)
AN 2 .N64 O3x

Benson / prepared and published by Community Affairs, Arizona Office of Economic Planning and Development with the residents of Benson
EPD 1.2:C 55 B 35/977
 

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