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" The original name of this location was Brayton, so named for John Brayton Martin, who kept the Brayton Commercial Company which was the store for the Harqua Hala Mine. Local residents changed the name of Brayton to Bouse.
There is some question whether the place was named for Thomas Bouse, a trader and storekeeper, or for George Bouse, a miner and truck gardener. Possibly, it was named for both men. According to a news story in 1909, George Bouse of the Bouse Townsite, Land and Improvement Company purchased 1,600 acres offland for cultivation."
P.O. Est. as Brayton, May 14, 1906, Name Changed to Bouse, November 27, 1907.
Barnes, Will C.; Granger, Byrd (ed.) Arizona
Place Names University of Arizona Press. 1960
p. 369
City Profile-Arizona Department of Commerce
http://www.commerce.state.az.us/pdf/commasst/comm/bouse.pdf
Local Government Website
http://www.azoutback.com/bouse.htm
Bouse Chamber of Commerce
www.bouseazchamber.com
The Arizonan
http://www.arizonan.com/Bouse/
Bouse or Brayton, Arizona Ghost Town
http://www.ghosttowns.com/states/az/bouse.html
Books/Manuscripts found in the ASU Library Catalog
Bouse consolidated sand dunes / prepared by Arizona Academy of Science for Planning Division, Department of Economic Planning and Development, Office of the Governor, State of Arizona ; principal authors, E. Linwood Smith, Gordon L. Bender.
Items on the Arizona and Southwest Index
CE EPH DTO BOUSE.1-2
FE EPH DTO BOUSE.1