Barnes, Will C.; Granger, Byrd (ed.) Arizona
Place Names University of Arizona Press. 1997
p. 106
"This location, now frequently called Old Congress, was named by Dennis May (d. Oct. 13, 1907), who located and named the Congress Mine in 1883. The mining community housed about four hundred mine employees in an upper and lower town. Later Diamond Jim Reynolds (d. March 1891) owned the mine. As a result of mining activity here, Congress Junction developed on the railroad. When Congress was discontinued as a post office, its name was then moved to Congress Junction or New Congress, which is today a cattle shipping point. P.O. est as Congress Jan 19, 1889, Charles A. Randall PM; disc Aug, 31, 1938; P.O. est at Congress Junction March 23, 1906 Oliver L. Geer PM; name chnaged to Congress Nov 1, 1938."
Barnes, Will C.; Granger, Byrd (ed.) Arizona's names : X marks the place Falconer Pub. Co. : distributed by Treasure Chest Publications, c1983. P.169
Websites
Arizonan.com- Congress
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Ghosttowns.com: Congress, Arizona
http://www.ghosttowns.com/states/az/congress.html
Congress Public Library
PO Box 380 Congress AZ 86332 400 Ranch Road
520-427-3945
http://www.prescottlib.lib.az.us/conlib.htm
The story of Congress, Arizona's premier gold camp / by Rose Mary Goodson
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Saddlebag, 1980
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Date Creek Rattler; 1935
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Congress Junction, Arizona:Newsclippings; 1965
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