Coolidge
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Elevation 1,400 feet. Station, 19 miles from Picacho, on Phoenix and Wellton Branch S.P.R.R. After President Calvin Coolidge. "Town established 1926, in the center of the area to be irrigated by waters impounded by the Coolidge Dam." Post office established June 14, 1926, Mrs Dora H. Nutt, Post Master."

Barnes, Will C. Arizona Place Names University of Arizona Press. 1997 p. 109

"Cooldige came into existence when Coolidge Dam was constructed, that fact making water available for irrigation. Both it and the dam were named for President Calvin Coolidge. The name was suggested by Richard J. Jones because President Coolidge's signature in 1924 had made the dam possible."

Barnes, Will C.; Granger, Byrd (ed.) Arizona's names : X marks the place Falconer Pub. Co. : distributed by Treasure Chest Publications, c1983. P.171
 

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Websites

Arizona Department of Commerce Community Profiles: Coolidge, Arizona
http://www.commerce.state.az.us/pdf/commasst/comm/coolidg.pdf

Arizonan.com: Coolidge, Arizona
http://www.arizonan.com/Coolidge/

Coolidge Chamber of Commerce
http://coolidgeaz.org/

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Newspapers

Coolidge Examiner
 

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Sites to See

Coolidge Public Library
160 W. Central Ave. Coolidge, AZ 85228
(520) 723-6030
http://co.pinal.az.us/library/coolidge/

Coolidge Dam

City of Coolidge Museum
161 W Harding Ave
520-723-7186

Golden Era Toy and Auto Museum
297 W Central Ave
520-723-5044

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Books/Manuscripts

The history of Coolidge and vicinity, by Arnold E. Kelm
F819 .C635 K4x

Newsletter / Coolidge Historical Society
F819.C67 N48x
 

Items on the Arizona and Southwest Index

Coolidge and Pinal County; 1954
CM MSM-107

The Coolidge Historical Society.
CE EPH O-249

Coolidge, Arizona: Informational Brochures; 1988-
CE EPH DTO-COOLIDGE.1

Coolidge, Arizona: Community Profiles; 1958-
CE EPH DTO-COOLIDGE.3

Coolidge, Arizona: Newsclippings; 1937-1977
CE EPH DTO-COOLIDGE.4

Coolidge, Arizona: Portrait of A Community; N.D.
CE EPH DTO-COOLIDGE.5

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