As for the origin of the name Globe, one story relates that D.B. (Gip) Chilson and Henry Wagner were prospecting in the Apache Peaks for a large silvermine they had heard being the source for the silver bullets reputedly used by Apache Indians. They found such a place and called it Globe because of its immense size. One of its locators said after its discovery that it was a big as the globe.

A second version states that a small settlement was barely begun where Globe is today when cavalry men, riding through near what became the Old Dominion Min found a large and perfectly round boulder, hence the name. Still another legend says that at the site of the new community a globe shaped boulder of nearly pure silver was found. However, this story seems to have originated from the finding of what is referred to as "Munson's Chunk", which was actually found after the community was a going concern. The first story, that the community took its name from the Globe Ledge and Globe Mine, seems the most tenable.

When the community was initiated it was referred to as Globe City, a name which continued until the publication of the Arizona Silver Belt on May 2, 1878 in which the editor suggested that the word "city" be dropped.

The town site had been laid out earlier by Alec Pendleton. In October 1880, Globe was incorporated as a village, but this fact seems to have been forgotten after 1884. The result was that the town of Globe was again incorporated in 1905. Its citizens found city government too expensive and disbanded the incorporation within a year. It was re-incorporated as a city in 1907."

Barnes, Will C.; Granger, Byrd (ed.) Arizona Place Names University of Arizona Press. 1960.
P. 103

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Websites

Arizona Department of Commerce Community Profiles- Globe, Arizona
http://www.commerce.state.az.us/pdf/commasst/comm/globe.pdf

Globe, Arizona Local Government Website
http://www.desertusa.com/Cities/az/globe.html

The Arizonan.com Globe, Arizona
http://www.arizonan.com/Globe/

Globe History-Gila County Seat
http://www.geocities.com/~zybt/globe.htm

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Newspapers

Arizona Silver Belt
http://www.silverbelt.com/
 

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Sites to See

Gila County Library District
1400 E. Ash Globe, Arizona 85501
Phone: (520) 425-3231

Besh-Ba-Gowah
Jesse Hayes Rd GLOBE AZ 85501
(520) 425-0320
http://www.geocities.com/jqjacobs/southwest/besh_ba_gowah.html
 

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Books/Manuscripts found in the ASU Library Catalog

Globe, Arizona : early times in a little world of copper and cattle / by Clara T. Woody and Milton L. Schwartz ; with an introd. by C. L. Sonnichsen.
F819 .G5 W66

Globe, Arizona : the life and times of a western mining town / by Robert Bigando.
F819.G5 B5x 1990

The territorial history of the Globe Mining District, Arizona / by Alexander Ziede.
F817.G5 Z5x

Honor the past, mold the future : Gila Centennials, Inc. Historical Celebration and Pageant, September 10-19, 1976 / [Editors, Guy and Donna Anderson].
F819 .G5 H6x

Arizona silver belt-Local Newspaper
AN2.G56 A7x

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Items on the Arizona and Southwest Index

Historic Downtown Globe Walking Tour
CE EPH DTO-GLOBE.10

History of Globe & Globe-Mine, 1913
CE EPH DTO-GLOBE.8

Globe - Miami's Historic Home & Building Tour.
CE EPH DTO-GLOBE.15

4th Annual Historic Globe Days.
CE EPH DTO-Globe.5

Photograph: Gila County Courthouse, Globe, Arizona.
FP DTO-63

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