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Graham County
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" On March 10, 1881, Graham County was created from parts of Apache and Pima counties. The supposition is that Graham County was so named from the prominent mountain peak of the same name. Isadore E. Soloman started the county seat in his sawmill, but the seat of county government was not destined to remain at his little community. The first county seat was at Safford, but  in 1883 it was moved to Solomonville. In 1915 when Greenlee County was permitted to pull away from Graham County, it is said that the move was provided that  Safford was voted to be the county seat. This, in fact, occurred. Graham County is largely an agricultural area, consisting of 2,950,400 acres."

Barnes, Will C.; Granger, Byrd (ed.) Arizona Place Names University of Arizona Press. 1960.
p.122

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Websites

County Profile-Arizona Department of Commerce
http://www.commerce.state.az.us/pdf/county/graham.pdf

Local Government Website
http://www.graham-chamber.com/main.htm

Arizonan.com- Graham County
http://arizonan.com/GrahamCounty/index.html

Eastern Arizona Courier
http://www.eacourier.com/

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Cities of County

Pima
Safford-County Seat
Thatcher

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Sites to See

Graham County Historical Society Museum
3430 W Main St Thatcher AZ 85552
(520) 348-0470

Eastern Arizona Museum and Historical Society, Inc. of Graham County
N. Main St., No. 2 Pima, AZ 85543
P.O. BOX 274
Pima, AZ 85543
tel (520) 485-9400

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Books/Manuscripts found in the ASU Library Catalog

Settlement and growth of the Gila Valley in Graham County as a Mormon Colony, 1879 to 1900, by Oran A. Williams.
F817 .G52 W5x

A Century in Central / Lot D. Smith, executive producer ; Talana S. Hooper, editor.
F819 .C46 C5x

Out of the years, by Telva Wilson and Phyllis Hancock.
F817 .G7 L5x

Shoot-out at dawn : an Arizona tragedy / by Tom Power ; with John Whitlatch.
F817 .G7 P6x

The evaders, or Wilderness shoot-out : the story of the Power affair / by Darvil B.McBride.
F817 .G7 M33x 1984

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