"After the bloody Pleasant Valley feud ended, the settlers gradually returned to the valley, and by 1896 the need for a post office developed. Locally it was called Pleasant Valley. However, there was already a post office of that name near Flagstaff, so the post office here was named Young for Silas Young, who had a ranch in the valley. He was the father of the first postmistress, who homesteaded on the Graham place when Graham left with his cattle between 1887 and 1892. PO est. June 25, 1890, Ola Young PM."
Barnes, Will C.; Granger, Byrd (ed.) Arizona's names : X marks the place Falconer Pub. Co. : distributed by Treasure Chest Publications, c1983. P. 691
Arizona Department of Commerce Community Profiles- Young, Arizona
http://www.commerce.state.az.us/pdf/commasst/comm/young.pdf
Arizonan.com- Young, Arizona
http://arizonan.com/Young/
Gila County Library District. Young Public Library.
P.O. Box 150 Young, AZ 85554
928-462-3588
Pleasant Valley days, Young, Arizona : a history of the people / by Barbara Zachariae.
F819.G5 Z33 2001
Pleasant Valley days, Young, Arizona : a history of the people of Pleasant Valley / by Barbara Zachariae.
F819.G5 Z33x 1991
Typewritten transcript of oral history interview with Nora Nevitt McKinney, 1981 July 31 and August 1 / conducted by Rosemary Diaz
MS CO OH MCK,NOR
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