Fortuna, Arizona
Fortuna is a ghost town in Yuma County in the U.S. state of Arizona.
Fortuna was a mining town named for the Fortuna Mine or La Fortuna Mine, discovered about 1893 by Charles Thomas, William Holbert, and others, in 1893 in Arizona Territory.[1] It had its own post office from September 1896 that was discontinued in November 30, 1904 being replaced by Blaisdell, Arizona.[2][3]
References
- U.S. Geological Survey Geographic Names Information System: Fortuna, Arizona
- John and Lillian Theobald, Arizona Territory Post Offices & Postmasters, Arizona Historical Foundation, Phoenix, 1961, p.101
- U.S. Geological Survey Geographic Names Information System: Fortuna, Arizona
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