CONTENTION CITY

NAME: Contention City COUNTY: Cochise ROADS: 4WD LEGAL INFO: T19S, R21E CLIMATE: Mild winter, Hot summer BEST TIME TO VISIT: Anytime

COMMENTS: Just past Fairbank. REMAINS: Sparse foundations.

Contention City's post office was established April 6, 1880 and discontinued November 26, 1888. Contention City had three mills, the Grand Central, Head Center and the Contention. Layed out on the San Pedro river for the water, Contention City served nearby Tombstone for about ten years until the mines in Tombstone flooded. Today only a few foundations remain.

Contention City circa 1880 Courtesy Arizona Historical Society

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