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List Of Historic Properties In Bouse, Arizona
This is a list, which includes a photographic gallery, of some of the remaining structures and monuments, of historic significance in Bouse, Arizona, Bouse, an unincorporated community which is located on Highway 72 in La Paz County, Arizona. mining was the main industry in Bouse in the late 1890s. In 1943, General George Patton established a secret tank training camp, called Camp Bouse in the area. Brief history The area where Bouse is located was first inhabited by the ancient Native-American tribe known as the Hohokam. Hohokam is a Pima language, Pima (O'odham) word used by archaeologists to identify a group of people who lived in the Sonoran Desert of North America. Following the expansion of the New Mexico Territory in 1853, as a result of the Gadsden Purchase, several proposals for a division of the territory and the organization of a separate Territory of Arizona in the southern half of the territory were advanced as early as 1856. In 1889, Thomas Bouse, a native of Missou ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Bouse, Arizona
Bouse ( ''rhymes with "house"'') is a census-designated place (CDP) and ghost town in La Paz County, Arizona, United States. Founded in 1908 as a mining camp, the economy of Bouse is now based on tourism, agriculture, and retirees. The population was 996 at the 2010 census. It was originally named Brayton after the store owner John Brayton Martin. Geography Bouse is located north of the center of La Paz County at (33.933657, -114.008268). Arizona State Route 72 passes through the community, leading northwest to Parker and southeast to Hope. According to the United States Census Bureau, the Bouse CDP has a total area of , all land. Camp Bouse, east in Butler Valley, is the former site of a World War II US Army tank training camp. Although the buildings are gone, a few foundations remain, as do some of the tank tracks from World War II. There is a Camp Bouse memorial monument in Bouse. Demographics Bouse first appeared on the 1920 U.S. Census as an unincorporated village, ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
