Dennison was a stop on the

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between Canyon Diablo, and

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, United States, in

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. Formerly in

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, it came to be in

upon the latter's creation in 1891. Dennison was named for a railroad roadmaster named Denny. It has an estimated elevation of above sea level. A short distance west of Dennison siding, the

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that is predominant in the western part of the state first rises above the limestone

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found to the east. In 1910, the railroad was double-tracked from

, to a point two miles west of Dennison. By 1972, Dennison was only a phone station on the railroad line. At that time, the name had fallen out of public use, and local landowners successfully petitioned the county to change the name of Dennison Road, exit 239 on

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, to Red Gap Ranch Road and Meteor City Road.

Incidents

On 1 September 1891 two men were killed on the line between Dennison and

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when a wagon carrying blasting powder on a freight train exploded. On 28 March 1899, trackwalker George Smiley shot and killed Dennison section foreman, Paul McSweeney, following a dispute over unpaid wages. Smiley was executed on 8 January the following year. On 1 July 1899 a light engine ran into the back of a freight train in the siding at Dennison, killing a brakeman and an engineer.

References

External links

Dennison Station Plat at the Arizona Memory Project
{{Coconino County, Arizona Populated places in Coconino County, Arizona