NPCA is fighting for widespread mining reform so a 19th-century law giving the mining industry first dibs on public lands ...

Located near Picture Rocks Road, the Old Yuma Mine dates to 1872 and is in what's now Saguaro National Park West. The mine, which was a minimum of 300 feet deep, mostly produced lead, which was ...

Contreras believed the town was abandoned in 1912 as a result of Midvale Farms taking most of the water from the Santa Cruz River. Midvale Farms is said to have been owned by the descendants of ...

In the 1800s, gold, silver and copper booms lured miners and immigrants looking for a better life. Though the mines eventually closed, visitors are fortunate to visit these fascinating destinations ...

From Gothic castles and creaking mansions to centuries-old graveyards that terrify after dark, the world is filled with ...

As one of the last true boom towns in the West, Tombstone today still has a population of 1,300 permanent residents. The town sees upwards of 450,000 visitors each year, and the economy largely ...

Crossing Gila River in buckboard wagons near San Carlos, Arizona, 1885. The idea of the "Old West" is often more mythological than factual, shaped heavily by decades of Hollywood films, pulp ...

For over 130 years, thousands of folks have come to Jerome. Many left their mark but some never left. In its mining heyday in the 1800s, lucrative copper mines lured investors and workers. Diversions ...

Garnet was born during the gold rush of 1895 and home to nearly a thousand miners and homesteaders at its peak. The mines were quickly depleted and most people were gone by 1912, but two dozen wood ...

Where the Wild West Never Left: The 150-Year-Old Legacy of Nevada’s Saloons. From boomtown brawls to whiskey flights, Nevada’s saloons carry the scars and stories of the state’s wild past ...

During the expansion West, many towns and mining camps were established, with some even growing into major cities. While some of the towns were forgotten and abandoned, others withstood the test of ...

Abandoned ghost towns stand as eerie reminders of the Wild West, preserving stories of hope and tragedy from the frontier era. ‘We need to make more stuff in America’: Potential Democratic ...