After The Boom In Tombstone And Jerome, Arizona: Decline In Western Resource Towns

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abandoned settlements. See ghost towns adobe construction, 178 age: demography of in mining towns, 317n. 41; effect of bust upon demography of, 154–55 agriculture, consolidation of during bust, 95 alcohol consumption. See saloons Alianza Hispano Americana (aha), 62, 159, 167, 168–70 Amayo, Guadalupe, 146 American Federation of Labor (afl), 106, 108 American Legion Post (Jerome), 62, 167, 172, 235 American Red Cross (Jerome), 142, 233, 237; relief efforts by, 235–36 American Smelting and ReWning Co. (asarco), 96 American West. See West, the Amster, Harry (Jerome auto dealer), 57, 116, 119 Anderson, Mary, 148 Anti-Chinese Secret Society of Cochise County. See Tombstone Anti-Chinese League Arizona Daily Star, and Tombstone lockout, 103–4 Arizona mines: employment by, 89; mineral production of, 44–45, 90 Arizona Small Mine Operators’ Association , 99–100 artisans: as affected by bust, 131; as speculators on mining, 133 Associated Charities (of Jerome), 142, 234–35, 237 attorneys. See lawyers automobile, 117–18; dealers of in Jerome, 45; effect of bust upon dealers of, 117–19; as factor in bust, 6–7; impact of upon home trade, index Note: Italic page numbers refer to illustrations. 236; number of registered in Jerome, 45 avalanches, 195 Bacharach, I. L., 128 Bagg, Stanley (Tombstone town councilman ), 139, 143, 190 Bank of Arizona, life insurance premiums billed by, 117 Bank of Clemenceau, Jerome branch, 113 Banner Water Works, 186 Barnes, Mr. and Mrs., 182 barter economy: in agriculture communities , 116; of coal, 100; return to during bust, 115–16 baseball, 173, 175; effect of bust upon, 170–71; in Jerome, 64, 65, 171; in Tombstone, 34–35. See also sporting activities and events Benson, Ariz., 39 Big Hole Mining Company, 101, 267 Bignon, Joe, 182 Bird Cage Theater (Tombstone), 27, 34, 122–23 births, 160 Bisbee, Ariz., 123, 190, 278; and railroad to, 125, 244–46, 253; relocation of Cochise county seat to, 261–62 Bitter Creek Gulch (Jerome), 177 Blinn, L. W. (Tombstone businessman ), 129; and Cochise Hardware and Trading Co., 123–26; described, 123–24 boom and bust: cyclical nature of, 229–30; signiWcance of, 8, 10, 13 boomer mentality, 270, 277–79 boosterism: in claims for town populations , 134–35; in Jerome, 2; in newspapers, 2 Boville, F. W., 205–6 Brook (employee of Tombstone Epitaph), 120–21 buildings. See structures Burnham, George (president of tm&m Co.), 73, 94 business: speculative nature of, 310–11n. 50 Business and Professional Women’s Club (of Jerome), 55, 235 business community, leadership by, 110 business districts: dependency on mining of, 132–33; development of Jerome’s, 55–59; development of Tombstone’s, 25–27; proportional declines of, 131–32 businesses: competition among, 126, 309n. 38; consolidation of, 126– 27; cooperation among, 126; diversiWcation of, 129; and litigation , 129–30; relocation of, 129, 183; stratiWcation of, 25–26; tactics of to Wght bust, 126–30; vulnerability of different types to bust, 117 business opportunities: for ethnic groups in Tombstone, 26; for women in Tombstone, 26–27 businesspeople: persistence of, 130– 31; as speculators on mining, 133 bust: in agriculture, 5; capitalism’s role in, 11; caused by changes in 374 Index military priorities, 7–8; caused by changes in transportation systems, 5–7; caused by highway construction , 6; caused by loss of county seat, 7; in charcoal, coke, and lime, 4–5; in coal, 4; in commercial Wshing , 5; community survival of series of, 8; in copper, 4; effect of upon individuals, 276–82; effects of reduced in cash-poor economies, 233; in gold and silver, 3–4; as a historical subject, 1, 14; in the history of the West, 3–8; in Jerome in the 1880s, 46; in Jerome after World War I, 50; nature of, 13–14; as normal part of mining, 333–34 n. 14; in oil, 4; and railroads, 6; signiWcance of, 15; of stage stops, 5; in strategic metals, 4; in the timber industry, 5; utility of denial of, 229–31 bust, and boom, cycles of. See boom and bust bust, mitigation of. See mitigation of bust capital: abundance of during boom, 113; damage to economy caused by absence of, 116–17; fear of discouraging investment of, 230; mobility of, 230, 334n. 15; scarcity of during bust, 113 capitalism, role in bust, 11, 271–76 Carr, John (Tombstone mayor), 185, 206 Cashman, Nellie, 26–27, 148, 278; proWled, 150 Cates, Lewis, 90, success of in augmenting Phelps Dodge’s holdings during bust, 97...