Talk:Mojave City, Arizona

Conflicting history
In researching Castle Dome Landing, Arizona, I came across a reference that mentioned both that town and Mohave City. The reference I found seems to contradict the information in this article. Here is a paraphrase of the reference in question, as well as a citation for the ref:


 * Indian threats to miners on the southern portion of the Colorado River spurred the creation of Fort Mohave by the US Army. The relative safety provided by the military presence led to the founding of Mohave City adjacent to the fort. Mohave City served primarily as a recreation town and its saloons and brothels thrived, thanks to the ample supply of miners and soldiers. The town was short-lived, however, as Fort Mohave expanded its borders to include the townsite in 1869, mostly to get rid of it. The port town of Hardyville, created in 1864 and just north of Mohave City, gained in prominence once Mohave City was no more.

Another source I have (Sherman, Ghost Towns of Arizona) corroborates the 1869 date for the expansion of Fort Mohave. The article seems to say that the expansion of Fort Mohave took place in 1938.

I will continue to look for other references on this ghost town to see which history seems more accurate, but I wanted to include this as a head's up. -- Transity  ( talk &bull; contribs ) 15:02, 10 September 2009 (UTC)


 * I dont know what to say, I mean if you can back what you just posted up with another source I say put it on the article.--Coldplay Expert (talk) 21:59, 10 September 2009 (UTC)


 * Please don't take my comment the wrong way. One thing I've learned is that nailing down facts on ghost towns can be notoriously difficult, and you can often find conflicting information across multiple reliable sources. Even basic facts can be hard to pinpoint. In fact, the entire premise of my rewrite on Castle Dome Landing, Arizona was flawed because the initial sources I found made it sound like it was the same location as Castle Dome, Arizona, just under a different name. As it turned out (as Pete Tillman pointed out), that's not the case at all, and the towns were 17 miles apart.


 * So don't let this dissuade you from writing about ghost towns. It's part of the challenge, and no one (least of all me) will cast aspersions if you are simply following sources that turn out to be wrong or misleading. I will check some other sources, and see what I can find. -- Transity  ( talk &bull; contribs ) 22:40, 10 September 2009 (UTC)

Thanks and I was pertty sure that this was a hard sybject to work on but it is one of my favorite so dont worry I wont give up.--Coldplay Expert (talk) 22:50, 10 September 2009 (UTC)


 * Another source corroborates the 1869 date: here. I'll go ahead and drop this into the article shortly. Thanks. -- Transity  ( talk &bull; contribs ) 16:10, 11 September 2009 (UTC)

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