Fish Creek, Arizona, 1909 – Vintage Photo Print
(Originally scanned by the Library of Congress. Each image is professionally and digitally cleaned of artifacts such as color bars and extra borders prior to printing.)
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This historic image of Fish Creek, Arizona, 1909 brings a moment of history to your wall. It comes from the collections of the Library of Congress, scanned from the original and carefully restored.
Library of Congress record: Fish Creek Hotel
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Fish Creek, Arizona, 1909
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Fish Creek, Arizona, was a small community in 1909, when the territory was still years away from statehood, which came in 1912. Its residents lived in a region shaped by mining, cattle ranching, and the slow spread of irrigation, while the larger territory's economy leaned on copper camps such as Bisbee, Jerome, and Clifton. Across the territory, the federal government's Roosevelt Dam was under construction on the Salt River, and many Arizonans followed its progress as the promise of reliable water for farms and towns. Remote settlements like Fish Creek depended on freight wagons, mail routes, and trade with the nearest railroad towns, since rail lines reached only a few corners of the territory. Little is documented about daily life at this particular spot, so the decade is best understood through the territory's wider struggles over distance, water, and resources.
| Created / published | 1909 |
|---|---|
| Creator | west coast art co. |
| Notes | Panoramic photograph. |
| Subjects | Panoramic photographs--Arizona |
| Source | Library of Congress, Panoramic Photographs |
| Original scan | 5,400 × 1,336 px · prints to 18 × 4 in at 300 dpi |
| Library of Congress title | Fish Creek Hotel |
| Reference | AZ Fish Creek 1909 |
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