Quarter Horse Motel, Benson, AZ
Benson is a city in Arizona, 45 miles east-southeast of Tucson. It was founded in 1880 as a rail terminal for the area, when the Southern Pacific Railroad came through. The city was named after Judge William B. Benson, a friend of Charles Crocker, president of the Southern Pacific Railroad. The Southern Pacific, coming overland from California, chose the Benson site to cross the San Pedro River. Benson then served as a rail junction point to obtain ore and refined metal by wagon, in turn shipping rail freight back to the mines at Tombstone, Fairbank, Contention and Bisbee. The railhead in Benson was about 25 miles from Tombstone, and was the closest rail connection to it until 1882, when a feeder line was laid from Benson to Contention City.
Quarter Horse Motel, Benson, AZ
Benson is a city in Arizona, 45 miles east-southeast of Tucson. It was founded in 1880 as a rail terminal for the area, when the Southern Pacific Railroad came through. The city was named after Judge William B. Benson, a friend of Charles Crocker, president of the Southern Pacific Railroad. The Southern Pacific, coming overland from California, chose the Benson site to cross the San Pedro River. Benson then served as a rail junction point to obtain ore and refined metal by wagon, in turn shipping rail freight back to the mines at Tombstone, Fairbank, Contention and Bisbee. The railhead in Benson was about 25 miles from Tombstone, and was the closest rail connection to it until 1882, when a feeder line was laid from Benson to Contention City.