Dos Cabezas, Arizona

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Dos Cabezas, Arizona
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Coordinates: 32°10′31″N109°36′48″W / 32.17528°N 109.61333°W / 32.17528; -109.61333
Country United States
State Arizona
County Cochise
Time zone UTC-7 (MST (no daylight saving time))
Area code 520
GNIS feature ID4036 [1]

Dos Cabezas, Spanish for Two Heads, is an unincorporated community in Cochise County, located in the U.S. state of Arizona. It lies at an elevation of 5,082 feet (1,549 m) in the Dos Cabezas Mountains. [1] [2] It is now a ghost town. [3]

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Cabezas may refer to:

Ewell Station is a later station of the Butterfield Overland Mail located 24.4 miles (39.3 km) east of Dragoon Springs, Arizona and 12.22 miles (19.67 km) west of Apache Pass Station. This station shortened the route between Dragoon Springs and Apache Pass Stations and provided a water stop not previously available. The station was probably started in late 1858 as it is not listed in Oct., 1858 but appears in an account from 1862, after Butterfield had ceased operation. Water at the station was hauled from a spring, located 4 miles (6.4 km) north of the station in the Dos Cabezas Mountains and stored in a cistern.

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References

  1. 1 2 U.S. Geological Survey Geographic Names Information System: Dos Cabezas
  2. Blackwood, Alisa (April 15, 2001). "Whimsical names mark Arizona towns". Reading Eagle. pp. E11. Retrieved April 23, 2015.
  3. Varney, Philip (1980). "Eleven: The Chiricauhua Ghosts". Arizona's Best Ghost Towns. Flagstaff: Northland Press. pp. 123–124. ISBN   0873582179. LCCN   79-91724.