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Populated place in Arizona, United States
Lewis Springs, Arizona
Populated place
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Coordinates: 31°34′52″N 110°08′31″W / 31.58111°N 110.14194°W / 31.58111; -110.14194
CountryUnited States
StateArizona
CountyCochise
Elevation4,049 ft (1,234 m)
Time zoneUTC-7 (Mountain (MST))
 • Summer (DST)UTC-7 (MST)
Area code520
FIPS code04-40770
GNIS feature ID24493

Lewis Springs, also called San Pedro Springs after the nearby San Pedro River, is a populated place situated in Cochise County, Arizona, United States.

History

The site was originally named Fritz Springs, after Fritz Hoffman, who discovered the springs located on the site. Later, the area was purchased by Alpheus Lewis, whose son, Robert, renamed it in honor of his father in the late 1870s.

In 1878, Newman Haynes Clanton, known as "Old Man" Clanton, established a ranch in Lewis Springs. His two sons, Ike and Billy Clanton, were involved in the infamous Gunfight at the O.K. Corral, in nearby Tombstone.

References

  1. ^ U.S. Geological Survey Geographic Names Information System: Lewis Springs, Arizona
  2. "Lewis Springs (in Cochise County, AZ) Populated Place Profile". AZ Hometown Locator. Retrieved November 27, 2016.
  3. Barnes, Will Croft (2016). Arizona Place Names. Tucson: University of Arizona Press. p. 246. ISBN 978-0816534951.
  4. Thrapp, Dan L. (1991). Encyclopedia of Frontier Biography. Lincoln, Nebraska: University of Nebraska Press. p. 853. ISBN 0803294190.
  5. "6". Law and Disorder. Booktango. ISBN 1468920723.
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