Lewis Springs, Arizona

Populated place in Arizona, United States

31°34′52″N 110°08′31″W / 31.58111°N 110.14194°W / 31.58111; -110.14194CountryUnited StatesStateArizonaCountyCochiseElevation

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4,049 ft (1,234 m)Time zoneUTC-7 (Mountain (MST)) • Summer (DST)UTC-7 (MST)Area code520FIPS code04-40770GNIS feature ID24493^[1]

Lewis Springs, also called San Pedro Springs after the nearby San Pedro River, is a populated place situated in Cochise County, Arizona, United States.^[2]

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.^[3]^[4]

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.^[5]

References

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