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]
Lewis Springs, Arizona | |
|---|---|
  Lewis Springs Location within the state of Arizona  Lewis Springs Lewis Springs (the United States) | |
| Coordinates: 31°34′52″N 110°08′31″W / 31.58111°N 110.14194°W | |
| Country | United States |
| State | Arizona |
| County | Cochise |
| Elevation | 4,049 ft (1,234 m) |
| Time zone | UTC-7 (Mountain (MST)) |
| • Summer (DST) | UTC-7 (MST) |
| Area code | 520 |
| FIPS code | 04-40770 |
| GNIS feature ID | 24493[1] |
History
editThe 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
edit- ^ 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.