1914 Map of Douglas

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Douglas serves as the industrial and urban hub of this 1913 survey, anchored by the massive Copper Queen Smelter and the Calumet and Arizona Smelter near the international boundary. The town's grid is firmly established alongside the El Paso and Southwestern railroad, which links the mining interests of the Sulphur Spring Valley to the broader regional economy. The landscape reflects a specialized frontier society where isolated schools like Valley School and Ratcliff School and named properties such as the Carey Ranch and Copper Queen Ranch dot the arid terrain north of the Arizona Sonora United States Mexico Boundary Line. Significant local infrastructure, including the County Hospital and the neighboring settlement of Pirtleville, underscores the rapid development of this copper-smelting center. The intermittent drainage of Whitewater Draw meanders through the valley, defining the topography between the industrial sites and the northern ranchlands.