1964 Map of Kearny

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The Gila River corridor serves as the primary artery for settlement and industry in this mid-1960s Arizona landscape, flanked by the Tortilla Mountains and the Dripping Spring Mts. The planned community of Kearny is shown in detail, including its residential street grid from Ivanhoe Rd to Emery Dr, the Ray District High Sch, and a local Hospital. This era highlights the area's transition from older riverfront settlements like Kelvin and Riverside to the modern mining-support town of Kearny. Transport and extraction infrastructure define the geography, with the Southern Pacific railroad hugging the river banks to serve the nearby mineral wealth. Evidence of the region's copper-mining legacy is found at the Sultan (Arizona) Mine and Hackberry Mine, while the Kelvin Cem and a lone Wooden Cross mark the earlier human footprint in this arid terrain.