Binghampton: Mormon Farm Colony (Tucson, Arizona)

USA / Arizona / Catalina Foothills / Tucson, Arizona

mormons, farm land / agricultural area, historical layer / disappeared object

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Founded by Heber Farr who bought 60 acres, divided them into 12 blocks of four lots each and sold them to Mormon church members for $125 each. Irrigation canals were dug, and the farms soon produced an abundance of fruits and vegetables while domestic animals supplied milk and meat.
Images of Binghampton: A History
www.ourfamiliesroots.org/store/fife/6562/sample.pdf
Binghampton Farm Village: All That is Left
leongoodman.tripod.com/erastus2u/bingvillage.html
History of Binghamton Ward, by Edna Bingham Sabin
leongoodman.tripod.com/erastus2u/bingward.html
"Binghampton: Tucson’s Mormon community," Tucson Citizen, by Paul L. Allen, Feb 28, 2005,
tucsoncitizen.com/morgue2/2005/02/28/210675-binghampton...

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Coordinates: 32°16'0"N 110°54'46"W