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Douglas, AZ 85224
Douglas, Arizona
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Douglas is a
city in Cochise County, Arizona (USA). It is
named after mining pioneer James Douglas.
The population was 14,312 at the 2000
census.
Douglas stands on the U.S.-Mexico border,
across from the city of Agua Prieta, Sonora,
(Mexico).
World War I wife Hazel Carter was from
Douglas.
Douglas is home to the historic Gadsden
Hotel, which opened its doors in 1907. Named
for the Gadsden Purchase, the stately
five-story, 160-room hotel became a home
away from home for cattlemen, ranchers,
miners, and businessmen in the young Arizona
territory. The hotel was leveled by fire and
rebuilt in 1929. The Gadsden is recognized
as a National Historic Site.
The Gadsden's spacious main lobby is
majestically set with a solid white Italian
marble staircase and four soaring marble
columns. An authentic Tiffany stained glass
mural extends forty-two feet across one wall
of the massive mezzanine. An impressive oil
painting by Audrey Jean Nichols is just
below the Tiffany window. Vaulted stained
glass skylights run the full length of the
lobby. Great photos of the Gadsden
architectural details can be seen among the
photo galleries on the Cochise County -
DesertAura.com website.
Douglas was also the site of the
Phelps-Dodge Corporation Douglas Reduction
Works until its closure in 1987. Two copper
smelters operated at the site. The Calumet
and Arizona Company Smelter was built in
1902. The Copper Queen operated in Douglas
from 1904 until 1931, when the Phelps-Dodge
Corporation purchased the Calumet and
Arizona Company and took over their smelter.
The Calumet and Arizona smelter then became
the Douglas Reduction Works.
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