Superior’s history is
mostly unwritten
The public archives hold just one old photo of Superior. The rest are in attics, shoeboxes and the historical society. Help start the collection.
The story
from WikipediaRead it all ↗Like nearby Globe, Ray, and Clifton, Arizona, Superior was once part of a huge Apache reservation, but after silver and copper deposits were discovered, those areas were withdrawn from the reservation and returned to the public domain.
In 1872, at the height of the American Indian Wars, a band of raiding Apache horsemen were ambushed by a United States Cavalry force from Picket Post Mountain. After losing 50 men, the Apache retreated up the mountain later named "Apache Leap". According to local legend, in the face of defeat, the remaining Apache leapt to their death rather than being captured by the cavalry, thus giving the mountain its name.
Superior was originally called Queen, then Hastings, and under the latter name was platted in 1900.
Text from Wikipedia, licensed CC BY-SA 4.0.
Timeline
built from the dates on the items belowStart Superior’s collection
The first neighbors to add old photos shape how Superior’s history is told.
1 of 10 decades since 1900 have photos 🔁Retake an old viewThe Superior & Boston Co, 1909: stand where they stood+15 📦Share a family photoSign in to add one+10Famous people from Superior
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Superior, decade by decade
1990s
Then & now
No then-and-now pairs yet. Take a photo from the same spot as The Superior & Boston Co (1909) and it appears here side by side.
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National Register · via Wikidata
From Wikimedia Commons (4), the Library of Congress (1) and the National Register (1). Images are copied here with their credits and licenses, shown on each photo’s page. Refreshed monthly.