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Description: Kentucky Camp is a historic mining and ranching site in Southern Arizona, in the Coronado National Forest, maintained by the NFS and The Friends of Kentucky Camp
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People are fascinated with the history of the American West, with its stories of adventure, hardship, perseverance, failure and the occasional spectacular success. Mining is part of the story. Kentucky Camp was one such mining venture, located in what became the Santa Rita Mountains of the Coronado National Forest, in Arizona.
Kentucky Camp was built in 1904 as the headquarters of the Santa Rita Water and Mining Company, whose investors hoped to collect water from the Santa Rita Mountains for hydraulic gold mining. The venture was abandoned following the mysterious death of the chief engineer the following year. The property became a working cattle ranch for the next 50 years, before being sold to a mining conglomerate. The Coronado National Forest acquired the site in 1989; since then, the Forest and volunteers have been working
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Friends Of The Brown Canyon Ranch | Unlock history. Perserve the Future.