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Arizona Pioneer & Cemetery Research Project

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Version 082007

McCABE, AZ

Yavapai County

Table of Contents

McCarty Family section of McCabe Cemetery Photograph. 2

McCabe Cemetery Roster. 3

Map of McCabe Mine. 6

McCabe Mine Reclamation 1990’s. 6

RECLAMATION SUCCESS. 7

The Ghost Town of McCabe is located in Yavapai, AZ - Township 13 N, Range 1 E. at an elevation of approximately 5,000 ft.

McCabe was an active mining town at the turn of the twentieth century. Located in the Bradshaw Mountains in Township 13N, Range 23E of the Poland Junction Quad.

In 1864, gold was discovered in the area and a mill was erected at King Woolsey’s Ranch. Four years later the gulch was abandoned until 1883 when Frank McCabe found gold in Galena Gulch. By 1900 there were stores, school, hospital, saloons and assay offices in McCabe.

A strong labor union, the Western Federation of Miners, won reduction in the workday from ten to 8 hours without loss of pay.

The town had electricity, telephone and flush toilets. During the peak years, 1900-1907, 400-600 people were living there. In 1913 the mine closed.

A fire destroyed the town and over the years vandalism and nature left only tailings, a few rocks formations, and a portion of the cemetery. More of the cemetery was washed away by a flood in 1937 Today McCabe is one of Arizona’s many ghost towns.

McCarty Family section of McCabe Cemetery Photograph

Photograph by: Neal Du Shane 2005

McCabe Cemetery Roster

McCABE PIONEER CEMETERY

Ghost Town of McCabe, W. of Humboldt, Yavapai County, AZ

Highway 69 just S. of Humboldt, take the Iron King Rd. Proceed 3.96 Miles S.W. staying on the main road. When you come to a three way wyes stay on the road straight ahead. Approximately 1/4 mile will be a fenced enclosure on left is the McCabe Cemetery.

Latitude N34 29.389, Longitude W112 17.273 - (Elevation 5,060)

	Burials =	24				7/19/2007
Marker	SURNAME	FIRST NAME	MIDDLE NAME	BIRTH DATE	DEATH DATE	COMMENTS

N	DENNY	Alex		No dates	No dates	From Cathy Cordes Grandfathers book
N	DOE	Jane				Unmarked interment
N	DOE	Jane				Unmarked interment
N	DOE	Jane				Unmarked interment
N	DOE	Jane				Unmarked interment
Y	DOE	John				No Information on the marker
Y	DOE	John				No Information on the marker
N	DOE	John				Unmarked interment
N	DOE	John				Unmarked interment
N	DOE	John				Unmarked interment
N	DOE	John				Unmarked interment
N	DOE	John				Unmarked interment
Y	DOE	John				No Information on the marker
N	McCARTY	Jack	C.	1879	1925	From Cathy Cordes Grandfathers book
N	McCARTY	Jane Doe				In McCarty enclosure (Child-female)
Y	McCARTY	John Doe				In McCarty enclosure (Child-male)
Y	McCARTY	John Doe				In McCarty enclosure (Child-male)
N	McCARTY	John Doe				In McCarty enclosure (Child-male)
Y	McCARTY	Martha	Ellen	Aug. 24, 1845	Feb. 4, 1916	Age: 70 Yrs. 5 Mos. 11 Days - Gone But Not Forgotten.
Y	McCARTY	Thomas	H.	Jan. 20, 1844	Aug. 29, 1910	Age: 66 yrs, 7 Months, 9 Dys - Gone But Not Forgotten - Blacksmith
N	MILLIGAN	Harry	George	Jun. 2, 1884	Apr. 14, 1902	Unmarked internment, Parents: Jonathan Milligan & Arabelle Rathburn, parents resided in Yabor Gulch, COD pneumonia
N	REICHELT	Baby			1906
N	REICHELT	Lena			1906
Y	THOMAS	D.	H.	Aug. 7, 1831	Sep. 24, 1906	Gone But Not Forgotten
Y	W---S	M.		Aug 30, ????		It's possible this reads Age 30? Headstone is Sandstone and decaying

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Research by:		Cathy Cordes, Neal Du Shane, Gene Simonds
		Mary Belle Smith - family member of Harry Milligan provided info.

Revised:		09/19/07 Neal Du Shane

Contributor: Neal Du Shane: Research of the general area found possible additional unmarked burials. 75% of the enclosure is currently overgrown with dense shrubs. Based on the size of the fenced enclosure its possible 300 or 400 unmarked graves may be at this cemetery.