Tyrone is a ghost town located in Grant County, New Mexico, United States, in the southwestern part of the state.
Tyrone | |
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![]() Tyrone, New Mexico (May 1940). | |
Country | United States |
State | New Mexico |
County | Grant |
Established | 1915 |
Founded by | Phelps Dodge Corporation |
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Description
editTyrone was an elaborately planned community financed by the Phelps Dodge Corporation, based on Mediterranean and European styles, designed by well-known architect Bertram Goodhue and built in 1915 at a cost of more than a million dollars. A drop in copper prices in 1921 closed the mines and the town was deserted. The townsite was later destroyed as part of Phelps Dodge's development of the Tyrone open-pit copper mine, which began operation in 1969.
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Field camp of the 68th Infantry Brigade, 34th Division in Tyrone, NM (May 1918).
See also
editReferences
editBibliography
edit- Haggard, C.J., "Reading the landscape: Phelps Dodge's Tyrone, New Mexico, in time and space {mining company town}," Journal of the West. 35:4, 29–39.
External links
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