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Editor-in-Chief Denise Bartee Faculty Advisor Marjorie Johnson Morenci High School Morenci, Arizona 85540 Volume 27 1972 Copper Cat The Morenci Story From Then to Now “I know of no way of judging the past but by the future. ” Patrick Henry
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Morenci and Mines Celebrate Hundredth Anniversary “The true past departs not; no truth or goodness realized by man ever dies or can die; but all is still here, and, recognized or not, lives and works through endless changes. ” Carlyle. THIS IS MORENCl’S STORY: its past, present, future. Though only ruins remain of its physical past, memories and experiences of its inhabitants live on, passed down from generation to gen- eration, until we hear them today. Morenci’s history began in the early 1870’s, when, in the midst of ferocious animals and maraud- ing Indians, a lone group of white men journeyed into the mountains of the continental Southwest. Led by Captain Chase, they explored the vast frontier regions, struggling against nature and other unknown dangers for their lives. But their efforts were rewarded; they soon found vast quantities of gold and copper ore, undisturbed by man’s hands. Eager to make their fortunes, they pitched their tents and began to extract the rich ores from their natural surroundings. Thus began Captain Joy’s Camp, later renamed Morenci in 1875. In 1872, the first copper claims were formally recorded, and with
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