1890: A midnight battle develops at Red Rock railroad station when a band of tramps attempts to capture the Southern Pacific fast freight.
1908: The Shattuck-Arizona Copper Co. and the Denn-Arizona Copper Co. announce plans to construct a smelter at Douglas for the reduction of Shattuck-Denn ore.
1913: The first train to serve Fort Huachuca arrives at 4:35 p.m. on the El Paso and Southwestern line.
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