Benson's Ride Through History: 1880 - 1945
Tiernan, Mary Lee![Benson's Ride Through History: 1880 - 1945](https://support.digitalhusky.com/media/annotations/sorted/429/42997867/CHSBZCOP0342997867.jpg)
From desert in Apache territory to a railroad hub to cattle country and a layover on the southern highways across the United States: Benson, Arizona, transformed itself several times to avoid becoming a ghost town. Southern Pacific Railroad had founded Benson in 1880 as the railroad built a line from California to Texas to complete the Second Transcontinental Railroad. The town's location intersected the railroad's west/east route and the nort...