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Submitted: 4/2/04 • Approved: 3/27/13 • Last Updated: 3/24/18 • R5369-G5369-S3
b. July 12, 1870, Isle of Man
d. June 15, 1955, Prescott, Az.
h/o Willmette Pearle (Hunt) Cleator
s/o Thomas & Elizabeth (Ester) Cleator
Occ: miner/rancher
Note: Cleator is an unincorporated community in Yavapai County, Arizona, It lies along the road that has replaced Murphy's Impossible Railroad between Cordes and Crown King.
Cleator was established in 1864 as a placer gold mining site under the name Turkey Creek Mining District. A post office was established at Turkey Creek in July 1869 but closed within three months.
Turkey Creek was renamed Cleator in 1925 after James P. Cleator took possession of the town from Levrett P. Nellis. He then named the post office after himself. The post office closed July 15, 1954.
Cleator's population fell in the 1920s as mining in the area declined and the town was put up for sale by James Cleator in April 1949. It then had about 60 residents. James P. Cleator's son Thomas bought the town and lived there until his death in 1996. He kept the small bar open most of the years he lived there. After his death everything was inherited by his sister Eleanor and her son.
Several original buildings remain and are occupied.
Site # E/065
Ruffner Funeral Home, Prescott, Az.
Burial: June 16, 1955
Az. death records
Contributed on 4/2/04 by jlbranson78
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