Sonora Page at ASU

.En .español

I was a sixth and seventh grader in .Ray, Arizona, so my perspective is incomplete, immature and romantic. I need the input from those who lived and worked more years and with more at stake to make this a more detailed and realistic web site. But until that perspective arises, here is mine.

The landscape dominated the town. To the southwest was Teapot Dome shown here in a 1911 photo taken from above and northeast of Ray. (Near #1 on the map.)
Fortunately, this and twenty-two other pictures of Ray-Sonora are part of the Cline Library collection and can be viewed on the web.
A fairly recent picture from about the same perspective shows the copper mine--a somewhat changed scene. A brief history of the mining corporations is at the ASARCO Mines.

A book that is much more complete than this web page is "Forever Sonora, .Ray, Barcelona - A Labor of Love" by .Leonor .Lopez. She has contacted me with permission to upload portions of the book. My copy was bought from the .General .Kearny .Inn, .Kearny, AZ.