Ray, Sonora, and Barcelona in central, east Arizona are no more. In there place is a giant, open pit copper mine. This web site is a remembrance of what once was home.
Title graphic: Ray-Sonora, Arizona



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.

Teapot Mountain, 1911, snowyThe 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.
Teapot Mtn. beyond the open pit copper mine. 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 .

A book that is much more complete (for now) than this web page is "Forever Sonora, .Ray, Barcelona - A Labor of Love" by .Leonor .Lopez. If .Leonor should see this site and grant limited permission to quote and display pictures, I would be quite appreciative. My copy of the book was bought from the .General .Kearny .Inn, .Kearny, AZ.

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