He was a pioneer Arizonan whose relatives were among colonists in early day America. The small community of Claypool between Globe and Miami, Az. was named after him. He came to this area from New Mexico in 1894, and was a native of Bowling Green, Kentucky. like many arrivals in early days, he had intended to seek employment in one of the many mines flourishing here. however, he soon went into real estate business and was named manager of a company which purchased the old Hammond Ranch. The community which sprung up on the site was named after him, as the story goes, by "Rusty" Wright, when asked for a name for a post office by the postmaster general. Active in politics, he was elected to the Arizona House of Representatives for one term and then to four terms in the State Senate. he also served for six years on the Corporation Commission, leaving that office in 1931. He was further honored when the tunnel on the Miami-Superior highway was named Claypool Tunnel. It was a work of art in its day, representing a great advancement in the science of highway construction, and is now abandoned in favor of the new Queen Creek Tunnel. He was given credit for pushing legislation through the state Senate appropriating money for the Miami-Superior highway and tunnel project. He was 82 when he died. He was survived by his wife, Daisy; and sister, Mrs. Betty C. Wilson.
Source: The Arizona Record newspaper, courtesy Bullion Plaza Cultural Center & Museum, Miami, Az.
Source: The Arizona Record newspaper, courtesy Bullion Plaza Cultural Center & Museum, Miami, Az.
He was a pioneer Arizonan whose relatives were among colonists in early day America. The small community of Claypool between Globe and Miami, Az. was named after him. He came to this area from New Mexico in 1894, and was a native of Bowling Green, Kentucky. like many arrivals in early days, he had intended to seek employment in one of the many mines flourishing here. however, he soon went into real estate business and was named manager of a company which purchased the old Hammond Ranch. The community which sprung up on the site was named after him, as the story goes, by "Rusty" Wright, when asked for a name for a post office by the postmaster general. Active in politics, he was elected to the Arizona House of Representatives for one term and then to four terms in the State Senate. he also served for six years on the Corporation Commission, leaving that office in 1931. He was further honored when the tunnel on the Miami-Superior highway was named Claypool Tunnel. It was a work of art in its day, representing a great advancement in the science of highway construction, and is now abandoned in favor of the new Queen Creek Tunnel. He was given credit for pushing legislation through the state Senate appropriating money for the Miami-Superior highway and tunnel project. He was 82 when he died. He was survived by his wife, Daisy; and sister, Mrs. Betty C. Wilson.
Source: The Arizona Record newspaper, courtesy Bullion Plaza Cultural Center & Museum, Miami, Az.
Source: The Arizona Record newspaper, courtesy Bullion Plaza Cultural Center & Museum, Miami, Az.
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