Phelps Dodge officials also met with executives of the El Paso and Southwestern Railroad, who agreed to provide rail transportation for any deportees.
Within a short time, the Mexico & Colorado Railroad, which was owned by the El Paso & Southwestern, and the Arizona & Colorado Railroad, owned by Southern Pacific, built lines to the town to accommodate new settlers.
On June 17, 1902, the Arizona & Southeastern was sold to the El Paso and Southwestern Railroad (EP&SW) and the line was extended through Douglas to El Paso.
The southwestern portion was originally part of the Ozark Trails, paralleling the El Paso and Southwestern Railroad, and was originally given the numbering of State Highway 33.
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