Which US city almost became “Pumpkinville”?

Jack Swilling founded Phoenix, Arizona in 1867 by creating the Swilling Irrigation Canal Company and starting farming. The town was officially recognized in 1868 and named Phoenix by “Lord” Darrell Duppa. Swilling was a gold prospector, mine owner, and Phoenix’s first justice of the peace. He suffered from injuries and addiction to morphine. He married […]

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