The San Simon Rest Area
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leadhiker
N 32° 14.150 W 109° 05.383
12S E 679988 N 3568176
Dedicated to the
Engineering Achievements of
Percy Jones, Jr.
Waymark Code: WMBQTR
Location: Arizona, United States
Date Posted: 06/14/2011
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Inscription:
The San Simon Rest Area
Dedicated to the
Engineering Achievements of
Percy Jones, Jr.
1888 –
Chief locating engineer who by sheer genius personally located more miles of Arizona highways than any other person. His college training in mining and geology combined with instincts as a pioneer desert traveler to give him uncanny abilities at pushing roads across virgin country.
The spectacular drive through Salt River Canyon on U.S. 60 is considered a high point of this "born locator's" career.
He worked for the Arizona Highway Department a year before entering World War I in 1917, returning in 1925. He became chief locating engineer in 1931 and served until 1948; the department called him back in 1955 for three more years to "trouble shoot" corridors for the new billion dollar interstate system.
Marker Name: The San Simon Rest Area
Type of history commemorated: Person
County: Cochise
Name of any agency/ agencies setting marker:
Arizona State Transportation Board in cooperation with the Arizona Section, American Society of Civil Engineers.
Year placed: 1974
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