Editing McNary, Arizona (section)

==History==
The community was originally named "Cluff Cienega" by European Americans after Benjamin Cluff, a [[Mormons|Mormon]] [[Bishop (Latter Day Saints)|bishop]] who harvested hay here in 1879 and 1880 for use at Fort Apache. In 1919, the name was changed to "Cooley" in honor of Corydon Cooley (d. March 18, 1917), a hotelier of [[Show Low, Arizona|Show Low]]. In 1924, the Cady Lumber Company moved its entire operations, plus hundreds of employees, from McNary, Louisiana, to Cooley, Arizona.<ref>{{Cite web |url=https://foresthistory.org/mcnary-arizona-a-town-on-the-move/ |title=McNary, Arizona: A Town on the Move |date=May 7, 2012 |access-date=April 3, 2018 |publisher=Forest History Society}}</ref> For marketing purposes, the company received permission from the federal government to rename Cooley as McNary.<ref name="Granger1960">{{cite book|author=Byrd H. Granger|title=Arizona Place Names|url=https://archive.org/details/arizonaplacename00barn|url-access=registration|access-date=December 5, 2011|year=1960|publisher=University of Arizona Press|page=[https://archive.org/details/arizonaplacename00barn/page/15 15]}}</ref> This company was later renamed  Southwest Lumber Mills and then Southwest Forest Industries. The mill closed in 1979 after a fire.<ref>{{cite web | url=https://fhsarchives.wordpress.com/2012/05/07/mcnary-arizona-a-town-on-the-move/ | title=McNary, Arizona: A town on the move | date=May 7, 2012 }}</ref>