Editing Superior, Arizona (section)

==History==
{{stack|[[File:Apacheleap crop.jpg|thumb|400px|Apache Leap cliff]]}}
Like nearby [[Globe, Arizona|Globe]], [[Ray, Arizona|Ray]], and [[Clifton, Arizona]], Superior was once part of a huge [[Apache]] reservation, but after silver and copper deposits were discovered, those areas were withdrawn from the reservation and returned to the public domain.<ref>{{cite arizona|pages=86, 163}}</ref>

In 1872, at the height of the [[American Indian Wars]], a band of raiding Apache horsemen were ambushed by a [[United States Cavalry]] force from Picket Post Mountain. After losing 50 men, the Apache retreated up the mountain later named "Apache Leap". According to local legend, in the face of defeat, the remaining Apache leapt to their death rather than being captured by the cavalry, thus giving the mountain its name.<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://www.nativehistorymagazine.com/2013/02/the-legend-of-apache-tears.html|title=The Legend of Apache Tears|first=Art|last=Chick}}</ref><ref>Historical sign on site</ref>

Superior was originally called Queen, then Hastings, and under the latter name was [[plat]]ted in 1900.<ref>{{cite web | url=http://www.discovergila.com/history-of-town-names-in-Southern-Gila-County.php | title=The History of Town Names In Southern Gila County | publisher=Gila County Industrial Development Authority | access-date=March 25, 2018 | url-status=bot: unknown | archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20170703181631/http://www.discovergila.com/history-of-town-names-in-Southern-Gila-County.php | archive-date=July 3, 2017 | df=mdy-all }}</ref>

Queen had a population of around 100 circa 1880. There was a general store, 2 hotels, numerous saloons, and a post office. The Queen post office closed September 15, 1881.<ref name=W&C>[https://www.miningfoundationsw.org/resources/Documents/Publications/History%20of%20AZ%20-%20V%202/09_WALKER_1991_HIST_MINING_AZ_2.PDF History of Mining at Superior] by Gladys Walter & TG Chilton, 1991. Accessed June 25, 2018</ref>

The Superior townsite was laid out in 1902, and named after the Lake Superior and Arizona Copper Company (LS&A). The Superior post office opened on December 29, 1902.<ref name=W&C/>

By 1950, before the [[United States Supreme Court]]'s ''[[Brown v. Board of Education]]'' decision, schools in Superior segregated Anglo and Mexican students.<ref>{{cite arizona|page=285}}</ref>