Editing Clarkdale, Arizona (section)

==Commerce==
[[File:Slag2.jpg|thumb|upright|A slag heap in Clarkdale]]

The [https://www.srmaterials.com/ Salt River Materials Group (formerly Phoenix Cement Co.] is Clarkdale's only major industry. The cement plant was built in 1959 to supply [[Portland cement]] for the construction of [[Glen Canyon Dam]] and is owned by the [[Salt River Pima-Maricopa Indian Community]]. Clarkdale is home to the [[Verde Canyon Railroad]], a scenic excursion train that follows part of the route of the Verde Valley Railroad, constructed in 1911–12 to serve Clark's mine and smelter, to [[Drake, Arizona|Drake]] and [[Perkinsville, Arizona|Perkinsville]], now ghost towns.<ref>[http://www.onemine.org/search/summary.cfm/Filled-Stopes--Mining-Methods-of-Verde-District-Arizona?d=AB8DA5D6EF3E4CEAD61C425C50F821936F7017F3B3A822A255312853E217ABC015270 Filled Stopes – Mining Methods of Verde District, Arizona] {{webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20110723023817/http://www.onemine.org/search/summary.cfm/Filled-Stopes--Mining-Methods-of-Verde-District-Arizona?d=AB8DA5D6EF3E4CEAD61C425C50F821936F7017F3B3A822A255312853E217ABC015270 |date=July 23, 2011 }}</ref> [[Yavapai College]] also has a campus in Clarkdale.

Several motion pictures have been shot in Clarkdale, including ''[[Desert Fury]]'', ''[[Midnight Run]]'', ''[[Universal Soldier (1992 film)|Universal Soldier]]'', ''[[Benefit of the Doubt (film)|Benefit of the Doubt]]'' and ''[[Brothel (film)|Brothel]]''.<ref>[https://www.imdb.com/List?endings=on&&locations=Clarkdale,%20Arizona,%20USA&&heading=18;with+locations+including;Clarkdale,%20Arizona,%20USA Titles with locations including Clarkdale, Arizona, USA]{{Dead link|date=July 2021 |bot=InternetArchiveBot |fix-attempted=yes }}, Internet Movie Database</ref>