Clarkstown, Arizona, Brass Merchant Token: UNCLE TOM'S SMOKE HOUSE

Embossed:

UNCLE TOM'S SMOKE HOUSE/GOOD FOR 5c IN TRADE

Brass, 20mm, round

This town was built east of Ajo (southwest Arizona) in opposition to the company town erected by the New Cornelia Copper Company. By 1916 it boasted over a thousand residents. After it was destroyed by fire in 1931, the residents relocated to Ajo.