Lochiel, Arizona

The present-day Lochiel was originally known by local Mexican settlers as La Noria, which is Spanish for a wheel-drawn well, and later as Luttrell, before being renamed "Lochiel" by the rancher Colin Cameron in 1884. Lochiel is the main branch of Clan Cameron, some of the chiefs of which − such as Donald Cameron of Lochiel − figure prominently in Scottish history. ==History==

The Lochiel area was originally inhabited by a small community of Mexican ranchers before a smelting works was erected in the late 1870s to serve the nearby mines in the Patagonia Mountains, bringing in American settlers. By 1881, a town by the name of Luttrell had formed and was home to some 400 people, most of whom worked in the smelter or in the mines, as well as five stores, three saloons, a brewery, a butcher shop, a bakery, livery stables, and a boarding house operated by Dr. James Monroe Luttrell, for whom the town was originally named. A few people still live in Lochiel to this day. In addition to a collection of old houses, Lochiel is the site of an adobe one-room schoolhouse, a teacherage, an old adobe church and cemetery, and an abandoned U.S. Customs station. Lochiel is also the site where Fray Marcos de Niza first entered what is now Arizona. ==Gallery==

United States Customs Station Lochiel Arizona 2014.JPG|The U.S. Customs station. Schoolhouse Lochiel Arizona 2014.JPG|The one-room schoolhouse, built sometime before 1905. Teacherage Next To Schoolhouse In Lochiel Arizona 2014.JPG|The teacherage next to the schoolhouse. Church Lochiel Arizona 2014.JPG|An old adobe church. Sunwest Ranch House Lochiel Arizona 2014.JPG|The Sunwest Ranch House in Lochiel. Fray Marcos de Niza Monument Lochiel Arizona 2014.JPG|The monument to Fray Marcos de Niza, the first European west of the Rocky Mountains. ==See also==