 Rail service to the area began in 1904 upon completion of "Murphy's Impossible Railroad" — a series of switchbacks and trestles that ascended the mountain terrain between Cleator and Crown King.The railroad began in Mayer, Arizona, connecting with Murphy's Prescott & Eastern and extended for 28 miles amid the rocky terrain.Crown King was the terminus (1904–1926) of the railroad, built by Frank M. Murphy to serve the mines of the southern Bradshaw Mountains.