Percy Jones, Jr. - The San Simon Rest Area, Arizona - Citizen Memorials on Waymarking.com

County of Rest Area: Cochise County
Location of marker: I-10, 2 miles W. of AZ-NM border, San Simon Rest Area
Maintained by Arizona Department of Transportation
Marker erected: July 4, 1976
Marker erected by: Arizona State Transportation Board in cooperation with the Arizona Section, American Society of Civil Engineers

Marker Text:

The SAN SIMON
REST AREA
Dedicated to the
Engineering Achievements of
Percy Jones, Jr.
1888 –   Chief locating engineer who by sheer genius personally located more miles of Arizona highways than any other person. His college training in mining and geology combined with instincts as a pioneer desert traveler to give him uncanny abilities at pushing roads across virgin country.

The spectacular drive through Salt River Canyon on U.S. 60 is considered a high point of this "born locator's" career.

He worked for the Arizona Highway Department a year before entering World War I in 1917, returning in 1925. He became chief locating engineer in 1931 and served until 1948; the department called him back in 1955 for three more years to "trouble shoot" corridors for the new billion dollar interstate system.

Website with more information on either the memorial or the person(s) it is dedicated to: [Web Link] Location: San Simon Rest Area on I-10

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