ang="EN-US">Postwar, Kingman experienced growth as several
major employers moved into the vicinity. In 1953 Kingman was used to detain
those men accused of practicing polygamy in the Short Creek raid, which was at
the time one of the largest arrests in American history. In 1955, Ford Motor
Company established a proving ground (now one of the Chrysler Proving Grounds)
in nearby Yucca, Arizona at the former Yucca Army Airfield. Several major new neighbourhoods
in Kingman were developed to house the skilled workers and professionals
employed at the proving ground, as Kingman was the only sizable, developed town
within a convenient distance. Likewise, the development of the Duval copper
mine near adjacent Chloride, Arizona, and construction of the Mohave Generating
Station in nearby Laughlin, Nevada, in 1971 contributed to Kingman's population
growth. The location of a General Cable plant at what was to become the Kingman
Airport Industrial Park provided a steady employment base as well