the plan because they believed large tax increases would be necessary to fund a new government. Ultimately the measure was defeated on March 10, 2009, by a vote of 523 against incorporation versus 356 in support. Belmont In November 2017, media outlets reported that a company associated with billionaire Bill Gates purchased between Buckeye and Tonopah for $80 million. Gates's company plans to create a "smart city" called Belmont on the site. Climate In popular culture The chorus of the song "Willin'" by Lowell George of Little Feat on the albums Little Feat, Sailin' Shoes and Waiting for Columbus refers to either Tonopah, Arizona, or Tonopah, Nevada: Image gallery Pictured are the following images related to Tonopah: The ruins of the house of John Beauchamp, a major landowner in the area and Tonopah's first postmaster. The Beauchamp homestead house was built in 1920. The ruins of the house are located near the corner of Indian School and 411th Avenue . The former Saguaro Sanitarium, now the Motel Saguaro Mineral Wells, whose groundbreaking ceremony was officially dedicated on June 17, 1934, and attended by George W. P. Hunt, the first elected governor of Arizona. The ruins related to the Tonopah-Belmont mine workers camp. References Further reading Barnes, Will C., Byrd H. Granger, (ed.), Arizona's Names: X Marks the Place, (Falconer: 1983). Clay Thompson, "Tonopah: It's Water Under The Bush", the Arizona Republic 1-12-03, p. B12. Census-designated places in Maricopa County, Arizona Archaeological sites in Arizona Hot springs of Arizona Populated places in the Sonoran Desert Census-designated places in Arizona Ghost towns in Arizona Bodies of water of Maricopa County, Arizona