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		<title>The Partial Resurrection of Fairbank in Southern Arizona</title>
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		<pubDate>Tue, 04 May 2010 01:13:36 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>SamLowe</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[In its prime, Fairbank was the site of a hotel, school, mercantile, several houses, stage depots and four railroads. Not bad for a town which, even at the height of its popularity, had only about 500 residents. But those days are gone and Fairbank is now a mere remnant of its glory days as a center of mining activity. Now, however, there's a valiant effort underway to make sure those days aren't forgotten, as well.
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		<title>Arizona Place Names (Pt. 3): Surprising Towns Named After People</title>
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		<pubDate>Tue, 13 Apr 2010 03:54:33 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Andrea Aker</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[Long ago, Arizona settlers felt inspired to attach names to the special places they found. Sometimes they achieved palpable immortality by naming it after themselves; and sometimes it backfired.
Like the time Henry Mortimer Coane was running a small store in the Verde Valley. Folks wanted to use the place as a post office, so Coane filled out the paperwork and applied to Washington and requested it be named Coaneville after himself. Much to Mr. Coane's disappointment some bureau­crat got the letters mixed up and the place was officially named Cornville.
Contrary to logical assumption
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		<title>The World&#8217;s Smallest Museum in Superior</title>
		<link>http://arizonaoddities.com/2010/03/the-worlds-smallest-museum-in-superior/</link>
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		<pubDate>Mon, 15 Mar 2010 16:00:34 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>SamLowe</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Odd Observations]]></category>
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		<description><![CDATA[Even though it never gets any larger, the World's Smallest Museum in Superior remains a work in progress. Owner Dan Wight never enlarges the museum itself, but he's always working on improving the grounds that surround it. Like adding new fountains. The most recent one is made of old mining equipment; before that Wight constructed one out of old tires.
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		<title>Life in Old Boom Towns with Jackass Prospectors</title>
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		<pubDate>Tue, 02 Mar 2010 02:41:19 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Andrea Aker</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[The gold and silver rushes, more than anything else, provided the inspiration for people to give up relative comforts in the East and come west. Opportunity to get rich quick is a uniquely American article of faith and was virtually born in the West. With a single lucky break, one could instantly make more money than he could lend, spend in a lifetime. So, it was "off to Californey, Coloradie, or Arizonie with my wash pan on my knee," looking for, as Bret Harte said, "a fresh deal all around." Most were either trying to get something or get away from something. It was called the "greatest mass migration of greenhorns since the children of Israel set out in search of Canaan."
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		<title>Arizona Place Names (Pt. 2): Origins from Prominent People, Patriotism in Old Arizona</title>
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		<pubDate>Mon, 14 Dec 2009 19:01:06 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Andrea Aker</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[Patriotism was the motivating factor in the naming of one of northern Arizona's most prominent cities. A party of immigrants bound for California camped at the foot of the San Francisco Mountains on July 4, 1876. To honor the nation's centennial, they raised the colors. To celebrate the occasion they called the site Flagstaff.
A group of miners in Santa Cruz County wanted to call their new town "American Flag," but the idea was nixed
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		<title>A Unique Shrine of Concrete and Rocks in Yarnell</title>
		<link>http://arizonaoddities.com/2009/12/a-unique-shrine-of-concrete-and-rocks-in-yarnell/</link>
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		<pubDate>Wed, 02 Dec 2009 21:00:51 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>SamLowe</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[Nobody can say for sure if any miracles have actually happened at the Shrine of St. Joseph in Yarnell, but the story behind its creation is almost a miracle itself. It was built by a dishwasher on a site unsuitable for any kind of construction, and under the supervision of a family that had to invent a new type of concrete to make it happen.
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		<title>Bungling Burglars of Old Arizona</title>
		<link>http://arizonaoddities.com/2009/11/bungling-burglars-of-old-arizona/</link>
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		<pubDate>Sun, 22 Nov 2009 18:25:05 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Andrea Aker</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[Nefarious ne'er-do-wells, bent on leading a life of crime in the Arizona territory, knew their stock in trade had a few risks. It was hard to look innocent and inconspicuous while driving a herd of stolen horses or cattle. The encumbered perpetrators were also quite vulnerable to being pursued by an angry rancher and his hired hands. Whiskey running and small-time hold ups brought little return for the risk involved. Banks had lots of money, but they were located in towns where people didn't take kindly to having their savings robbed, and posses could be formed quickly. That left stagecoaches and trains as likely victims. Both were especially vulnerable when pulling long grades or stopped at some remote station.
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		<title>Rex Allen: A Cross-Eyed Hero from Willcox</title>
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		<pubDate>Thu, 05 Nov 2009 16:00:15 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>SamLowe</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[Most fans of the old Western B movies watched Rex Allen fight the outlaws and rescue the heroines without ever realizing that he was once a cross-eyed country singer who performed at barn dances.
Fortunately for everyone involved (Allen and fans alike), he had corrective surgery shortly after his singing career took off in Chicago. But his eye problem is prominently mentioned on a bronze plaque placed next to his statue in Railroad Avenue Park in Willcox. The larger-than-life bronze sits across the street from the Rex Allen Arizona Cowboy Museum and the Willcox Cowboy Hall of Fame.
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		<title>Arizona Place Names: A Slew of Cities and Counties with Spanish, Indian and Random Origins</title>
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		<pubDate>Sun, 11 Oct 2009 19:43:27 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Andrea Aker</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[Ever since man first set foot in this land called Arizona, he has felt compelled to name every river, waterhole, mountain pass and trail. Inspiration was usually drawn from great natural spectacles and awesome beauty, but not always. Among Arizona's fabulous mineral laden mountains lie the skeletal remains of storied ghost camps of yesteryear, born in boom and died in dust, the fragile wooden walls, concrete ruins, monuments to hopes and aspirations that didn't always pan out.
These ghostly reminders of the past were generally populated by a variety of boisterous, rough and tumble miners generally characterized as unmarried, unchurched, and unwashed. They named their temporary abodes after former hometowns or countries, girlfriends, local geography, dappled with a liberal touch of tongue-in-cheek humor.
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		<title>Tribute to Melvin Jones on U.S. 70</title>
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		<pubDate>Thu, 08 Oct 2009 16:00:01 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>SamLowe</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[There are very few distractions along U.S. 70 as it winds its way through the cotton fields and flatlands at Fort Thomas in southeastern Arizona. Mount Graham is a blue-gray mass on the horizon and a few other peaks rise gently from an otherwise level landscape. But suddenly, on the western edge of the community, a spire rises more than 50 feet above the semi-desert. What makes it unusual is that it's standing there all by itself, with no church attached. A quick stop for an inspection reveals that it's a memorial to Melvin Jones. Since a 50-foot obelisk doesn't just pop out of the ground all by itself, this raises the question...]]></description>
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