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  • Red Garter B&B Inn
    CultureSmall Town Scene
    By Sam Lowe
    December 26, 2013
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    The Red Garter: A Brothel Reborn in Williams

    WILLIAMS -- From its earliest days until now, the Red Garter has been a labor of love. The early occupants sold love, and the early patrons bought love. Now John Holst takes care of it with loving hands. The structure that houses the Red Garter Bed and Bakery...
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  • Grand Canyon train
    Northern ArizonaOdd Observations
    By Sam Lowe
    August 22, 2013
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    Grand Canyon Steam Engines Powered by Cooking Oil

    WILLIAMS -- The old steam engines that once chugged and their way across the nation are, for the most part, relics of a bygone era. Most were turned into scrap metal or shipped off to railroad museums. But the Grand Canyon Railway owns two of the old iron behemoths and they both still run. But ...
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  • Dose of HistoryNorthern ArizonaSmall Town Scene
    By Andrea Aker
    April 14, 2011
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    Who is Ol’ Bill Williams… as in Williams, AZ?

    The picturesque town of Williams takes its name from Bill Williams Mountain that towers above and provides as beau­tiful high country setting for a community as can be found in America. It's a fitting place-name for ol' Bill Williams, the "greatest fur trapper of 'em all." Ol' Bill was as colorful a man as any who ...
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