Old Route 66 Scenes by Bob Waldmire

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THE RUGGED BLACK MOUNTAINS STRETCH 100 MILES ALONG THE COLORADO RIVER. OATMAN NESTLES ON THE WESTERN FLANKS, SUR- VOLCANIC FORMATIONS, INCLUDING THE"ELEPHANT5 TOOTH"(LEFT). THE FERAL BURROS ARE RIGHT AT HOME HERE. -INN LEE LUMBERO MAN MER BLDG. OFF QADMAN Borro CH Food pwadmire@ 1990 OLD 66 WESTBOUND BLACK SITGREAVES PASS(3,518 FT.) 66 OATMAN, ARIZONA (ALT. 2,400-2,600 FT.) BORN IN 1906 AS A TENT CAMP, TOWN FLOURISHED AS A GOLD-WNING CENTER, PRODUCING OVER $36,000,000 IN GOLD BY 1931 (AT THE 1930 GOLD PRICE OF $ 20 PER OUNCE). THE OATMAN REGION REPUTEDLY HAD A POPULATION OF 15,000 THE TOWN HAD A MOVIE HOUSE, BANK , NEWSPAPER & REAL'ESTATE OFFICES. THE MINES WERE CLOSED IN 1942 AS "NON-ESSENTIAL TO THE WAR EFFORT." MOST OF THE MINING POPULATION MOVED ON ITS MAIN STREET WAS U.S. B "CARRYING THE COUNTRY WEST" THE FINAL BLOW CAME TO SILENT, AS THE RIBBON WAS CUT , OPENING THE NEW RT. 66 ALIGNMENT R BETWEEN KINGMAN & TOPOCK, LEAVING THE TOWN HIGH , DRY. BUT THE AUTHENTICITY OF THE TOWN- E THE WILD BURROS, LURE TOURISTS BY THE DROVES, TO SEE SUCH THINGS AS THE ROOM CAROLE LOMBARD &, CLARK GABLE HONEYMOONED IN! THIS PICTURESQUE GOLDROAD uTS. OATMAN MOJAVE OLD ROUTE 66 66 Scenes! 1990 BUT THE TOWN SURVIVED BECAUSE "ELEPHANT'S TOOTH OATMAN IN 1951, WHEN TRAFFIC FELL WITH ITS "STAR RESIDENTS" by R Waldmire. EVA TO TOPOCK VALLEY TO KINGMAN

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