Bisbee, Arizona boasts an exciting piece of baseball history. It is home to the Warren Ballpark, considered the oldest continuously used professional baseball venue in the country. The field was built in 1909, five years before Wrigley Field in Chicago!
Continue readingLast month we traveled to Oatman, AZ for a day trip from Wickenburg. There, we ate lunch, petted the burros, toured the old town and left. Before arriving in Oatman, I had a transient understanding of the Oatman Massacre and the captivity of Olive Oatman, the family’s 13-year-old daughter. She … Continue reading
Southern Arizona has many interesting small towns that are paved with nostalgia; perfect for older folks and 60’s Nostalgia buffs who want to remember the “Good Ol’ Days”, or younger folks who want to find out what the old folks were talking about. (Since we first posted this article, things … Continue reading
We were in Wickenburg for the weekend in May 2021 with Neighbors Ron and Elaine. On Sunday morning we got up early to take the 2 and a half-hour drive up to Oatman, Az, one of the items on my bucket list. We connected to I-40 near Kingman and got … Continue reading
Neighbors Elaine and Ron went with Ms. Karen and me to Wickenburg one weekend in late May 2021. To avoid Phoenix traffic we drove from Tucson through Gila Bend then north on Hwy 85 to Hwy 60. Before reaching Wickenburg, we came to Vulture City, the site of an old … Continue reading
Sophie Walton was born a slave on a Georgia plantation in 1856. Her master was a Mr. Walton. In 1864, Mr. Walton could no longer keep his slaves. The Union Army had freed them and he could not afford to pay for their labor. To his credit, Mr. Walton did … Continue reading
(The last time we visited Clifton it was essentially a ghost town. So, when we heard that Mike Anderson, a Bisbee historian, was headed to Clifton, we asked him to write an update story for us. Thanks, Mike!) Clifton and Morenci – Old and new copper towns in the Copper … Continue reading
Like so many others, I enjoy local histories. Understanding history is how I get a sense of the places and people I visit as I travel around Baja Arizona creating my videos, photographs, stories, and reviews to share with you on my Southern Arizona Guide. Of late, I have been reading extensively about the Apache […]
Continue readingThis is the first of a six-part series about the longest war in American History. The saga of the Apache Wars is both complex and compelling. For over a quarter-century, roughly 1861-1886, hundreds of ambushes, raids, massacres, and full-fledged military battles occurred over a huge, rugged, and diverse landscape. The … Continue reading
Bisbee is an interesting town with a compelling history. An old mining town it was able to rebrand itself as a quirky Arts Community. The houses in Old Town Bisbee are well cared for and decorated. Take a walk with Mike Foster while he shows off some of the homes … Continue reading
