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Oatman (Arizona)

Description: Oatman began as a mining town in 1915 when miners struck gold. It is an authentic old western town with burros roaming ... more

Oatman (Arizona) ... the streets and gunfights staged on weekends. Spend a night at the Oatman Hotel, built in 1902, and request the room where Clark Gable stayed!

Newest Review: ... and between them they produced over 36 million dollars in gold ore and that was the price back then so you can only imagine what it would be worth today. The hotel in the town is quite a famous one and was built in 1902. The reason it became famous is thanks to Clark Gable and Carole Lombard who spent their honeymoon at that spot in 1939. This is also known to be a pretty spooky place and ... more

... there have been hauntings seen on a regular basis throughout the years. Population rose to around 10,000 but unfortunately the mines were eventually closed and the town began to suffer. Oatman became a bit of a tourist spot on this famous route but ag...more

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Oatman (Arizona): Real Life Cowboy Action (1327 words)
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***Background*** When we were planning our travels around Arizona, we hadn't thought about the old Route 66 and had mapped out a route that by-passed it, but whilst in Kingman, which is also known as the heart of Route 66, we found a leaflet for a town along it for a historic ghost town and after our visit to Rhyolite, near Death Valley, we couldn't resist taking a detour to see what exactly was there. Following this historic road from Kingman we saw quite a few strange things including a row of mailboxes apparently in the middle of nowhere and a sign telling us if we wanted to get a mining permit in the area to 'See Don'. This was also where we saw ... Read the complete review