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historicalmarkerproject/markers/HM25WM_arizona-hotel_Oatman-AZ.html
You are standing on the site of what used to be the ARIZONA HOTEL. In 1915, it was one of seven hotels that existed in Oatman during the early years. The hotel had 45 rooms and numerous baths. It had concrete fire walls and two separate water main…
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World War I was funded partially by the gold out of these mountains in 1912. Oatman boomed from 1910 to the 1920's. Upwards to 8,000 people lived here. Gold mines were closed about 1942. Mine's were needed to mine copper for World War II. Blue Rid…
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Oatman was founded about 1908. By 1931, the area's mines had produced over 1.8 million ounces of gold. By the mid 1930's, the boom was over and in 1942 the last remaining mines were closed as nonessential to the war effort. Burros first came to…
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HMY8D_oatman-arizona-and-its-burros_Oatman-AZ.html
Oatman was founded around 1906 as part of Arizona's richest gold mining area. Oatman was reborn in the late 1960's and early 1970's as a tourist town. The main attraction was the wild burro herd. The burros roaming the Oatman area are descendants …
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HMJN4_durlin-hotel_Oatman-AZ.html
This property had beenplaced on theNational Registerof Historic PlacesBy the United StatesDepartment of the Interior
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HMJN3_oatman-drug-and-health-club_Oatman-AZ.html
This property hasbeen placed on theNational Registry ofHistoric places of theU.S. Dept. of Interior.(FormallyOatman Drug andHealth Club)
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HMJN2_oatman_Oatman-AZ.html
Named for a migrating pioneer family attacked and killed by Indians near Gila Bend, Arizona, in 1851. Some fifty mines operated in the Oatman area. From its beginning in 1904 and through 1931, the Oatman district produced $36,000,000 in ore. …
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HMCGF_oatman-arizona_Oatman-AZ.html
Oatman was founded about 1908. By 1931,the areas mines which had produced over1.8 million ounces of gold. By the mid 1930's,the boom was over and in 1942 the last remaining mines were closed as nonessential to the war effort. Burros first came to …
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