Salome in La Paz County, Arizona — The American Mountains (Southwest)

Salome

"Where She Danced"

Photographed by Bill Kirchner, June 6, 2010

1. Salome Marker

Inscription. This desert town was made famous by the humor of Dick Wick Hall, healthseeker and operator of the laughing gas station. Hall's publication the Salome Sun was filled with extravagant tales of the desert's adaptation of species. He told of his frog that was seven years old and never learned to swim.

Erected 1965 by Arizona Development Board, Arizona Highway Department.

Topics. This historical marker is listed in these topic lists: Animals • Arts, Letters, Music • Communications • Settlements & Settlers.

Location. 33° 46.782′ N, 113° 37.031′ W. Marker is in Salome, Arizona, in La Paz County. It is on U.S. 60 east of Center Street, on the right when traveling west. Touch for map. Marker is at or near this postal address: 66597 Avenue A (US-60), Salome AZ 85348, United States of America. Touch for directions.

Regionally, this marker is in Arizona’s Colorado River Valley,

in the Sonoran Desert,

and in the Yuma Area.

It is also in the American Southwest.

Globally, it is in North America,

the Western Hemisphere,

the Western World,

and the Anglosphere.

Historically, it finds itself in what was once New Spain

and also Mexico’s Alta California.

Other nearby markers. At least 3 other markers are within 6 miles of this marker, measured as the crow flies: McMullen Valley 9/11 Memorial (about 600 feet away, measured in a direct line); Harrisburg (approx. 5.1 miles away); Harrisburg Cemetery (approx. 5.4 miles away).

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Photographed by Bill Kirchner, June 6, 2010

2. Salome Marker

Photographed by Bill Kirchner, June 6, 2010

3. Salome Marker

Dick Wick Hall Gravesite image. Click for full size.

Photographed by Bill Kirchner, June 6, 2010

4. Dick Wick Hall Gravesite

Gravesite is 0.2 miles North of the Salome Marker on Center Street.

Plaque on Dick Wick Hall Gravesite image. Click for full size.

Photographed by Bill Kirchner, June 6, 2010

5. Plaque on Dick Wick Hall Gravesite

Pocket Park 2002 Placard image. Click for full size.

Photographed by Cosmos Mariner, June 13, 2014

6. Pocket Park 2002 Placard

Salome marker is located in this tiny park at the northeast corner of the U.S. 60 and Center Street intersection.

Pocket Park 2002 Dedication image. Click for full size.

Photographed by Cosmos Mariner, June 13, 2014

7. Pocket Park 2002 Dedication

Credits. This page was last revised on November 2, 2019. It was originally submitted on June 13, 2010, by Bill Kirchner of Tucson, Arizona. This page has been viewed 2,810 times since then and 107 times this year. Photos: 1, 2, 3, 4, 5. submitted on June 13, 2010, by Bill Kirchner of Tucson, Arizona. 6, 7. submitted on March 11, 2017, by Cosmos Mariner of Cape Canaveral, Florida. • Syd Whittle was the editor who published this page.