On Oatman-Topock Hwy, on the right when traveling north.
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 mains . . . — — Map (db m114809) HM
Olive Ann Fairchild, Indian captive and lecturer, daughter of Royse (Royce) and Mary Ann (Sperry) Oatman, was born in Illinois is September 1837 or 1839. In 1850 the family joined a wagon train bound for the part of the Colorado River now in . . . — — Map (db m297410) HM
On Oatman Highway (Old U.S. 66) at Rock Hound Hill Road on Oatman Highway.
This turn of the century gold mining camp was on the original road through the Black Mountains and eventually became Route 66. Burrows came with the miners and still roam the streets today.
Get you Kicks on Route 66 in Arizona. — — Map (db m188974) HM
On Oatman -Topock Highway (Historic Route 66) (County Road 10).
In 1900 Jose Jerez discovered gold here in a
chunk of quartz. It was assayed out 40 ounces to
the ton! The claim was resold for $275,000. By
1907 the mine milled 140,625 ounces of gold
worth $2,250,000. Addwest Minerals acquired
the mine in . . . — — Map (db m50762) HM
On Main Street, on the right when traveling north.
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. Mines were needed to mine copper for World War II. Blue Ridge . . . — — Map (db m119942) HM
On Oatman-Topock Highway at Rock Hound Road, on the left when traveling north on Oatman-Topock Highway.
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. . . . — — Map (db m29464) HM
On Oatman Topock Hwy ( AZ 66 ) near Bannon Lane, on the right when traveling south.
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 . . . — — Map (db m18964) HM
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 . . . — — Map (db m114819) HM
On Oatman -Topock Highway / Main Street (Old Route 66 at Rock Hound Road, on the left when traveling north on Oatman -Topock Highway / Main Street (Old Route 66.
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 of . . . — — Map (db m78570) HM
On Oatman-Topock Highway at Rock Hound Road, on the right when traveling north on Oatman-Topock Highway.
This property has
been placed on the
National Registry of
Historic places of the
U.S. Dept. of Interior.
(Formally
Oatman Drug and
Health Club) — — Map (db m29465) HM
On Main Street (Route 66) 0.1 miles east of Beacon Hill Road.
Olive Ann Fairchild, Indian captive and lecturer, daughter of Royse (Royce) and Mary Ann (Sperry) Oatman, was born in Illinois in September 1837 or 1839. In 1850 the family joined a wagon train bound for the part of the Colorado River now in . . . — — Map (db m188959) HM
On Oatman Highway (County Road 10) 9 miles east of Oatman, on the right when traveling west.
The Changing Decades
In the decades between the 1930s and 1950s, travellers along Historic Route 66 changed markedly … along with their hopes and dreams, their vehicles and accommodations, and their perspective of the Black Mountains.
. . . — — Map (db m288513) HM
