The May 30th Arizona Republic in Phoenix had an article about "Offbeat fun in Oatman" by Roger Naylor that was quite enjoyable.
Part of it reads, "When not stopping traffic along Route 66 or fleecing veggies from visitors, Jellybean lives in the rugged mountains outside of town..." She is one of the "wild" burros bandoned by miners who make their home in the area and take full advantage of tourists.
"If the Grand Canyon qualifies as Arizona's reverent cathedral, consider Oatman the rickety carnival in the parking lot." I liked the wording.
Oatman is 28 miles saouthwest of Kingman and 8 miles from Sitgreaves Pass and attracts 500,000 visitors annually. The whole business district, and that's just about all there is, consists of a couple blocks along the historic Mother Road.
OATMAN HOTEL
One of the more famous places in town is the Oatman Hotel which was constructed in 1902 and refurbished after a fire in 1924. In 1939, Clark Gable and Carole Lombard spent their wedding night in Room 15 and returned several times after that.
Watch Where You Step in Oatman. --RoadDog
RoadDog's RoadLog Blog: Being my travels down those great two lane highways of this nation as well as news I learn about them from media sources. Since I'm also very interested in historic preservation, there will be a lot of that as well.
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