MAY 8-- A history of the Shaffer Spring Goldfish Bowl in Arizona. Located between Kingman and Oatman, the bowl is fed by a natural spring. During the WPA construction of the "Gold Road Section" from Gold Road Mine to Kingman there was a water shortage.
A man named Shaffer found water seeping out of the rocks.
Goldfish, snails and plants were kept in it to keep algae from growing.
The bowl has frozen over or dried up on occasion, but someone always restocked.
There are 31 steps up to it and no banisters. You can find it after MM 31 heading to Oatman and those burros.
--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.
The Shamrock Court Motel in Sullivan, Missouri. It can be yours for $125,000. Lots of possibilities. Actually, now you're too late. Missouri's Roamin' Rich bought it.
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