Bordertown

12/03/2024

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Santa is coming to town! 🎅🏼 The next three Saturdays (Dec 7th, 14th, 21st) from 11am to 2pm stop by our little old school house for a FREE visit with Santa!

11/01/2024

https://www.azfamily.com/2024/11/01/beloved-business-owner-fighting-her-life-after-freak-accident-along-us-60-mesa/

An East Valley business owner, Victoria Cardenas, was involved in a horrific car crash and is in critical condition at a hospital in Mesa.

05/17/2024

Some new signs that just came in! 😁

05/07/2024

Imagine passing through a town of 4000 people on the way to Tortilla Flat!
When you reach the Goldfield Ghost Town, you are driving through more than a tourist trap.
Collin Hakes, Riley Morse, and Orlando and Orin Merrill were the first to discover gold in the Goldfield area of the Superstition Mountains. Soon thereafter, prospectors came to the area in search of gold.
In 1893, the mining town, which became known as Goldfield, was founded next to the Superstition Mountain in what was then the Arizona territory. The town, in its heyday, reached a population of about 4000 residents.
It had a hotel, general store, post office, church and school. The Goldfield Post Office was established on October 7, 1893. When the mine vein faulted in 1897, the grade of ore dropped leaving the miners without a job.
The town began to suffer since its economy depended heavily on the earnings of the miners, who moved out. It was not long before the rest of the towns’ residents relocated, as well, to other areas rendering Goldfield a ghost town. The Goldfield Post Office was discontinued on November 2, 1898.
What you see as you pass through is the remnant of a formerly MAJOR location of activity and wealth.
Stop in, the place is pretty cool. They are one of the great locations on the Apache Trail.