Patagonia, AZ (2223)

Arizona (mostly)


Folder: Other West
Pictures from various trips to and through Arizona, except:

Bisbee -- I've been there a number of times, so that's a separate album.

Lower Colorado -- The lower Colorado river area (AZ, CA, and NV south of Las Vegas) feels like a separate and unique culture, fairly often, so those are all a separate album.

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Miami AZ Bullion Plaza School (1962)

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Cornerstone for the 1923 opening of the Bullion Plaza School.

Miami AZ Bullion Plaza School (1961)

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Bullion Plaza school, which opened in 1923 and is now the Bullion Plaza Cultural Center and Museum. Per a webpage of the museum, the school operated for many years as the "Mexican" school due to the very specific separation that once existed in Arizona, the school was desegregated in 1950. It stopped being a school in 1994 due to the condition of the classrooms.

Miami AZ Inspiration school (1916)

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The closed Inspiration School. Considering the symbols it might be assumed that this was a religious school, but it is important to note that a major mine in the Miami area was named Inspiration mine.

Miami AZ Inspiration school (1915)

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Inspiration School, a closed school on point above downtown Miami, AZ (see next picture)

Miami AZ (1959)

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Physical relationship between the abandoned mine and the abandoned YMCA in downtown Miami, AZ

Miami AZ (1956)

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Derricks and other buildings related to the mine that was just above Miami, AZ. -- there is still mining in the immediate area. Note the figure of an owl placed on a post in the lower portion of the picture.

Miami AZ steps (1960)

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Keystone Street steps leading up from downtown Miami, AZ

Miami AZ (1954)

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View of the back of the buildings that are on the main street but back up to the channeled stream bed that runs through the former downtown of Miami, AZ.

Miami AZ (1910)

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The bridges over a very channeled stream bed (see satellite map) that runs through the former downtown of Miami, AZ.

Miami AZ (1909)

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One of the bridges over a very channeled stream bed that runs through the former downtown of Miami, AZ.

Miami AZ (1914)

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Remains of the sign on the former Travelers Hotel in downtown Miami, AZ. The sign appears to have been painted over at some point, and the neon seems to have been advertising something else. On the back of the building the neon seems to say "Real Buffet"

Miami AZ (1913)

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Former Travelers Hotel in downtown Miami, AZ. The hotel seemed to be going through some renovation.

Miami AZ (1957)

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The abandoned YMCA and a modern cell tower, in downtown Miami, AZ

Miami AZ (1907)

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"Spirit / Mind / Body" logo on the former YMCA in Miami, AZ

Miami AZ (1905)

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YMCA, apparently abandoned, in Miami, AZ.

Miami AZ (1903)

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Largely abandoned area of downtown Miami, AZ.

Globe, AZ school (1923)

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The Hill Street School in Globe. It's a striking piece of architecture but I found conflicting information on websites and thus can't be sure as to when it was built. From one side it looks completely abandoned, on another side you can see that new windows have been installed at the top.

Globe, AZ school (1924)

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The Hill Street School in Globe. It's a striking piece of architecture but I found conflicting information on websites and thus can't be sure as to when it was built. From one side it looks completely abandoned, on another side you can see that new windows have been installed at the top.

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