Arizona (mostly)

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.

The brick building in the distance appears to have been the train depot when there was passenger service in the area.

At Besh Ba Gowah

At Besh Ba Gowah

Interesting piece of history that's a little too relevant for contemporary times -- climate change resulted in food shortages and warfare.

Description of the park, with a diagram showing its size.

In Besh Ba Gowah park. The cacti and other floral on the park are cultivated to reflect what would have been there when it was originally occupied.

Entrance to Besh Ba Gowah archaeological park in Globe, AZ. The park is interesting for a number of reasons. One being that it is surrounded by residential development, which is unusual for Native American sites. Another is that the original efforts to preserve the site were part of the New Deal and yet there is no reference in the park to its New Deal heritage. Its also a very attractive small park, that seems to be largely unknown -- I knew about it because of having checked a New Deal website regarding New Deal locations in Arizona.

A park area next to Besh Ba Gowah park in Globe (see adjacent photo). There were New Deal activities at Besh Ba Gowah and these walls look very similar to the sorts of walls/landscaping of the New Deal, but I couldn't find any indication of when these were built or by whom.

Taken from outside a maintenance facility of the Arizona Eastern Railway. The AZER connects mining and agriculture in the area to the main Union Pacific line that runs along I-10.

Taken from outside a maintenance facility of the Arizona Eastern Railway. The AZER connects mining and agriculture in the area to the main Union Pacific line that runs along I-10.

Unfortunately my timing wasn't right to see a train, but the AZER (railroad) runs right down the middle of the street along these tracks for several blocks in Globe. Since the railroad services the mines, it would have been interesting to see an ore train coming through.

Steam engine on display that was once owned by the Arizona Eastern Railroads, which later became part of the Southern Pacific and since reverted to being the Arizona Eastern.

History of a steam engine owned by the Arizona Eastern Railroads, which later became part of the Southern Pacific and since reverted to being the Arizona Eastern.

Another view of the open pit mining that stretches for 10 miles from Globe to Miami.

The open pit mining on the western edge of Globe, stretching for 10 miles down to Miami, AZ.

Globe was founded on mining in the late 1800's and everywhere you turn there is evidence of the town's close relationship with mining. This is an older, abandoned, operation fairly close to the population center of Globe -- per Wikipedia, it currently serves as a water supply facility. Behind me when I took the picture would be the very large open-pit operation on the west side of town (see later pictures)

Roosevelt Lake bridge, taken through car window (no place to stop). (see description with adjacent picture).