Ghost Towns

We have taken a break from hiking because 

we have gone through several border checks, 

regularly hear helicopters overhead, 

pass the Border Patrol in their trucks 

while we are exploring the back roads and

they make regular rounds through our campground.

So why not drive around and find some ghost towns?

This is mining territory so there were many boom towns. 

Gleeson Jail. 

The jail has been restored but the original gate 

from 1910 is in the center.

This was the school.

Gleeson was know for Turquoise 

and later they found Zinc, Copper, an Lead.

Hotel

Abandoned Mine

Another beautiful sunny day! 

We are not use to so many sunny days in a row.

Wandering the back roads on Ghost Town Trail 

from Gleeson to Courtland and Pearce.

Courtland Jail
Notice how similar this is to the Gleeson Jail.

We saw a guy using an excavator just behind
this sign. He is probably digging for Gold.

The jail has two cells, the walls are 10 inches thick
and made of concrete with rebar.
The only ventilation were the six tiny windows at the top
and it was stilled used in the 1930's.

Sgt. George Hart Platt 1832 - 1906
was Abraham Lincoln's bodyguard.
He was reassigned to Tombstone's GAR Post
and served as chaplain.
He retired to Pearce in 1892.

We learned all this information from a nice lady who
was documenting graves and was a wealth of knowledge
about many of the families who are buried in Pearce.

The Super Moon from Tombstone on 11-14-2016.

To all our readers.
Ghost Hug! You can't feel it but it is there.

Give thanks to the Lord, for he is good; his love endures forever.
1 Chronicles 16:34

Have a Happy Thanksgiving!