Route 66 centennial brings renewed hope to historic Oatman in northern Arizona

Route 66 celebrates 100 years this year and it played a significant role in shaping Oatman, a ghost town turned tourist town.
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Oatman, Arizona: Wild burros, Route 66 history, and one very quirky desert town

Meandering wild burros, staged Wild West shootouts, and a ribbon of pavement that twists through the Black Mountains with jaw ...

Ghost town in Arizona hopes for tourism boom with Route 66 centennial

Route 66 is turning 100 this year and Oatman, a tiny Arizona town, said Mother Road saved it. Oatman went from gold boom to ...
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Near the California border, a ghost town with a donkey problem

In a West filled with ghost towns, both commercialized and remote, Oatman might just be the most unghostly of them all. The dusty parking lot fills up quickly on busy weekends. Cars can drive straight ...
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How one town became infested with donkeys | Bartell's Backroads

OATMAN, Ariz — Below the Black Mountains of Arizona is an old ghost town abandoned by gold miners. The town is named Oatman and when prospectors left, they also left something behind... their ...