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Roadside Ruins and Relics Arizona

 

Ice Factory
Bisbee, AZ
Photo courtesy Gorb70
S.L. Chavez Cost Grocery
Yuma, AZ
Photo and info courtesy Bill Herzog
As you travel through the old picturesque town of Bisbee on the way south to Douglas from Tucson, check out this sighting of an old ice factory. This ice factory has long since been boarded up. 04-06 Located off the beaten path on 3rd Street in Yuma is the S.L. Chavez Cost Grocery store. Looks like Mr. Chavez had but one lone gas pump for his Richfield gas. Note the old A-1 neon beer sign skeleton to the right of the building. 12-06

 

Old Mine
Gleeson, AZ
Photo and info courtesy Gorb70
Joe Bong Market
Gleeson, AZ
Photos courtesy Gorb70
Here's an old mine building that has caved in since its heyday back in the early 1900's. The town of Gleeson was founded in 1900 with folks supporting primarily copper mining. The town lasted through the 1930's and eventually closed with the mines. 02-07 This old market called the Joe Bong Market looks like it stopped serving the paper quite some time ago. 02-07

 

Country Store
Cochise, AZ
Photo courtesy Gorb70
Hotel
Courtland, AZ
Photo courtesy Gorb70
Check out the mural on top of the front of the Cochise Country Store in Cochise, AZ. This store opened in 1913. 02-07 Here are the remains of a hotel that once stood proudly at this site in Courtland, AZ. 02-07

 

Old Jail
Gleeson, AZ
Photo and info courtesy Gorb70
Old School Remains
Gleeson, AZ
Photo and info courtesy Gorb70
This old jail is one of the few buildings left in the ghost town of Gleeson. 02-07 Here's the foundation of an old village school found in the ghost town of Gleeson, AZ. 02-07

 

Santa Rita Ballroom
Tucson, AZ
Photo courtesy Gorb70
Labor Temple
Tucson, AZ
Photo courtesy Gorb70
Check out this ballroom that appears that its heyday is long behind it. The Santa Rita Ballroom is located in Tucson, AZ. From the looks of things, it appears that this building was built sometime during the war years. 02-07 Check out the Labor Temple located in Tucson, AZ. Not quite sure how old this building is. 02-07

 

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