Our journey is winding down and it's time to head north. One more stop and then lunch in Globe.
I enjoy exploring ghost towns and wondering what the inhabitants' lives were like.
The Pearce General Store
Pearce, AZ is a little different than most ghost towns because it has the same zip code as several other unincorporated areas such as Sunsites, Richland and Sunizona. We couldn't figure out where Pearce ended and Sunsites began.
Pearce is a mining ghost town and most of the men worked at the Commonwealth Mine in 1894. The post office opened in 1896 and the railroad station opened in 1903 to serve 1,500 people. However in the late 1940's when the mine closed, Pearce became a ghost town. There are a few buildings still standing.
The Jail
We stopped in Safford, AZ but you know those dark clouds that you saw in the above pictures? They picked up the wind to go along with them. I got out of the car and couldn't close the door. I also could barely walk the wind was blowing so hard and yes it rained on us again.
We both agreed we didn't want to see anything that bad and headed up to Globe for lunch. We made another great food choice - Salinas's Smoke Street BBQ. We knew it had to be pretty good because the parking lot was packed. And the parking lot did not lie. We had the pulled pork sandwiches and they are worth another visit to Globe next winter.
We arrived at Paul's house and I loaded up Jazzy and headed home. We had such a great time and I think Paul only wanted to choke me one time.😁 I am a horrible direction person and I would probably would have felt the same way if I was driving. But he finally figured out where I went wrong and got us back on track.
We are both getting ready to head north for the summer. But we've been able to grab a couple of lunches together.
I believe Globe qualifies as mountain town. Always great to find good BBQ.
ReplyDeleteAnother of my all time favorite places to visit. I've driven the entire Ghost Town Trail several times. They are doing a great job of keeping those buildings intact!
ReplyDeleteI remember visiting a couple of ghost towns on vacation when I was younger and loved it so much. That era of TV westerns made the towns so real to me. I still have fond memories of those jails and saloons and I still love TV westerns too.
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