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Exploring hikes, abandoned towns, Indian ruins, and much more. 🏜️ #MuseumFire Updates

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...for the expansion. The mill was auctioned off in 1889 & changed ownership several more times over the years. The wooden grist mill was destroyed in a fire but the stone mill still stands today abandoned.

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I took a trip to Ohio last weekend. While I was there I found this unbelievable gem in Delaware County, Ohio! In 1801, Revolutionary War veteran Captain Nathan Carpenter built a saw & grist mill on the banks of the Olentangy River.
#exploring #ohio #exploringohio #adventure

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River. It was purchased by George Beiber & Mary Beiber in 1848. Their sons James Beiber & Henry Beiber took over the mill production after their father died. They added on to the wooden grist mill with a stone sawmill in 1877 but couldn’t keep up the payments on the debt owed...

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1, 2, or 3?

This horse loved to be in front of the camera 😂

#horse #horses #smile #nature #adventure #wanderlust #outdoors #naturephotography #arizona #beautiful #picoftheday

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..the Nazis in the African desert and of course, eventually win the war in 1945. Once the Germans were defeated in North Africa, there was no longer a need for Camp Hyder, so it was abandoned and forgotten.
#WWII #GeneralPatton #America #USA #Arizona #History #Army #Military

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In 1942, Major General George S. Patton selected an area of the Arizona-California desert to prepare his troops for action in the North African desert which the army had little experience fighting in. The Desert Training Center would become the largest Army base in the world..

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For a couple of years, Camp Hyder was one of the biggest and most important training grounds for U.S. troops. As many as 1,000,000 troops were trained by General Patton himself between 1942 and 1944, and the troops that trained at Hyder went on to overcome Field Marshall Rommel..

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Mother Nature gave us a show last night ⚡️

#Lightning #Storm #Arizona #monsoon

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Where are you going for your next adventure?🌲

#nature #adventure #landscape #wanderlust #outdoors #naturelovers #naturephotography #mountains #arizona #hiking #explore #getoutside #beautiful #naturelovers #trail #picoftheday #abc15 #TodayInAZ #azfamily #fox10phoenix

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Fire in the sky 🔥

#sunset #arizonasunset #beautiful #clouds #photo #landscapephotography

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The Twin Arrows Trading Post began to fail with the construction of the I-40, because motorists no longer had to take Route 66.

Business continued to decline until 1995, when it was finally closed.
#naturelovers #arizona #explore #exploringtheglobe #azdrifter

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Twin Arrows is a ghost "town" located on US Route 66 in Coconino County between the city of Flagstaff and Winslow.

Twin Arrows has certainly seen better days. The historic 25 foot giant, yellow twin arrows still remain.
#twinarrows #route66 #exploring #abandoned #travel

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Built in the late 1940s as Canyon Padre Trading Post, business was slow for the store and diner until the owners changed its name to “Twin Arrows”, inspired by nearby town of Two Guns. The post included a gas station, gift shop, and a diner.
#adventure #wanderlust #outdoors

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Hoping for some rain 🌧

#nature #summer #travel #adventure #wanderlust #outdoors #naturelovers #arizona #hiking #azdrifter #picoftheday

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Going to some historical sites today. Stay tuned! 😆 #2GunsAZ #JosephCity #CanyonDiablo #WupatkiNationalMonument

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Starting off the day right. 🌄

#nature #summer #travel #adventure #landscape #wanderlust #outdoors #naturelovers #picoftheday

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...when the airport began playing host to older piston-engined transport aircraft, many of which had been converted for use as air tankers. The majority of the converted aircraft were operated by Biegert Aviation. By the 1990s, it had become an aircraft boneyard.
#WWII

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Gila River Memorial Airport was built in 1942 as Williams Auxiliary Army Airfield #5, one of several satellite airfields for Williams Army Airfield. After the war, it was renamed "Goodyear Air Force Auxiliary Airfield"...
#abandonedairport #abandoned #explore #WWII #adventure

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...with its original triangular configuration modified to accommodate early jet aircraft of the 1950s. During the 1960s, it passed on to civilian control as Goodyear Airport, then as Memorial Airfield. No hangar space existed at the airport until the late 1970s,...
#travel #WWII