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Monday, May 20, 2013

Posts Tagged ‘gold panning’

There’s gold in them hills

Because my husband’s new hobby is lapidary (which is actually not a new hobby, but one resurrected from his youth), we decided to take a day of our holiday vacation to go rock hunting. We consulted the book Gem Trails of Arizona and found what seemed like an abundant site of minerals outside of Wickenburg. [...]

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Rollin’, Rollin’, Rollin’ – Rawhide!

When I was a young, my family and I would load up in the Polara and head to north Scottsdale – and back in time to the ol’ West.  That was the original home of Rawhide Western Town. Now, this 1880′s town in located at Wild Horse Pass on the Gila River Indian Community south [...]

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