Superior-Historic PInal Cemetery and Silver King Mine Area
Apr 20, 2021; Don, Suzanne, Oddvar, & BobF
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3 We parked the Lexus at the entrance to the Historic Pinal Cemetery. Notice Picket Post Mountain in the distance at the right.
4 Yep. This is the place
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6 Celia Ann "Mattie" Blaylock was Wyatt Earp's common-law wife from about 1873 until mid-1881. After Wyatt left her for another woman, she later moved to Pinal City, Arizona Territory, where she apparently overdosed on laudanum (an opium-based pain killer common at the time) and alcohol.
7 Celia Ann "Mattie" Blaylock - From: J. T. Parker and Co., Fort Scott, Kansas - https://books.google.com/books?id=RUA2TSS3d8UC&pg=PA47
See https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Mattie_Blaylock for the interesting story of her life.
8 Location! Location! Location! But who is it?
9 Annie Maria, of course.
10 What's so interesting here?
11 Now that's interesting: dinosaur's and all. But who's buried here?
12 The three Harkey children: Harlie, Nellie, & Reuben
13 We wanted a closer look at the coin-like gift left there. It was made of a plastic-like material. Note the face of a court jester on one side....
14 and something (?) on the other side. Notice the ever-oresent word, "CHINA" at the bottom.
15 The ants crawl in and the ants crawl out; the ants play....
16 Another grave.
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18 Did they try to make this resident, a convict, feel at home?
19 But who is it?
20 Manuelita Guzman
21 Bob's beautiful shot of Picket Post Mountain from the cemetery. All of us have climbed this peak: it's a challenge.
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24 Born in 1842 in Copenhagen, Denmark. How and why did she get to Pinal, AZ Territory? "Blessed are the dead that die in the Lord." Amen!
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38 Looking to the south across US Highway 60 toward the Pearlite mines and the ghost town of Pinal.
39 As we wander around trying to find a second cemetery that Google Maps thinks is west of the cemetery we just explored. This stake i sthe only eviden
40 So we drive the Silver King Mine Road on north to find the mine. The road was blocked by a locked gate
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42 An early photograph of the Silver King Mine and it's community. Circa mid to late 1800s.
43 The welcoming party at the locked gate that blocked our road to the mine. It was a rough, tough looking crew, so we meekly turned around and drove back down the road.
44 A covey of quail ran across the road in front of us.
45 What is the minimum number to be called a "covery"
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47 We look out to the mountains to the east trying to spot anything to do with the Silver King Mine.
