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Wild Culture. Wild Commerce. Wild West.

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-------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- GOODBYE, ADIOS, AND SAYONARA FROM ARROWHEAD A HAPPY NEW YEAR TO ALL, AND SEE YOU IN JANUARY WITH THE NEXT CJ -------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------...
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Man time flies...it seems like it was just May when I started this journal. But here it is December, and I've done everything I wanted to accomplish w/ this CJ. It's time to bring it to a close, and I want Arrowhead to go out on a bang. I want to finish with something epic. I'm thinking some crazy huge mosaics of each city and area that was covered in this CJ. Some parts of the mosaics will be familiar, and some might be new. The mosaics are so big that I will have to divide the finale into parts for each...
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Grey Rock

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Grey Rock is a small rural community on the other side of Hombre's Peak, just east of Arrowhead. The town gets its name from the abundance of large grey boulders left over from when the Shoshone River flooded the land some millenia ago. Visitors enjoy touring the historic downtown area, hiking the "Old Maid," and getting goosebumps at the Shoshone Graveyard. (In 1931, area rancher Cody Weston used a small portion of his cattle money to build a mid-rise office building in downtown Grey Rock. He hoped it...
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YESSUM RANCH When Big Joe Marsdon first saw the Yessum Mountain range, he said to his wife, "those sure are purty aren't they?" And she replied, "yessum." So that's how it got its name, but its endless beauty is far older than sweet Sue, bless her soul. *This concludes Fort Silver National Park(U.S. 193 tunnels through the mountains)
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FORT SILVER GROUNDS The Fort Silver Grounds area of FSNP is truly an enchanting experience with many beautiful and fun-filled sights. Like the Lake Silver area, this part of the park also features primitive hiking trails and campsites, along with a small campground on top of Silver Peak (the non-active remnant of an ancient volcano that erupted millions of years ago forming Lake Silver). Fort Silver itself is sure to send you back in time, and offers free guided tours inside the fort along with historical...
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At the end of the Civil War, the United States Army established an outpost on the route from Montana to California. Known as Fort Sanderson, it served as a base of operations for Indian fighting in the nearby areas up until the mid 1870s when Indian rebellions sharply declined. The U.S. Government did not abandon the post however, instead they used it as a silver mint and it was thereafter known as Fort Silver. At the turn of the century, the fort was finally abandoned, as cities became more populated and...
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North Arrowhead

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Ah, Arrowhead v. North Arrowhead, a classic tale of the classic Wild West shootout. It all began back in the late 1870s, when Tyson Grey was making glances at Big Joe Marsdon's wife in the Old Town Arrowhead Saloon. ("Big Joe" Marsdon, circa 1880) (Tyson Grey, circa 1881) You see, good ol' Tyson Grey was looking to buy a piece of land off Big Joe's ranch to build himself a new blacksmith shop on. But the deal was off, and that was when Big Joe first uttered the now famous (or infamous)...
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Arrow Hills

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Well guys, this concludes the City of Arrowhead. A big THANKS to everyone who has supported this CJ up to this point!! But don't worry, it's not over! The rest of Marsdon County is still to come! In the 1950s, a new fad took root in Arrowhead as it was doing in so many other big cities at the time. And I'm not talking about the jitterbug, I'm talking about suburbia. Residents, who could afford to do so, fled the urban scene and headed for the largely undeveloped northeast side of Arrowhead. In the early...
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Preview 4

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Two pictures from North Arrowhead, a large blue-collar town...the county seat and second-largest city in Marsdon County. Downtown The Residences at Bear Crick Pool & Bear Crick Natural Area
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In 1993, prominent rancher J. John Johnson passed away and left his large acreage to the City of Arrowhead for "the purposes of putting into good public usage while completely preserving the untouched vegetation and wildlife of the land; or preserving the nature while in some fashion manipulating the land in order to stimulate the economy of the City of Arrowhead in the form of a public or private venue." Upon his passing, city leaders envisioned the land as Arrowhead's would-be largest park, giving...
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West Jackson

By spursrule14,

Hey guys, I'm back after a month-long break! And I'm back not with more scenic and touristy areas; I'm back with the seedy side of Arrowhead: West Jackson. Seeing a chance to capitalize on the growing tourist popularity of Old Town Arrowhead in the early 1940's, city planners knew that if the historic district was ever to have a worthwhile future something would have to be done about the low-wealth and underprivileged residents living around the neighborhood. In partnership with a prominent local...
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Preview 3

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Here's a preview of what I'm shooting for w/ some of Arrowhead's suburbs........rural-type small towns w/ few commercial services....other big services needed can be had with a quick drive into Arrowhead, which neighbors all of these small towns. This picture is from a just-started Grey Rock
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When you reach the other side of the Shoshone Lagoon heading south across the Buffalo Bill Bridge, a right takes you west to Six Flags Boulder Canyon and the airport, and a left takes you up the hill to Arrowhead's southern-most neighborhood. Known for its quaint little brick church on top of the hill, South Head is the top choice for people looking to build a home in the Arrowhead city limits. South Head borders the suburb town of Ranger's Creek, and is integrated into the Ranger's Creek Independent...
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You could say Arrowhead International Airport (AHT) is a tourist attraction itself, if not for any other reason than the fact that it has almost as many visitors as any other attraction in the city. But that's because the airport is how most tourists get to Arrowhead. Yet there's no denying that the airport is a stunning welcome into the city. Situated by its lonesome on top of a large mesa on the city's southwest edge, AHT as it is today was constructed in the early '90s and replaced the smaller,...
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"The Flat"

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"The Flat," as locals call it, was once the undeveloped flat terrain between Arrowhead and the town of Over the Hills...which was, aptly, over the hills. Back then, it was known as Western Flat. And back then, it was developed into a nice neighborhood. But then something happened. Something called suburbs. Soon, the nice middle-class residents packed up and sold their "Flat" homes for the seclusion of the small nearby suburbian towns. This caused the land value in the area to plummet, and the homes...
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Boulder Hills

By spursrule14,

Thinking about relocating to Arrowhead? You're in luck, because the big neighborhood of Boulder Hills has only been around since the early '90s, which means you can still find an empty piece of land to build your dream home on...that is, if you can afford the price of a hilltop lot. But there are some cheaper ones as you move downhill closer toward the core of the city. And, the established part of Boulder Hills even comes with a complimentary neighborhood Target.
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Uptown

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Ah, Uptown. The ritziest part of Arrowhead. The ritziest people in Arrowhead. And the ritziest shopping in Arrowhead, Uptown Mall. Here the city forgoes the Wild West and tackles cosmopolitan. Oh, and to hive you a taste of Uptown life, a Ferrari was caught on NEWS 9 Helicam exploding after a driver crashed into a boulder while test driving in wet weather...so never test drive cars in the rain, especially Ferraris. (Uptown Mall)
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Old Town Historic District, where everything began. But just because it's old doesn't mean it's old. In fact, it's quite youthful thanks to the huge amount of dollars that have been poured into it over the years making it the top tourist area in the city. Old Town is like a time-machine. Many cities have old Wild West towns, but they're movie sets. Not here. In Old Town, it's the real thing. It's the original Arrowhead, and every store is still a store, and you can still get a beer or bluff your way...
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