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Pinal City Ghost Town - Superior, AZ

01/12/2012



Pinal City Ghost Town - Legends of Superior Trails 01/12/2012

This trip actually covered 2 different days.

First, we headed out to find old Pinal City and the wagon tracks embedded into the land.
We kept seeing these signs for "Legends of Superior Trails" and did some research when we got home.
Turns out the town of Superior has these great connections to the Arizona Trial, and part of it has stops in Pinal City.

So, armed with more information, we returned a couple of weeks later with our intrepid friends, Don &Arlene.

This was a lot of fun. We tramped around, met some great Forest Service guys who gave us some pointers on old ruins, and in general had a great time.



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A side canyon - taken on our first trip to Pinal
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The sign pointing toward the ruts
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Ya, we were silly
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You can see the tracks are pretty deep
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I am down over my boot in depth.
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Arlene resting in the wagon track
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As we walked the trail we found these cow bones
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More bones
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Part of the milling foundation
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Tons of old iron left from the foundation
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You have to cross under the road through the tunnel
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Long and lonely. Glad it was daytime