3:10 to Yuma

[azdr0710]

Originally Posted by amatrine

There is a real good one on the highway going from New Mexico to Phoenix , the route you take through Sholo, not the flagstaff route. I can not remember if it was before or after going through quamado.

I forget the town, but halfway through, there is a town you drive through that is abandoned. The highway goes rite though it. A lot of buildings intact, and a lot falling down. Anyone know what I am talking about?

you're probably talking about US 60 thru Quemado, NM....just drove it a month ago....the town may be Omega, NM, or Pie Town or Datil....probably Omega as the other two are well-populated....I don't even remember what Omega looked like as I drove thru, so that may be it.....it's a few miles E of Quemado

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[azdr0710]

as Chorizo posted, there are pretty much no "classic" ghost towns left in Arizona...pre-railroad, the main building material was adobe and that just "melts" back into the earth when abandoned...after the railroad arrival, wood was used, but, after town abandonment, the surrounding locals would scavenge the material for their own uses....there is no classic place with "shutters banging in the wind" like we think a ghost town should be

there really is a Contention, AZ....it's on the San Pedro River a few miles N of the Sierra Vista-Tombstone road bridge (Charleston Road)....there is nothing at all there now except one very little adobe wall a foot or so high and a couple feet long, some mill wall ruins, a very difficult-to-find abandoned railroad bed and lots and lots of scrubby, stickery brush....not worth it except for hardcore history nuts like me

best ghost town I've seen is Bodie, CA, a state park near Mono Lake up there....yes, it's developed and organized, but it does have all the classic ghost town images...several blocks of buildings....authentic

[LordBalfor]

Originally Posted by KarmaPhx

If you check IMDB it has the filming locations: 3:10 to Yuma (2007) - Filming locations

Bonanza Creek Ranch - 15 Bonanza Creek Lane, Santa Fe, New Mexico, USA
Cerro Pelon Ranch - 5547 Hwy 41, North Galisteo, New Mexico, USA
Diablo Canyon, near, Santa Fe, New Mexico, USA
Ghost Ranch, Abiquiu, New Mexico, USA
Los Angeles, California, USA
New Mexico, USA
Santa Fe Indian School - 1501 Cerrillos Road, Santa Fe, New Mexico, USA
Santa Fe National Forest, near, Gilman, New Mexico, USA

I love this feature of IMDB.

I was just about to mention New Mexico when I worked my way down to your post. The reason I knew it was New Mexico was because while watching 3:10 to Yuma on DVD a few months back, I looked up the filming locations on IMDB just as you suggest. I use IMDB all the time - whether it's to look up a filming location or to resolve a "who IS that person - and what other movie do I remember him/her from?" question.

IMDB is a GREAT site.

Ken

[Ann in Yuma]

Check out Castle Domes Mines Museum -- off Highway 95 between Yuma and Quartzsite, Arizona. This is on a mining claim surrounded on all sides by 700,000 acres of Kofa National Wildlife Refuge. The guy who owns it has recreated a mining town of about 2 dozen buildings -- saloons, hotels, blacksmith shop, etc. -- from artifacts he's collected from the refuge and elsewhere.

Completely off the beaten path and in the middle of awesome scenery. There were miners working the claims here until just 25 years ago or so.

There was a great story about this place in Arizona Highways magazine a couple years ago.

[drb85650]

Tombstone is interesting if you kinda squint, lots of tourist stuff. They were in danger of losing the historic place designation awhile back....too many OK corral shootout sites....
Bisbee reminds me of what Central City and Blackhawk outside Denver looked like prior to the gambling casinos.
Want western history and origional buildings? Take a trip through Fort Huachuca, the "old Fort", which is up the hill from all things modern. You'll need current registration, insurance card and picture i.d., or if in a rental the rental agreement to get a day pass at the main gate. Pick up a map and head up hill. The old parade field, Custer and Patton both served here....officers row, housing for senior officers built about 1879 or so. The current General here is a great grandson of Custer, same last name. Find Hangmans warehouse before you swing up to the old Fort cemetary, check out the "indian scout" grave for Shortnen Bread and his son. The go to the farthest northeast corner of the cemetary and find Jerry Sykes and his companion in disgrace....only the name and date of death mark these 2 soldiers hung at Hangmans in late 42, early '43(that's 1942.).
Drive out Butler road past the old stone mule barns built about 1870 or so. Sitting in one right now, we've pictures of teepees on the hill just north of our office about 1880.
Leave via the west gate, past the cowboy church, still active, up thru Sonoita, detour to Patagonia, imagine the hills above active with mining camps, Mexican raiders and the last of the Cochise stronghold.
Makes Earp and Holiday seem pale in comparison.

[saffordpastor]

Right on the New Mexico and Az border on I-10 is the Stiens Ghost town....pretty neat and just a jump off the freeway.

One of my favorites is Moggellon ghost town in western New Mexico....near Glenwood...great area.

[Ann in Yuma]

Castle Dome Mines Museum, north of Yuma - awesome restored mining town. Google it!

[AzDesertRat86]

Somewhat on topic Q: Are these ghost towns accessible via motorcycle? I know Tombstone is, but any others?

[humboldtrat]

Check out Old Tucson which has been used in many TV shows and movies.
Old Tucson Studios