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Oatman, Arizona
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Oatman was a gold boomtown from 1915 to 1917 and lost its mines when the federal government ordered gold mining shut during World War II. Roughly a hundred people live here now along Historic Route 66, where burros descended from the mine animals wander the street and costumed gunfighters stage shows. The town is named for Olive Oatman, a young woman held captive in the 1850s.
On a steep, winding stretch of Route 66 west of Kingman; feed the burros only the pellets sold in town.
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