Goldroad Arizona on Historic Route 66
Book Synopsis:
Goldroad Arizona on Historic Route 66 is the story of the lives of those families who lived in this small gold mining camp of Goldroad, Arizona during the Great Depression and found it as a safe harbor in a terrible storm. Also included are stories about Historic Route 66, Kingman, Arizona the surrounding mining camps of Oatman, Arizona, the Katherine Mine, and the Cyclopic Mill. Also included are her summer vacations with her Uncle Joe, who was a cattle inspector on Hoover Dam, and who also ran cattle on the Cyclopic Ranch.
? The Great Depression of 1929 brought many unfamiliar problems and unusual situations into the lives of the families and individuals who were caught up in its terrifying grasp. Most of the families who found their way to the gold mining camp of Goldroad, Arizona when it reopened in March 1937 were grateful for the opportunity, for the first time in five or more years, to once again feel secure in their ability to provide for their families. Day-to-day living in this small gold mining camp offered many varied experiences.
? One historical happening was the great Okie migration that made its way along the now famous Historic Route 66 that passed through Goldroad. Desperate families in old worn-out cars and trucks with all their earthly goods tied on top, made their way to California, the promised land, which was just a few short miles from Goldroad across the Colorado River at Topock.
? Another was the surprise attack December 7, 1941, by Japan on Pearl Harbor which threw our country into World War II. This quickly put an end to life in Goldroad and sealed the fate of Goldroad as an operating gold mine for the next fifty years. The closure in early 1942 sent the supervisors and most of the miners and other works in Goldroad to the company's new lead-zinc mine they had been forced to develop in Vanadium, a mining district located near Silver City, New Mexico.
? The nightly troop convoys the summer of 1942, before her family left Goldroad in November 1942, was one more reminder that the country was at war. The laughter and talk of these young soldiers, on the way to who knows where or what, bounced off the high, rock cliffs as their noisy troop carriers wound their way on steep grades and winding curves through a silent, dying gold mining camp.
? The author lived the Golden Years in Goldroad from age five through eleven, and never forgot the experiences she shared in Goldroad with family and friends--memories so vivid and deep they would last a lifetime.
? The author's purpose in sharing these memories is her desire to show how imperfect people, who live in an imperfect world, who honor their commitments in their everyday lives by doing the ordinary mundane things required of them, will produce posterity who will also honor their commitments in their imperfect world.
Norma Jean Richards Yount
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Goldroad Arizona on Historic Route 66 is the story of the lives of those families who lived in this small gold mining camp of Goldroad, Arizona during the Great Depression and found it as a safe harbor in a terrible storm. Also included are stories about Historic Route 66, Kingman, Arizona the surrounding mining camps of Oatman, Arizona, the Katherine Mine, and the Cyclopic Mill. Also included are her summer vacations with her Uncle Joe, who was a cattle inspector on Hoover Dam, and who also ran cattle on the Cyclopic Ranch.
? The Great Depression of 1929 brought many unfamiliar problems and unusual situations into the lives of the families and individuals who were caught up in its terrifying grasp. Most of the families who found their way to the gold mining camp of Goldroad, Arizona when it reopened in March 1937 were grateful for the opportunity, for the first time in five or more years, to once again feel secure in their ability to provide for their families. Day-to-day living in this small gold mining camp offered many varied experiences.
? One historical happening was the great Okie migration that made its way along the now famous Historic Route 66 that passed through Goldroad. Desperate families in old worn-out cars and trucks with all their earthly goods tied on top, made their way to California, the promised land, which was just a few short miles from Goldroad across the Colorado River at Topock.
? Another was the surprise attack December 7, 1941, by Japan on Pearl Harbor which threw our country into World War II. This quickly put an end to life in Goldroad and sealed the fate of Goldroad as an operating gold mine for the next fifty years. The closure in early 1942 sent the supervisors and most of the miners and other works in Goldroad to the company's new lead-zinc mine they had been forced to develop in Vanadium, a mining district located near Silver City, New Mexico.
? The nightly troop convoys the summer of 1942, before her family left Goldroad in November 1942, was one more reminder that the country was at war. The laughter and talk of these young soldiers, on the way to who knows where or what, bounced off the high, rock cliffs as their noisy troop carriers wound their way on steep grades and winding curves through a silent, dying gold mining camp.
? The author lived the Golden Years in Goldroad from age five through eleven, and never forgot the experiences she shared in Goldroad with family and friends--memories so vivid and deep they would last a lifetime.
? The author's purpose in sharing these memories is her desire to show how imperfect people, who live in an imperfect world, who honor their commitments in their everyday lives by doing the ordinary mundane things required of them, will produce posterity who will also honor their commitments in their imperfect world.
Norma Jean Richards Yount
Goldroad Arizona on Historic Route 66
Book Synopsis:
Goldroad Arizona on Historic Route 66 is the story of the lives of those families who lived in this small gold mining camp of Goldroad, Arizona during the Great Depression and found it as a safe harbor in a terrible storm. Also included are stories about Historic Route 66, Kingman, Arizona the surrounding mining camps of Oatman, Arizona, the Katherine Mine, and the Cyclopic Mill. Also included are her summer vacations with her Uncle Joe, who was a cattle inspector on Hoover Dam, and who also ran cattle on the Cyclopic Ranch.
? The Great Depression of 1929 brought many unfamiliar problems and unusual situations into the lives of the families and individuals who were caught up in its terrifying grasp. Most of the families who found their way to the gold mining camp of Goldroad, Arizona when it reopened in March 1937 were grateful for the opportunity, for the first time in five or more years, to once again feel secure in their ability to provide for their families. Day-to-day living in this small gold mining camp offered many varied experiences.
? One historical happening was the great Okie migration that made its way along the now famous Historic Route 66 that passed through Goldroad. Desperate families in old worn-out cars and trucks with all their earthly goods tied on top, made their way to California, the promised land, which was just a few short miles from Goldroad across the Colorado River at Topock.
? Another was the surprise attack December 7, 1941, by Japan on Pearl Harbor which threw our country into World War II. This quickly put an end to life in Goldroad and sealed the fate of Goldroad as an operating gold mine for the next fifty years. The closure in early 1942 sent the supervisors and most of the miners and other works in Goldroad to the company's new lead-zinc mine they had been forced to develop in Vanadium, a mining district located near Silver City, New Mexico.
? The nightly troop convoys the summer of 1942, before her family left Goldroad in November 1942, was one more reminder that the country was at war. The laughter and talk of these young soldiers, on the way to who knows where or what, bounced off the high, rock cliffs as their noisy troop carriers wound their way on steep grades and winding curves through a silent, dying gold mining camp.
? The author lived the Golden Years in Goldroad from age five through eleven, and never forgot the experiences she shared in Goldroad with family and friends--memories so vivid and deep they would last a lifetime.
? The author's purpose in sharing these memories is her desire to show how imperfect people, who live in an imperfect world, who honor their commitments in their everyday lives by doing the ordinary mundane things required of them, will produce posterity who will also honor their commitments in their imperfect world.
Norma Jean Richards Yount
Goldroad Arizona on Historic Route 66 is the story of the lives of those families who lived in this small gold mining camp of Goldroad, Arizona during the Great Depression and found it as a safe harbor in a terrible storm. Also included are stories about Historic Route 66, Kingman, Arizona the surrounding mining camps of Oatman, Arizona, the Katherine Mine, and the Cyclopic Mill. Also included are her summer vacations with her Uncle Joe, who was a cattle inspector on Hoover Dam, and who also ran cattle on the Cyclopic Ranch.
? The Great Depression of 1929 brought many unfamiliar problems and unusual situations into the lives of the families and individuals who were caught up in its terrifying grasp. Most of the families who found their way to the gold mining camp of Goldroad, Arizona when it reopened in March 1937 were grateful for the opportunity, for the first time in five or more years, to once again feel secure in their ability to provide for their families. Day-to-day living in this small gold mining camp offered many varied experiences.
? One historical happening was the great Okie migration that made its way along the now famous Historic Route 66 that passed through Goldroad. Desperate families in old worn-out cars and trucks with all their earthly goods tied on top, made their way to California, the promised land, which was just a few short miles from Goldroad across the Colorado River at Topock.
? Another was the surprise attack December 7, 1941, by Japan on Pearl Harbor which threw our country into World War II. This quickly put an end to life in Goldroad and sealed the fate of Goldroad as an operating gold mine for the next fifty years. The closure in early 1942 sent the supervisors and most of the miners and other works in Goldroad to the company's new lead-zinc mine they had been forced to develop in Vanadium, a mining district located near Silver City, New Mexico.
? The nightly troop convoys the summer of 1942, before her family left Goldroad in November 1942, was one more reminder that the country was at war. The laughter and talk of these young soldiers, on the way to who knows where or what, bounced off the high, rock cliffs as their noisy troop carriers wound their way on steep grades and winding curves through a silent, dying gold mining camp.
? The author lived the Golden Years in Goldroad from age five through eleven, and never forgot the experiences she shared in Goldroad with family and friends--memories so vivid and deep they would last a lifetime.
? The author's purpose in sharing these memories is her desire to show how imperfect people, who live in an imperfect world, who honor their commitments in their everyday lives by doing the ordinary mundane things required of them, will produce posterity who will also honor their commitments in their imperfect world.
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| BN ID: | 2940157127299 |
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| Publisher: | Norma Jean Richards Yount |
| Publication date: | 07/16/2016 |
| Sold by: | Barnes & Noble |
| Format: | eBook |
| Pages: | 256 |
| File size: | 10 MB |
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