On a stretch of arid desert northwest of Kingman arises what was perhaps the most unusual roadside attraction ever to grace the highways of the American West. It was a business that would eventually became a nationally famous roadside stop.
Ninon Kelly Talbot was a popular real estate agent in southern California. She tipped the scales at 300 lbs. so naturally she billed herself as the “Biggest real estate agent in California.”
The Talbots moved to Kingman in the late 1920s.
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