Arizonans have inherited a litany of picturesquely whimsical place names and many of these were bestowed upon the wild, untamed territory by the colorful, boisterous, devil-may- care miners, prospectors, and cowboys who felt inspired to name every arroyo, mountain and coyote hole they encountered.
Wherever there was a rumor and a hole in the ground people gathered around and built a town around it, christening them with names like Total Wreck, Lousy Gulch, Timbuctu, Rimmy Jim, and Ruby. Born
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