This landform was visible from the highway, or from a scenic viewpoint just off the famous Route 66. It is typical of the remnant harder rock left behind after millennia of erosion stripped away the softer surrounding material.
The town mentioned, Oatman, Arizona, still exists and is a thriving tourist destination for those traveling along the old Route 66.
This postcard dates from the 1940s.
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“Squaw Tit” Mountain, Arizona
This image is of an otherwise unnamed peak along the route of Highway 66 through Arizona. The name listed on the postcard is not traceable in any current maps that show landforms with this name in this location, and the only current feature that had this name was far to the south of the route for Highway 66.
Such names were often used to provide tourists some local color to the otherwise bleak landscape, and it is quite likely that this name was not officially associated with this peak. Most such names were changed to less offensive and more Native American traditional names.
This postcard dates from the 1940s.
Colorado River Bridges, Gold Run, Ariz.
This image continues the current theme one additional day, showing the new Highway 66 bridge across the Colorado River in Arizona.
The site is closer to the California city of Needles, since the Colorado forms the boundary between the two states. The large sign in the center of the photo may be a boundary sign, which welcomes travelers to the state as they cross the state line.
There is no description on the back. This card dates from the 1940s.
More Hairpin Curves, Highway 66, Gold Road, Arizona
This features another example of a subject popular at the time: highway construction in the intermountain west. This image not only shows the sinuous path of the legendary Highway 66 through the Arizona desert, but also, at the right, a long turnout to the top of a hill. This was no doubt graded to allow travelers a chance to stop and take pictures from the hilltop.
This card has no description on the back, just a stamped indication of where to write your address and message. It likely dates from the 1940s.
Route 66 Hairpin Curves, Arizona
This picture features a common subject of the west in the early post World War 2 period: pictures of highway construction. Among the favorites were pictures like this, of winding roads that climbed and descended complex mountain and valley routes.
This picture appears to have been taken near the side road that led to the Gold Road mine. The color in the upper center is a printing error for this image.
There is no description on the back of this card, but the image dates from the 1940s.
Gold Road Mining Town, Arizona
This week we visit Gold Road, as it was known, that ran through Arizona in the mid-20th Century.
Gold Road was a ghost town that remained of a gold mining operation in Arizona, whose access road branched off of Route 66, as shown in this picture. It had its own Post office until 1942, and was completely demolished in 1949.
There is no description on the back of this picture. The cars indicate this picture was taken in the 1940s before the town was razed.
Bluff Overlooking Lake of the Clouds, Ontonagon County, Mich.
This image shows the bluff of a large hill from the Lake of the Clouds, a lake in Ontonagon County, Michigan, in the Upper Peninsula.
The description “far end of the lake” implies the bluff is downstream from the inflow to the lake, which is fed and drained by the Carp River.
This card likely dates from the 1940s.
Toonerville Trolley, Newberry, Mich.
This image displays the unique transportation method used in the mid-20th century for tourists to visit the Tahquamenon River area. The name is from a popular cartoon of the early 20th century called Toonerville Folks. The name has been used by other public transport methods elsewhere in the United States.
The casual seating arrangements, particularly evident at the back of the trolley where tourists are seated on the trailing edge of the car, are indicative of a trolley that moves very slowly across flat land. Another image, posted on this site some months ago, shows later development of the cars used for passengers and the type of motive power for the trolley.
This card is dated 1941 on the front.
Upper Tahquamenon Falls, Newberry, Mich.
This image is an older, but near duplicate of the image listed some months back. It shows the Upper Tahquamenon falls from a slight elevation and from the opposite bank from the previous posting.
The postcard is clearly dated 1948 on its face.
Tahquamenon River View, Soo Junction, Mich.
This placid photo features a small section of the Tahquamenon River near the village of Soo Junction, Michigan. It is not an incorporated town, only a populated area named by the locals as a convenience. This is in the upper peninsula of Michigan, in Luce County.
The Tahquamenon River flows through the center of the upper peninsula of Michigan on it’s way to the mouth at Lake Superior.
This card is dated on the front 1948.