The AmericaJR Web Team recently visited the ghost town of Oatman, Arizona. It began as a small mining camp when two prospectors struck a $10 million gold find in 1915, though the vicinity had already been settled for a number of years. Oatman’s population grew to more than 3,500 in the course of a year. This tiny town is in a rugged area carved out of the wilderness by determined miners and now populated by more wild burros than people. The town prides itself on maintaining a Wild West feel, down to the wooden sidewalks, staged shootouts and kitschy shops. Clark Gable and Carole Lombard allegedly honeymooned at the 1902 two-story adobe Oatman Hotel after marrying in nearby Kingman.
Look out for the Burros along Route 66 when arriving in Oatman, AZ 
Oatman Post Office 
A look down Route 66 in Oatman, Arizona 
Oatman Theatre Bldg. 
Burros (donkeys) are commonly seen along Oatman Highway 
One of the Oatman Hotel’s major attractions is a room designated as the suite where Clark Gable and Carole Lombard supposedly spent their honeymoon after their 1939 wedding in Kingman, Arizona. 
General Store gift shop 
The Bucktooth Burro 
Fast Fanny’s Place jewelry store 
New Digg’ns 
Old Time Photo Shop 
Free mine exhibit 
AmericaJR’s Gloria Rzucidlo poses for a photo 
AmericaJR’s Jason Rzucidlo poses for a photo
Oatman, Arizona is about 175 miles west of Flagstaff, 29 miles southwest of Kingman and 114 miles south of Las Vegas. For more info, go to https://www.visitarizona.com/places/cities/oatman/
Hardly a ghost town. Try Chloride.