Tag: douglas
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John Slaughter’s Old West at the San Bernardino Ranch
After spending the evening in Hotel Gadsden, we drove the 17 miles of mostly dirt road to the lone Slaughter Ranch (also known as the San Bernardino Ranch). This historic site is set right against the Arizona-New Mexico and was the home of the famed Old West figure John Slaughter. John Slaughter, born in 1841,… Read more
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Hotel Gadsden’s Colorful History
Our favorite magazine, Arizona Highways, recently did a feature on Hotel Gadsden and the nearby John Slaughter Ranch in Douglas, Arizona. Our adventures don’t usually take us that far south but the colorful history of the hotel and ranch compelled us to continue riding through the Ghost Town Trail and into Douglas for the night. Read more