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Ajo Historical Museum |
L to R: José Castillo, Annie |
José found us and gave us some firsthand history of Ajo. Born here in 1939, he started working for the mining operation in 1958.
If you're interested in Ajo history, you can find that online, told with more flair than I can manage. The mine closed down in 1985, and the Indian and Mexican settlements associated with the mine were razed then. That's why the former residents, and their descendants, found it necessary to create the Ajo Memory Project to collect stories, pictures, and ephemera from the time.
Local artists working on Memory Project mosaic in Ajo. I thinkLonewolf Wanderwolf (Mike Baker) is the creator of the murals we've been looking at, too.
José made sure we each had a geode to take with us. How did he know??
He gave us some good advice with the geodes: You go out in BLM land, you find a rock you like, you take it with you. You find money or what money can buy, you don't touch it. Because there are two people watching you - the person who put it there, and the person who wants it.
And, I'm sharing that good advice with you. Have a lucky day.
If you're interested in Ajo history, you can find that online, told with more flair than I can manage. The mine closed down in 1985, and the Indian and Mexican settlements associated with the mine were razed then. That's why the former residents, and their descendants, found it necessary to create the Ajo Memory Project to collect stories, pictures, and ephemera from the time.
Local artists working on Memory Project mosaic in Ajo. I think
José made sure we each had a geode to take with us. How did he know??
He gave us some good advice with the geodes: You go out in BLM land, you find a rock you like, you take it with you. You find money or what money can buy, you don't touch it. Because there are two people watching you - the person who put it there, and the person who wants it.
And, I'm sharing that good advice with you. Have a lucky day.