HOGTOWN

From Willcox take Fort Grant Road nortwestward about 25 miles to Hwy 268. The store is about 150 yards to the right of the stop sign. It is possible that Wyatt Earp and his vengeance killers shopped at this store to buy supplies with money that Wyatt swindled out of Henry Clay Hooker before fleeing from Arizona justice.

Hysterical Journey To Historic Places

February 27th 2013
HOGTOWN A soldier at a frontier post could not always get everything he needed from the sutler or from the commissary stores. The area of brothels and saloons that sprang up around military outposts was commonly called “Hogtown” by the soldiers that they were set up to serve. At Fort Grant in Arizona Territory hogtown thrived about three miles to the south of the post in what is now call ... read more

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Britain's American colonies broke with the mother country in 1776 and were recognized as the new nation of the United States of America following the Treaty of Paris in 1783. During the 19th and 20th centuries, 37 new states were added to the origina... ... read more

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