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Superstition Mountain is located within the greater Superstition Mountains range 43 miles east of Phoenix, Arizona, in the fringe of the state's central mountain region. It is a prominent landmark located generally south and east of the Salt River , rising approximately 3,000 feet (910 m) above the Salt River Valley . [ 4 ]
The legends and lore of the Superstition Mountains can be experienced at the Superstition Mountain Museum [9] on the Apache Trail where artifacts of the Lost Dutchman are on display. Some Apaches believe that the hole leading down into the lower world, or hell, is located in the Superstition Mountains. Winds blowing from the hole are supposed ...
Apache Junction (Western Apache: Hagosgeed) is a city in Pinal and Maricopa County, Arizona, United States. As of the 2020 census, the population was 38,499, [4] most of whom lived in Pinal County. It is named for the junction of the Apache Trail and Old West Highway. The area where Apache Junction is located used to be known as Youngberg.
Geronimo Park was constructed on a 12-acre plot of desert land near what is now the Superstition Freeway in Apache Junction. [3] Despite there being little in unincorporated Apache Junction, the Superstition Ho Hotel was opened in September 1960 in an effort to capitalize on the nearby Apacheland Studio movie ranch. [5]
View east along Route 60, Mesa. U.S. Route 60 (US 60) is an east–west United States Highway within Arizona.The highway runs for 369 miles (594 km) from a junction with Interstate 10 near Quartzsite to the New Mexico state line near Springerville.
In 2008, a non-profit educational corporation called Superstition Area Land Trust worked to recover Silly Mountain and the surrounding area. Through the collaboration with Apache Junction Park and Recreation, the Superstition Area Land Trust fixed and restored the entire area, also new hiking trails and new regional grasses were traced.
Also, pictured is an 1890 Porter 0-4-0 narrow gauge steam engine which once was used in the gold mines of Goldfield. The Main Street of the town features a reenactment of a western shootout (a photo is also included in the picture gallery). The town is located at 4650 N, Mammoth Mine Road within the jurisdiction of Apache Junction, Arizona. [8]
The unidentified skeletal remains of Apache Junction John Doe were found on November 23, 1969. He was found with a gunshot wound to the temple. On January 28, 1981, Suzanne Rosetti was kidnapped by two men, Jess James Gillies and Michael Logan, and taken to Fish Creek Hill in the Superstition Mountains, where she was pushed off a 40-foot cliff.