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founded in 1950 Apache Junction was a tiny town surrounded by desert wildlife.
We moved to Arizona in 1955 and resided in Phoenix. we would load the truck with building
material's On weekends drive out to Apache Junction to camp on
the 5 acre government homestead. my father a WWII Veteran,
paid only $250.00, and all you had to do was build a house.
It was on the corner of Ironwood and Superstition. We moved into
the house in 1957.
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We had 2 small stores and 1 gas station the Blue
Star Market on saguaro and highway 60, that later became the American Legion, and now
today is a medical imaging
clinic. the other store was located on south ocotillo. I can remember the large
orange & yellow metal holsum bread sign on the door. The
gas station was called the Tune Up Station located at Ironwood & US Highway
60. Later in about 1959 an AJ Bayless Market was built at the
junction intersection and today is still the bashes store. We had a zoo,
it was small with only a few animals. in 1960 the superstition Ho
hotel was built and later the Apache Land Movie studios came to the area
many tv shows and movies were made many of the movie stars like elvis
presley stayed at the superstition ho. Life was so
simple then. Growing up on
the desert was wonderful we were poor and had little money. but we had
riches beyond gold. something today's world will never have. We
were truly blessed to have lived during that time when the United states
was the land of opportunity where a veteran was given a chance to
succeed by just applying hard work. I can remember those day's when mom was always
there for us. she baked fresh breads and cared for the home.
she made our clothes as well as washed and ironed them. her day's were
long and hard like The mother quail with her young, each one
following close behind. we had rules, and we punished, but we had
treasure's most CHILDREN TODAY will never have. |
aLICE kUBLER AND HER 4 CHILDREN JIM, JOHN, KATHY, & LINDA
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As life passes like a desert breeze, It sometimes is important to look back at
the pleasant yesteryears of life. A baby boomer, born in 1950. I have seen over
5 decades of change. As life goes on I see a more crowded and confused world, With more rules and
tougher laws. If time travel were possible. I would beam back to the
years of my early childhood. when the the world around me was one of less
stress, less greed, and less population. |
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