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ARIZONA BACKROADS

TELEVISION

ARIZONA BACKROADS
appears on Phoenix Television Station KAZTV Channel 27 and Cable 13
on Sundays at 6:30 PM.

Featured on the shows are Sedona, Tombstone, Indian Ruins, Karchner Caverns,
Glider Flights, Hot Air Balloons, The Apache Trail and more...

1. The little mountain town of CROWN KING, buried deep in the Bradshaw Mountains 2 Bars, 1 Restaurant, a Post Office/General Store and a big attitude on a way of life. BUMBLEBEE GHOST TOWN, the metropolis that didn't metrop and Rock Springs, a little nondescript shopping center that is home of THE PIE LADY over 40 million sold.

2. GOLDFIELD GHOST TOWN, a re-creation of old desert mining towns featuring mines, snakes, trains and a fancy make believe BORDELLO. The BLUEBIRD MINE AND POP STAND. And one of the STRANGEST GOLF COURSES ever.

3. THE MYSTERY CASTLE, a tour from the woman who owns it and lives there and who's father, a man she never knew, built it. DUGAN'S DAIRY FARM a romp on the farm for children. A HOT AIR BALLOON FESTIVAL from the ground up.

4. Excitement of a lifetime with a ride in a combat fighter plane. Participate in an actual airplane dogfight between you and your enemy at THE INTERNATIONAL FIGHTER SQUADRON. Then visit the famous CHAMPLIN AIR MUSEUM and see the actual airplanes from WW1, WW2, Korea and Vietnam.

5. COSANTI, a walk through the grounds and factory of an original thinker and visionary, Architect PAOLO SOLARI, a disciple of the legendary FRANK LLOYD WRIGHT. THE PENSKE AUTOPLEX, a new and exciting museum of race vehicles from ROGER PENSKE of INDIANAPOLIS 500 fame.

6. A TRIP UP THE APACHE TRAIL INTO THE SUPERSTITION MOUNTAINS visiting along the way THE DUTCHMAN'S LOST MINE PARK, Goldfield Ghost Town, Bluebird Mine, A trip on The Dolly, a paddle wheel boat ride in the middle of the mountains, and Tortilla Flat.

7. Go ANTIQUING in the GLENDALE HISTORIC DISTRICT, then visit a real authentic ITALIAN CHOCOLATE FACTORY run by the Cerreta Family and made with the same machines they brought from Europe many years ago. Maybe they will let you make your own Chocolate Pizza.

8. Visit RAWHIDE OLD WEST TOWN with cowboys, games, plays and skits, fun for the whole family. Then join a group of everyday people as the enhance their driving skills at the BONDURANT DRIVING SCHOOL learning things like how to recover from a 4 wheel skid on pavement. Move on over to the FIREBIRD RACEWAY as more "JUST PLAIN FOLKS" take their own cars out on a real racetrack for a little racing.

9. THE COWBOY TOWN OF WIKENBURG, site of a DEADLY STAGE COACH ROBBERY and home to Dude Ranches and the Vulcan Gold Mine. A hidden treasure nestled in a hollow of Arizona's Harvucar Mountains is ROBSON'S MINING WORLD a real make believe mining town with a Bed and Breakfast and mining equipment galore. Then the COMMEMORATIVE AIR FORCE ( FORMERLY THE CONFEDERATE AIR FORCE) wings its WW2 planes in formation at an annual meeting.

10. ONE AIRPORT, Two Flying Schools, Pleasant Valley Airport is the home of the TURF FLYING SCHOOL FOR GLIDERS and, on the other side of the runway KEMMERIES ULTRA LIGHT FLYING CENTER. What greater adventure than soaring with the Eagles in a glider or living the excitement of an Ultra Light flight. Take lessons and fly them yourself. No license required

11. THE ANCIENT INDIAN RUIN BESH BA GOWA, a reconstructed trading post of the Salado Indians until they disappeared in 1400AD. THE BOYCE THOMPSON ARBORETUM an oasis in the desert lovingly dedicated to all things green. And THE WORLD'S SMALLEST MUSEUM with a beer can roof. What more can we say.

12. TWO ARIZONA TOWNS in transition; one, CAVE CREEK, as it struggles with its changing population from Cowboys and Good ol' Boys to an upscale yuppie community. The other, GLOBE, as it attempts to survive the closing of the Copper Mines. Then a visit to the TONTO INDIAN RUINS, two separate well preserved hillside sites of the Salado Indians. A walk through the rooms allows you to experience how they lived.

13. JEROME, the hillside city that once slid down the mountain one full block. Former Boom Town, Former Ghost Town and now a jewel for the Arts and Crafts Community. THE VERDE CANYON RAILROAD, a ride through a desert's canyon beauty, sighting Bald Eagles, Havelina, Indian Ruins, Coyote, and the Southwes's nature in comfort. The spectacular MONTEZUMA'S CASTLE INDIAN RUIN, a hotel size structure built into a cliff side and marvelously maintained.

14. KARCHNER CAVERNS, one of the most SPECTACULAR CAVES IN THE WORLD, only recently open to the public. Follow the story of its discovery by two young Cavers who kept it a secret for 14 years until its safety could be secured and shared with the whole world.

15.TOMBSTONE, famous western Town, site of the GUNFIGHT AT THE OK CORRAL by WYATT EARP and DOC HOLLIDAY. Subject of countless Hollywood Movies and Television Shows. Get the details of the personalities, walk the "deadliest street in the country" and BOOTHILL GRAVEYARD where the gunmen are buried.

16. THE CITY OF BISBEE, once the largest town in the west between New Orleans and Los Angeles and, in the early 1900's, bustling with commerce, mining and union battles. Now a town rescued by THE HIPPIE GENERATION. Giving us a City where Art and Antique shops, Youth and Elder Hostels, Bed and Breakfasts abound with a lifestyle that could only be called "laidback"

17. SEDONA; BEAUTIFUL, SPIRITUAL AND SERENE, you don't just visit this city you experience it. The Red Rocks, Vortexes, Oak Creek Canyon, World Class Resorts and Shopping all come together to make this a special place in the world. A place many people return too again and again. Come take a HELICOPTER RIDE with us and see what many call the most breathtaking place in the United States.

18. PRESCOTT, once capitol of the Arizona Territory but now a city with a cowboy heritage, blessed with outstanding weather, beautiful hillside homes and a charming historic center filled with shops, restaurants surrounded by Victorian style houses and home to the WORLD'S OLDEST RODEO each year in July.