tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7921005.post847951611725752478..comments2024-03-26T10:17:21.693-05:00Comments on CITY OF DUST: Copper, Turquoise, & Moonshine: Gleeson, AZjmhousehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/07470407787311078380noreply@blogger.comBlogger12125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7921005.post-11838144499876779442017-01-15T21:23:26.667-06:002017-01-15T21:23:26.667-06:00Ah, that's great, Anonymous! Thanks for the co...Ah, that's great, Anonymous! Thanks for the correction. I definitely did not get up that road...yet. The Musso House ruins look quite photogenic, too! Very cool.<br /><br />Thanks again! JMjmhousehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/07470407787311078380noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7921005.post-24599417522632702912017-01-15T15:52:35.293-06:002017-01-15T15:52:35.293-06:00My error, the North co-ordinate should be N 31.742...My error, the North co-ordinate should be N 31.74207. Yes, the large, white building is the Joe Bono saloon. (Building had other uses over the years.) Bono's son lives in the RV (or mobile home, I forget) close to the jail.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7921005.post-35490819184544954692017-01-11T21:29:48.998-06:002017-01-11T21:29:48.998-06:00Thanks for the tip, Anonymous! If the ruin of the ...Thanks for the tip, Anonymous! If the ruin of the Musso House is a little to the north then I'm afraid I wasn't even near it. Maybe I'll see it next time! Is that the Bono Saloon I've got pictured off High Lonesome Rd? If so, that's great info! I'd love to see it reopened.<br /><br />By the way, the coordinates you sent seem to put me in Steamboat, AZ, north of I-40. Am I doing something wrong?<br /><br />Thanks again! JM jmhousehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/07470407787311078380noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7921005.post-85755002640058447922017-01-01T14:22:49.012-06:002017-01-01T14:22:49.012-06:00I revisited those 3 towns again in 2015. (Friends ...I revisited those 3 towns again in 2015. (Friends now live nearby.) We explored the Musso house ruin which is by itself about a mile north of "downtown" Gleeson. It's at N 35.74207 W 109.83194. The Bono saloon (large white building) was half in ruin in 1969. Bono's son hopes to reopen it.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7921005.post-47660976599710932272016-12-31T16:51:29.881-06:002016-12-31T16:51:29.881-06:00Anonymous, that's very cool that you were able...Anonymous, that's very cool that you were able to see the Gleeson school with arch intact. I wish I'd been so lucky!<br /><br />As for the fish pond behind the Musso house, I wish I'd been so lucky as to see that, too! Sadly, I didn't find the house. So, all I can offer is what Philip Varney said in <a href="https://www.amazon.com/Arizonas-Best-Ghost-Towns-Practical/dp/0873582187" rel="nofollow">"Arizona's Best Ghost Towns: A Practical Guide"</a>: "The best story told about the Mussos is that during Prohibition they were supposed to have hidden their liquor supply in an excavation under a fishpond. And, indeed, in the backyard is what looks very much like a fishpond with a vault underneath." Beyond that, your guess is as good as mine. Probably better, actually! <br /><br />Thanks very much for your comment! JM jmhousehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/07470407787311078380noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7921005.post-49502263062818879702016-12-30T13:26:04.946-06:002016-12-30T13:26:04.946-06:00I visited Gleeson in 1969. The school's arch w...I visited Gleeson in 1969. The school's arch was up at that time. (Have a photo of it.) Also visited Pearce and Courtland. Several more buildings existed back then. Was the "L" shaped in-the-ground structure behind the Musso house the fish pond? Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7921005.post-22203700708625662592014-05-01T18:02:05.951-05:002014-05-01T18:02:05.951-05:00Thanks, Skyline Spirit! Much appreciated! JMThanks, Skyline Spirit! Much appreciated! JMjmhousehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/07470407787311078380noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7921005.post-81442834994015188822014-05-01T11:16:34.778-05:002014-05-01T11:16:34.778-05:00pretty nice blog, following :)pretty nice blog, following :)Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7921005.post-69983990734457479412014-04-23T17:52:58.941-05:002014-04-23T17:52:58.941-05:00I agree entirely, CoastConFan! In fact, sometimes ...I agree entirely, CoastConFan! In fact, sometimes I think you can still find a bit of the Wild West alive and well today. Maybe that's why Homeland Security gave me a <a href="http://cityofdust.blogspot.com/2014/03/getting-on-ghost-town-trail-pearce-az.html" rel="nofollow">wry smile</a> as I set off down the Ghost Town Trail from Pearce.<br /><br />As always, many thanks for your comment! JM jmhousehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/07470407787311078380noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7921005.post-42888781727957627062014-04-23T01:06:54.028-05:002014-04-23T01:06:54.028-05:00Popular wisdom says that the Wild West was over by...Popular wisdom says that the Wild West was over by 1890 and some indicate earlier than that, but it sure wasn't going to die that easily. There were many pockets of resistance that held out as late as the 1920s, especially in the southwest. It wasn't so much a place or time, but an attitude (or lack of one). Volumes have been written about the golden age of the wild west, but in these latter day ghost towns, we can see ample traces of the things that made the west wild.CoastConFanhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/07250561260148656254noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7921005.post-11322840486829163212014-04-20T22:08:43.638-05:002014-04-20T22:08:43.638-05:00Thanks, Atsf Roswell! It's much appreciated. E...Thanks, Atsf Roswell! It's much appreciated. Especially coming from someone that knows history! JMjmhousehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/07470407787311078380noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7921005.post-41345855047916110182014-04-20T19:21:35.020-05:002014-04-20T19:21:35.020-05:00Very nice post. Great history!Very nice post. Great history!Atsf Roswellhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/15799578892767076664noreply@blogger.com