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| American Flag Ranch territorial post office |
The mine attracted hundreds
of miners, not just to work at it, but alsothose who wanted to get rich with
their own mines. This list included Buffalo Bill Cody who had a mine a couple
of miles away at Campo Bonito.
A post office was established
in 1880, back when Arizona was still a territory, Named the American Flag Post
Office, it was located in a ranch building that is now the oldest territorial
post office still standing in Arizona. The building was named to the National
Register of Historical Buildings in 1979.
The mine eventually closed,
and its founder, Isaac Lorraine, turned his property into a cattle ranch.
Owned today by the Oracle
Historical Society, the ranch is now a museum. A key component is a central
room filled with postal memorabilia, old photos and an exhibit on Oracle’s most
famous miner, the Wild West showman, Buffalo Bill Cody.
The American Flag Ranch is open
by appointment only. Call the Oracle Historical Society, (520) 896-9609 to make
arrangements and get directions.
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