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On introduction, the Alto received the T5B two-stroke 539 cc (32.9 cu in) (SS30) three-cylinder engine, producing 28 PS (21 kW) at 5500 rpm. The Alto was a "micro sensation" when introduced, largely due to its rock bottom price of ¥470,000 (circa $1,900 in 1979, at a time when the cheapest Ford Pinto cost $4,999 in the US). [7]
Cave Creek flows through the western side of the town southward into Phoenix, where it disappears into the Salt River valley. In 2000, the state of Arizona, Maricopa County , and the town of Cave Creek bought Spur Cross Ranch, a 2,154-acre (8.72 km 2 ) tract of Sonoran desert just north of Phoenix, for $21 million.
Alto is a ghost town in Santa Cruz County, Arizona, first settled in the early 1900s in what was then part of the Tyndall Mining District, east of Tubac in the Santa Rita Mountains. The town was originally named El Plomo , which is Spanish for "lead", and was changed to Alto, meaning "high", many years later, probably because the mines were ...
FESTUS, MO (KPLR) – A former roller rink turned cave home is up for sale in Festus, Missouri, and buyers are lining up to bid on the home. The cave home located at the 200 block of Cave Drive in ...
The Cave Creek Inn was built in 1920 and is Cave Creek's longest operating commercial building. It is now occupied by a restaurant. The Cave Creek Service Station was built in 1925. It was listed in the National Register of Historic Places in 2000. [5] Frontier Town, which is also pictured, is located at 6245 E. Cave Creek Road.
Captain Don Garcia de Cardenas and his party arrived in Arizona, which at the time was part of "New Mexico", in 1540. In 1582, Antonio de Espejo organized a silver prospecting expedition in the area. One of the two parties named the canyon Diablo Canyon. which is Spanish for Devils Canyon, which of the parties named the canyon is unknown.
Alto is situated on Pratt Lake Creek, at the intersection of Bancroft Avenue and 60th Street, just west of M-50, about two miles south of exit 52 off I-96. Alto is situated at 42°51′24″N 85°22′49″W / 42.85667°N 85.38028°W / 42.85667; -85.38028 [ 1 ] on the boundary between section 33 of Lowell Township and section 4 of ...
The HP Garage is a private museum where the company Hewlett-Packard (HP) was founded. It is located at 367 Addison Avenue in Palo Alto, California. [3] It is considered to be the "Birthplace of Silicon Valley". [4]