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Geronimo Park was constructed on a 12-acre plot of desert land near what is now the Superstition Freeway in Apache Junction. [3] Despite there being little in unincorporated Apache Junction, the Superstition Ho Hotel was opened in September 1960 in an effort to capitalize on the nearby Apacheland Studio movie ranch. [5]
Apache Junction (Western Apache: Hagosgeed) is a city in Pinal and Maricopa County, Arizona, United States. As of the 2020 census, the population was 38,499, [4] most of whom lived in Pinal County. It is named for the junction of the Apache Trail and Old West Highway. The area where Apache Junction is located used to be known as Youngberg.
Apache Junction News is a newspaper in Apache Junction, Arizona, United States. [3] [4] It was founded in 1997 by current owners Chuck and Pattie Baker. [5]The paper, now known as The Apache Junction & Gold Canyon News, serves the communities of Apache Junction and Gold Canyon in Pinal County, Arizona.
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Lost Dutchman State Park is a 320-acre (129 ha) state park located in northwestern Pinal County, Arizona on the Apache Trail (State Route 88) north of Apache Junction, near the Superstition Mountains in central Arizona. It is named after the Lost Dutchman's Gold Mine, a famously lost gold mine legendary in the tales of the Old West.
In fiction, particularly in Western movies, "Apache Wells" is a common name for a fictional location in the Old West, generally a remote stagecoach way station, typically in southern Arizona. It first came into conspicuous public use in John Ford 's classic 1939 western movie Stagecoach , [ 2 ] the film that elevated John Wayne to stardom.
During the early weeks of the pandemic lockdown last year, Western fans were surprised to see a relatively little-known indie-produced entry to the genre, writer-director Justin Lee’s “Badland ...