Unique Fixer-Uppers
Located right along the main drag in Quartzsite, one suspects this is of some historic value. Left unmarked, it is merely part of a large lot for sale.
Along the same street is what’s left of The Camel Stop Auto Repair, and old service station. And it’s for sale!
But look a little closer and you can see all the signs that the building is leaning heavily to the left, and that the facade was the only part worth saving. Was.
The building next to it is presumably part of the same listing, and is in better shape. Maybe.
And just for a change of pace, this is neither real estate nor for sale. It’s just one of my barber’s motorcycles. A lifelong motorcycle rider, she hales from Rockford, Illinois and moved to this area early. So, she doesn’t mind the summer heat, and puts on a light jacket when it’s 70 degrees. This ’57 Harley was her father’s.
Interesting old buildings. Things like that fascinate me.
Me too, though apart from an improvised local museum, the historical aura is wafer-thin in Quartzsite.
Seems they have a lot to work with of they wanted to do it.
Apart from itinerant mining, this place has always been merely a stopover to get someplace else. People have blown in and out with the winds of fortune, and the history is often a distant recollection of some character known only by a nickname who was either here for awhile and moved on, or died here. New England, this isn’t. There are a few colorful stories, and many more question marks.
Colorful storied and ? marks make a great place to start. People love colorful stories.
Doug the history here is all the old gezzers…not everyone here are young guns like us……..lol
Right, Papa. I can still do 40 pushups! It’s just that now, I need to schedule 40 days to do them.