ʻO kahi manawa kūpono e lilo i kāu Hale Hōʻikeʻike ʻAmelika Hui Pū ʻIa ponoʻī! E hoʻi i ka manawa i ka huli o ke kenekulia Wild West Ghost Town o Pearce Arizona.

Aia ma ka hikina hema ʻo ʻAikika, ʻo Pearce ka ʻīpuka i ka hale kaulana ʻo Cochise Stronghold ma nā kuahiwi hanohano a laʻa hoʻi ʻo Dragoon. Ua kapa ʻia ʻo Pearce ma hope o James Pearce, miner a kahu pipi, nāna i ʻike ke gula kokoke ma ka mea i lilo i Commonwealth Mine i 1894.

Wehe ʻia i ka makahiki 1896, ka hoʻokūkū ʻo Soto Bros. a me Renaud Store me kahi mercantile e holo ʻia e John G. Smith. Ua lilo ʻo Renaud i hoʻokahi nona ka hale kūʻai ma 1901, e lawelawe kūleʻa ana i ka hale kūʻai a kūʻai aku iā Albert Rothe. Ua kūkulu ʻia ka hale ʻelua pālua me ka lāʻau kedera a me nā kaola ʻulaʻula. Ua hoʻohui ʻia ka pā metala i mua o ka hale e Charles Renaud. ʻO ia kekahi o nā hale adobe nui loa ma Cochise County. 

I kēia lā, he momi ʻo The Old Pearce Mercantile i ka wao nahele kiʻekiʻe. ʻO kēia pristine, "Kekahi o kahi ʻano" waiwai, i hoʻopaʻa inoa ʻia i loko o ka National Register of Hist Historis Places, ua hana hou nui ʻia i loko a i waho hoʻi, e hoʻihoʻi nei i kona hanohano kumu me nā pono o kēia au.

Ma hope o ka hoʻolālā pono e mālama pono i ka pono, e hoʻohana ana i nā mea e kūlike i ka wā, ua hoʻopau ʻia ka hoʻihoʻi ʻana ma 2019 e nā mea hana lima kūloko i ʻike ʻia no ka hana akamai, kikoʻī, a me ka hana kahiko. ʻO ka waiwai o nā mea kahiko e hōʻike aku ana me ke kūʻai aku ʻana o The Old Pearce Store, e like me ka mea i ʻike ʻia, ke hāʻawi nei i kahi ʻike i kahi wā kupaianaha i hoʻopio lōʻihi i nā manaʻo o ka poʻe hoihoi o ka mōʻaukala ʻAmelika.

Hōʻike ka nui o nā kiʻi vignettes i ka hoʻolaʻa a ka mea nāna i The Old Pearce Stores hoʻihoʻi. ʻO kekahi mau laʻana, ʻo ia ka vestibule, kahi e hōʻike ai i kahi pahu me kahi puka puka haʻi i lawe ʻia ma luna o nā mauna Dragoon mai ka hale leka ma Tombstone. ʻO ka Metalwork mai ka puka aniani haʻi kālā mua e kau ʻia i ka paia ma ka hope o ka hale kūʻai e kū ana kahi Wells Fargo Bank. ʻO kekahi hōʻike akamai aʻe kahi noho "hale kūwaho" kahiko, kau ʻia ma ka paia ma waho o ka waihona wai o ka pā o ka pā.

ʻO ka pā o waho e alakaʻi aku ai i kahi hale hana blacksmith hana, nā wahi waiho, nā hale kaʻa buggy, a me ka ramada. ʻO nā wahi noho Quaint ma ka hope o ka hale kūʻai e lako pono me nā ʻāpana o nā wā a me nā mea paʻa. Hoʻonohonoho ʻia nā komo āpau a me nā lumipaku no ka maʻalahi hiki ke komo. ʻO ka pā hao hao hou, nā puka pā, a me ka pā hale brick e wehewehe ai i nā wahi noho o waho. E hauʻoli ʻoe i ke aniau wao nahele kiʻekiʻe e hoʻomaha hoʻomaha nei i ka lānai bricked ponoʻī e hiki ke kiʻi ʻia mai ka lumi noho. Hoʻopili ka haku i ka hana hao e hoʻopuni i ka lānai ʻākau mai ka puka komo ma Pearce i nā hale noho.

ʻO kahi o ka Mōʻaukala o ʻO Pearce

Ua hoʻokumu ʻia ka Hale Leka ʻo Pearce ma ka lā 6 Malaki 1896. Ua wehe ʻia ke kahua kaʻaahi ma 1903. I ka makahiki 1919, he 1,500 ka nui o ko Pearce. Ua hōʻole ke kaona i nā makahiki 1930 a lilo i ʻaneʻane i kahi kūlanakauhale ʻuhane i ka hopena o 1940 i ka wā i pani ai ka maina. Aia kekahi mau kamaʻāina i kēia lā, kahi ipu lepo, hale kūʻai curio a me ke kula haʻahaʻa ʻo Pearce Elementary i aʻo i nā keiki o ka ʻāina mai 1912.

Hiki paha i kou home kū hoʻokahi ke hoʻohana i kahi hoʻololi kūʻai? E kōkua ʻo Brenda!