Mwayi wambiri kukhala ndi Arizona Ghost Town Museum yanu! Bwererani kumbuyo kumapeto kwa zaka zana zakumadzulo kwa West Ghost Town ku Pearce Arizona.

Ili kum'mwera chakum'mawa kwa Arizona, Pearce ndiye njira yolowera ku Cochise Stronghold yotchuka m'mapiri okongola komanso opatulika a Dragoon. Pearce adadziwika ndi dzina loti James Pearce, wogwira ntchito m'migodi komanso wogulitsa zinthu zakale, yemwe adapeza golide pafupi pomwe idasandulika Commonwealth Mine mu 1894.

Anatsegulidwa mu 1896, Soto Bros. ndi Renaud Store anali pampikisano ndi mercantile yoyendetsedwa ndi John G. Smith. Renaud ndiye yekha amene anali ndi sitoloyo mu 1901, ndikuyendetsa bwino sitoloyo mpaka itagulitsidwa kwa Albert Rothe. Kapangidwe ka nsanjika ziwirizo adamanga ndi matabwa a mkungudza ndi redwood. Chitsulo cholimba chachitsulo chinawonjezeredwa kutsogolo kwa nyumbayo ndi Charles Renaud. Ndi imodzi mwazinthu zazikulu kwambiri za adobe ku Cochise County. 

Lero, The Old Pearce Mercantile ndi mwala wamtengo wapatali m'chipululu. Malo achilendowa, "One of a Kind", olembetsedwa ku National Register of Historic Places, adakonzedweratu mkati ndi kunja, ndikubwezeretsanso kuulemerero wake woyamba komanso masiku ano.

Kutsatira kukonzekera mosamalitsa kusunga umphumphu, pogwiritsa ntchito zida kuti zigwirizane ndi nthawiyo, kubwezeretsaku kunamalizidwa mu 2019 ndi amisiri am'deralo omwe amadziwika kuti ndi luso lapamwamba kwambiri. Chuma chosungira zakale chomwe chimagulitsidwa ndi The Old Pearce Store, monga amadziwika, chimapereka chithunzithunzi cha nthawi yomwe inali yosangalatsa yomwe yakhala ikukopa malingaliro a okonda mbiri yakumadzulo kwa America.

Ma vignette ambiri ojambula amaonetsa umboni wakudzipereka kwa eni ku kubwezeretsa kwa The Old Pearce Stores. Zitsanzo zina ndi khonde, lomwe limakhala ndi kanyumba kokhala ndi zenera lowonera lomwe lidabweretsanso mapiri a Dragoon kuchokera ku positi ofesi ku Tombstone! Ntchito zachitsulo zochokera pazenera loyambira kubanki tsopano zapachikidwa pakhoma kumbuyo kwa sitolo yomwe inali ndi Wells Fargo Bank. Chiwonetsero china chanzeru ndi mpando wachikale "wakunja", wopachikidwa pakhoma kunja kwa kabati yamadzi pabwalo!

Bwalo lakunja limabweretsa malo ogwirira ntchito osula miyala, malo osungira angapo, ma garaja agalimoto, ndi ramada. Malo okhala okhalamo kumbuyo kwa sitolo amapangidwa mwaluso ndi zidutswa zakanthawi. Zolembera zonse ndi mabafa adapangidwa kuti azitha kupezeka mosavuta. Kumanga mipanda yachitsulo, zipata, ndi bwalo la njerwa kumafotokozera malo okhala kunja. Mudzasangalala ndi nyengo yayitali ya m'chipululu yopumuliranso pakhonde la njerwa zatsopano zopezeka pabalaza. Zitsulo zopangidwa mwaluso zimatsekera patio yakumpoto kuchokera pa Pearce Road yolowera kumalo okhala.

Mbiri pang'ono ya Lulu

Pearce Post Office idakhazikitsidwa pa Marichi 6, 1896. Malo okwerera njanji adatsegulidwa mu 1903. Pofika 1919, Pearce anali ndi anthu 1,500. Tawuniyo idatsika mzaka za m'ma 1930 ndipo idakhala pafupifupi mzukwa kumapeto kwa ma 1940 pomwe mgodi udatsekedwa. Pali anthu ochepa masiku ano, zoumbaumba, malo ogulitsira curio komanso Pearce Elementary School yomwe yaphunzitsa ana amderali kuyambira 1912.

Kodi nyumba yanu yapadera ingagwiritse ntchito kusintha kwamalonda? Brenda athandize!