Oatman Arizona and its Burros
Oatman was founded around 1906 as part of Arizona's richest gold mining area. Oatman was reborn in the late 1960's and early 1970's as a tourist town. The main attraction was the wild burro herd. The burros roaming the Oatman area are descendants of the burros from the mining ventures of earlier times.
If it were not for these burros in all probability, neither you nor this plaque would be standing here today. People from all over the world come to visit, feed, and take pictures of the burros.
Marker is at the intersection of Oatman -Topock Highway / Main Street (Old Route 66 and Rock Hound Road, on the left when traveling north on Oatman -Topock Highway / Main Street (Old Route 66.
Courtesy hmdb.org
