Historic Stairs in Mining Towns

 We drove to Miami and Globe on Friday (last week) to do some more geocaching in the two communities that have a history in copper mining. Some of the stairs were built to help students get to and from school and are still accessible. Some of the stairs were built in the mid-1930s by the Federal Works Progress Administration (WPA) and formalized routes first created as shortcuts by the residents. Geocaching made us aware of the staircases in the communities built on the sides of hills. An artist program in Globe decorated the stairways in the photos in this blog post.

a LOT of stairs!

painted marbles

quail stairs

tiles on these smaller steps

painted decor on the bridge steps

stairs and a bridge

painted poppies on another LONG set of stairs

(students using these stairs)

in Globe

I did not take any photos of the stairs in Miami as they were not decorated

this mural is in Superior, another mining community

Broad Street in Globe

another mural in Globe

The other reason for visiting Globe last Friday was to attend an event hosted by our geocaching friends, Sherry and Jon. On March 1, 1872 Yellowstone became the world's first National Park. The event was a gathering to celebrate National Parks. Those of us attending who had a National Park T-shirt wore it to the event and were in a group photo. (There were other geocachers in attendance!)

There are so many California poppies growing along the road through Miami and Globe and they were all in full glory on Friday. There was a planter with one poppy in the little park where we gathered for the geo event. The one bloom made me very happy. I got my poppy photos for the season!