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I-40 Eastbound, Yucca, Arizona, Exit 25, Alamo Road with a Odd Collection of Structures to the Right of the Road
Image by Ken Lund
I am not sure what is on the side of the road. There were stairs in the sphere.
Yucca is an unincorporated community in Mohave County, Arizona, United States. Located along Interstate 40, it lies southwest of Kingman, just east of the southern section of the Black Mountains and west of the Hualapai and McCracken Mountains in the Sacramento Valley.
Yucca started as an order office and water fill station for Atlantic and Pacific Railroad (affiliated with the Atchison, Topeka and Santa Fe Railway) in the 1880s. It was part of a rail line commissioned by congress spanning from St. Louis, Missouri to Needles, California. This rail line grew to be transcontinental and is a major freight corridor to Southern California. [1]
During World War II, the US Army Air Corps purchased 2,284 acres (9.24 km2) of land and developed the Yucca Army Airfield for training pilots. In 1954 the air base was purchased by Ford Motor Company and along with additional land, was turned into the Arizona Proving Ground comprised of nearly 4,000 acres (16 km2). Chrysler purchased the proving grounds in November 2007 from Ford for .9 million. [2] [3]
Yucca became part of Route 66 in 1952 when the highway was realigned bypassing Oatman, Arizona. This was the heyday for the small town when motels, cafes, and a Whiting brothers truck stop operated. In the early 1970s Interstate 40 replaced the section of Route 66 going through Yucca. The motels and truck stop went out of business as people used facilities in larger Kingman, Arizona, and Needles, California.[4] A small general store/cafe, post office, automotive service center, real estate office, and bar were the only retail businesses remaining by 2008.[citation needed]
In 1997 a land exchange between the Santa Fe Railroad and the US Government of approximately 70,000 acres (280 km2) was completed just southwest of Yucca. Much of the land subsequently owned by the railroad was subdivided into typically 40-acre (160,000 m2) parcels and offered to the general public as the Stage Coach Trails development. This land has primarily been purchased by individuals for residential use or long term investment. Other smaller developments opened just north of Yucca in 2006. Over time these residential developments may spur renewed business growth in the area. [5]
en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Yucca,_Arizona
I-40 enters Arizona from California at a crossing of the Colorado River at Topock in Mohave County. It heads east from Topock and begins to curve towards the north at Franconia and completes the curve to the north at Yucca. The Interstate continues to head north until it reach Kingman. In Kingman, I-40 has a junction with US 93 at exit 48. US 93 heads towards the northwest from this junction to Hoover Dam and Las Vegas. US 93 south begins to run concurrently with I-40 as they both head east through Kingman. The two separate at exit 71 as US 93 heads towards the south towards Phoenix while I-40 heads east towards Flagstaff. I-40 continues towards the east, passing through the towns of Seligman, Ash Fork and Williams. At exit 165 in Williams, SR 64 heads north towards the Grand Canyon National Park. I-40 continues to the east to Flagstaff, where it has a junction with I-17 at exit 195. I-17 heads south from the interchange with I-40 to Phoenix.[1]
en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Interstate_40_in_Arizona
Day 40 Occupy Wall Street October 25 2011 Shankbone
Image by david_shankbone
Today on Day 40 I went to do my usual documentary photographs – tents, protesters, signs, camp, etc. Instead I come across Reverend Billy and as I was talking to him I spotted two protesters who stood out.
David Shankbone
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Day 1 September 17 Photos – Preoccupation and Occupation Begins
Day 2 September 18 Photos – People settle in; cardboard sign menage begins
Day 3 September 19 Photos – Community forms; protest signs
Day 7 September 23 Photos – First rain, protest signs, life
Day 8 September 24 Photos – Pepper spray day, Zuni Tikka, people
Day 9 September 25 Photos
Day 12 September 28 Photos
Day 14 September 30 Photos
Day 16 October 2 Photos
Day 17 October 3 Photos
Day 20 October 5 Photos
Day 21 October 6 Photos – Naomi Klein
Day 23 October 8 – Faces of OWS
Day 28 October 13 – Tom Morello of RATM
Day 31 – protesting Chihuahua and The Daily Show
Day 36 – Parents and Kids Day and quite a crowd
Day 40 – protesting hotties, Reverend Billy and tents
Day 43 Photos – Snow storm at OWS of the first NYC winter snowfall
Day 47 – Solidarity with Occupy Oakland
Day 50 November 5
Day 52 November 7 – Jonathan Lethem, Lynn Nottage and Jennifer Egan
Day 53 November 8 – David Crosby and Graham Nash play OWS
Day 57 November 12 – Former NJ Gov. Jim McGreevey
Day 60 November 15 – Police evict protesters from Zuccotti
Occupy Colorado Springs Colorado on November 20
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