b'Picketpost Mountain Trailhiking equipment is highly encouraged.It isnt forthere three years earlier, it was a booming silver town. APACHE LEAP everyone due to its rugged nature but you won\'t get aUpon Mattie\'s return, however, the silver boom had died The Apache Leap is hard to miss especially when you arebetter view of the Apache Leap ridge.down and the bulk of the town\'s population moved on. approaching Superior from the west. This huge 400\' wallBlaylock planned to return to sex work in Pinal City, of rock overlooks the town and is just south of QueenIt is located off Highway 60 west of Superior. From thebut with most of the prospective clientele gone with the Creek Canyon. The name is derived from a legendaryparking area, keep an eye out for the signs letting yousilver, making a living there proved difficult. Mattie died battle that Apaches fought for the area. They chose toknow where the trail starts, and make sure to stay onin the town of Pinal, now little more than a ghost town jump from the top of the cliff rather than be capturedit. There are Picketpost Summit and Picketpost Loopin a faded memory. According to her autopsy, her death by their enemies. The Leap holds many of the tallesttrails. At nearly four miles, the Summit trail is the mostin 1888 was ruled as "suicide by opium poisoning." The climbing routes in the Queen Creek Area. Most climbersdifficult but will give you the best views. The Loop trail ishistoric Pinal Historic Cemetery she is buried in is a access the Apache Leap by parking at the Magma Minebetter for families and those with dogs. fascinating, creepy, and free place to visit.area and hiking to it. qcc.com BOB JONES MUSEUM & SUPERIORWORLDS SMALLEST MUSEUMHISTORICAL SOCIETY It wont take too long to see all the odd but interesting Located at 300 West Main Street in historic downtownitems and relics scattered around, and with a semi-Apache Leap Superior, the Bob Jones Museum is the premieroptional admission fee of just a buck, you dont have that destination to get an insight into the towns history,much to lose. This place, which is nothing more than a heritage, and economy. The museum is in the formertiny storage building, was opened in the mid-1990s by home of a governor, who led an interesting life andDan Wight and Jake Reaney. They built it as a way to added so much to the town and states history. Thelure diners into their next-door museum primarily focuses on Bob Jones life and hisBuckboard City Cafeand path to becoming Arizonas governor, though theresas a way to put some of their much about the areas mining history and the westernaccumulated personal stuff to lore of the surrounding region too. Seasonal hoursproductive use. The exhibits, set (September-May) are Wednesday thru Friday from behind glass panels, include a 12:00 to 3:00 and Saturday and Sunday from 3:00 to 4:00.1984 Compaq home computer, 520-689-1969 a Beatles concert poster, a 1960 letter from president-elect John localfirstazfoundation.org MATTIE EARPS GRAVESITEF. Kennedy to Jake Reaney, and Though rumor has it that Mattie and Wyatt were neverthe World\'s Largest Apache officially married, she was his supposed common-lawTear. The World\'s Smallest wife. Mattie was known to have more than a few aliases,Museum measures only 134 LEGENDS OF SUPERIOR TRAILS (LOST) which makes her sad demise all the more interesting.square feet. 520-689-5800LOST is an 11.65-mile long hiking, biking, andMattie struggled with opium addiction, fueled by equestrian trail. The trail consists of three segments; theher tumultuous and largely loveless relationship desert trail, the urban trail through Superior, and thewith Wyatt. In early April, after thegunfight at the canyon segment through the beautiful Queen CreekO.K. Corral,Wyatt left Arizona for New Mexico and Canyon. In early 2020, with the help of an Americorpsthen Colorado. Blaylock left Tombstone with other crew, the Town of Superior and LOST Inc. completedEarp family members for Colton, California. She the final alignments of trails. The trail system is open toexpected to receive a telegram from Earp telling her non-motorized users daily from dawn to dusk. where to meet him, but it never arrived. Instead, 602-935-9034, SuperiorTrails.comEarp went to San Francisco in late 1882 and began a relationship with Josephine "Sadie" Marcus, who PICKETPOST MOUNTAIN TRAIL was the common-law wife of Johnny Behan in Picketpost Mountain Trail is approximately four miles,Tombstone. Blaylock left Colton for Pinal City, out and back, and is known for beautiful wildflowerArizona Territory, a town that Blaylock and Earp blooms and an out-of-place mailbox found at the top.lived in for two months in 1879 on their way to This unusual trail feature invites victors to place aTombstone. When the couple was note inside the mailbox for future hikers to read. Or if youre in the mood, you might want to leave something a bit more trail magical inside the box. This trail is rated as difficult and ArizonaRealCountry.com February 2022 25'