Buckhorn Mineral Baths & Wildlife Museum (Images of America) - Softcover

Mark, Jay; Peters, Ronald L

Softcover

ISBN 10: 1467126969 ISBN 13: 9781467126960

Publisher: Arcadia Publishing (SC), 2017

Synopsis

From fire to empire, the story of the Buckhorn baths is a rags-to-riches tale. After a disastrous 1935 Christmas Eve fire destroyed their small country gas station/taxidermy business, a new, unimagined door opened for Ted and Alice Sliger. In 1936, the Sligers began turning tragedy into triumph, transforming a dusty patch of scrub-covered desert eight miles east of Mesa into a legendary roadside oasis. Their chance discovery of mineral-laden hot springs led to the valley's first therapeutic spa. With the New York Giants' initial attraction to Buckhorn's mineral baths, a decades-long association with Major League Baseball helped pave the way to Cactus League baseball. By the time it closed in 1999, the Sligers had built the Buckhorn into an iconic, quintessential roadside business along the route of four federal highways. It was renowned for its celebrity guests, eclectic architecture, colorful neon, mineral spa, retreat for baseball players, wildlife museum, and wide-ranging collection of memorabilia.

About this title

About the Author:

Jay Mark, a popular local historian and writer, and Ronald L. Peters, a leading regional preservation architect, have researched, documented, and advocated for the preservation of the Buckhorn since 1997. Working closely with the nonprofit Mesa Preservation Foundation, the Sliger family, and others, Mark and Peters filled this book with rare, unseen images, in tribute to one of Arizona's most unique roadside treasures.

About this edition

• Publisher: Arcadia Publishing (SC)
• Publication date: 2017
• ISBN 10: 1467126969
• ISBN 13: 9781467126960
• Binding: Paperback
• Number of pages: 128