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Yuma

Worth visiting!

Why I recommend this place to visitors  — 1 year ago

There are very few places in the world where you can find a peanut farm in the middle of citrus groves, with a camel ranch, and an ostrich farm just down the road.

Once outside of the city itself, on the county roads, the most interesting and unexpected locales reveal themselves. There are rodeo grounds, stables, and ranches for the horse lovers. There are numerous spots along the recently restored Colorado for sports and picnics. There are casinos the roads out of town in two directions.

In short, there are few places in the U.S. that so aptly represent the diversity, independence, and willingness to go it alone, in a new direction of the cowboy spirit that built the town in the first place.

Comments:

Yuma Rodeo and Yuma Mesa Homesteaders

Did you know that one of the original Yuma Mesa Homesteaders started that peanut farm.

The Peanut Patch was started by the Didier Family.

You can read much more about this family and all the Yuma Mesa Homesteaders at

http://www.southwestlegacy.com

plus a new video has been released… Video of the 1955 Yuma Rodeo and Parade… cool!

See a preview here:

http://www.southwestlegacy.com/YumaRodeo.html


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