Echoes of the Southwest

Inside the poker and billiard rooms in Stanton, AZ.  During our investigation, we did have paranormal experiences inside each room as explained in Sharon's investigation post. ( http://www.ghosthuntingtheories.com/2016/04/investigation-arizona-ghost-town.html )  Both rooms had weird/unexplained noises and gave us chills.  Stanton is a great place to investigate and can't wait to go back there. POKER ANYONE? Check out the size of his brass balls, lol! This is the creepy basement where bodies were kept during the winter because the ground was too hard to dig their graves. BILLIARDS

My post on the history of Stanton: http://www.above-the-norm.blogspot.com/2016/03/the-ghost-town-of-stanton-az.htm l The building where Charles Stanton was killed is now the office. The Hotel Stanton is where the poker and billiard rooms are found. Used to be the general store. The Wells Fargo building now houses gym equipment.  The jail was at the back of the building. Outside the billiard room.

On Thursday, March 24th, Sharon and I headed northwest from Phoenix to conduct a ghost investigation in Stanton, AZ.  We were to meet our other team member and James around 6:00 pm at Stanton.  We left my house around 10:00 am so we could take our time getting there and have some fun checking out Wickenburg.  Wickenburg was more than half-way to Stanton, which was at least a 2 hour drive from my house. While in Wickenburg, we visited historic sites, had lunch, took lots of photos, and even had dinner there as well.  The foliage was in full bloom and gorgeous.  Spring in this town was colorful and picturesque. We took off from Wickenburg around 5:00 pm towards our final destination, Stanton. We found the dirt road leading to the town just north of Congress.  It was a six mile slow drive to get there.  Our team member caught up with us on the dirt road and followed us to the location.  Well, he probably should not have.  We missed the tu...