Historic Florence Arizona Downtown Museums.
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- Historic Florence Arizona Downtown Museums. Check out the old buildings and history of Florence Arizona. several buildings on the national list for historic places. Cafes gift shops 2 museums and more. a must-see and do
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Small town museums are the best! I always make a point of thanking the folks working in them. They are almost always volunteers who donate their time so that people passing through can get a sense of what it was like to live there. Regarding Tom Mix, you may have learned this since posting the video, but there's a memorial south of Florence where he died in a car crash.
What a clean and tidy town Florence is. Don't see any trash or weeds. Very nice .... and you have never heard of Tom Mix??? I grew up watching old westerns.
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Next time you go to Florence you have to go into the hardware store. When I visit Florence I always pay it a visit, it's a piece of history all on its own! Love your channel.
That true value hardware store sign was probably original. Loves these cool old towns.
That True Value is a museum in itself
I love going down to Florence to take pictures!
That’s got me wishing was sitting outside eating a slice of apple pie… building with pink& white stripes took me back when Rocky Road candy was favorite surprise from my grandmother’s Easter Sunday.
Hope that Purple Heart is on vacation; think they used to working and don’t know when to stop.
I have never heard anyone mention that there was a POW camp in Florence. Learning something new every video Russ. AWESOME!
Hello Russ. I've been a long-time subscriber to "Arizona Highways" magazine (for 55 years starting in 1967 when I was 15) and I saw many of the places you're showing in "still" images. Now you're showing me these places in videos, I'm discovering plenty of places I missed and never saw before, because I should have left the major roads and highways, like you do. I visited 15 times over the years. I learn a lot about where to go to find a safe place to spend the night, the nightmare of overnighters like me. Thank you and keep up your discoveries.
RICHARD from Canada
Thanks for showing our cool little town...
Nice little town. And interesting museums.
Gorgeous day and town walk 👍👍🤗😳. Museums are really full of history. Reasonable donation rates. Thank you. Am looking forward to Tucson as well. Be safe
Thanks for showing my hometown, born and raised in Florence. I left Florence in 1977 when I joined the USAF for my 21 year career. So many changes in that little town since I left. I have to tell you, after your stop at the Casa Grande Ruins, you should have cut back over to Hwy 79 south of Florence. You could have taken that all the way to Tucson, passing through Cactus Forrest, the Pinal Pioneer Parkway, and many other scenic areas. Never take the Interstate when rural highways will get you there and show you more.
Hi Bart. That's the road I was also hoping he was going to take.
Bart
Was the county hospital where you were born?
I was born there in 1947
It was the Pinal county hospital
@@boriscook6817, Yes it was. When the "new" hospital was built in the mid 70s, I helped move patients from the old to the new. We moved a bunch of them in the back of my 1964 Ford Pickup. I was just a high school kid then.
@@bartgoins1782 thanks
I’ve only been back once
I noticed then that the hospital was converted to a museum
@@boriscook6817, I've been back several times, but not for a few years. I didn't know the hospital was a museum now. I know Florence has grown quite a bit, and is nearly unrecognizable from when I left there in 1977. I'm still in touch with several people I grew up with there, although I don't think any of my relatives are still there.
Fantastic little stop Russ!!
POW camp!! Wowzers lotsa history
Thanks Russ, merci pour ces superbes vidéos
hello , I like your videos in a cold snow night looking the places I have visited in the West, roads trips , I like these places , historical, discovering legends from the pioneers, landscape,,
It seems I am there again in my thoughts. meditation fix the in those places we passed, ça renvoi dedans carement !! It seems that I am there in my thoughts...incredibla sensation to be transported to those palce just seeing video an d mentalising !!!! The same this year , when road trip in Sicilia island june road trip , discovering legends and treasures of the greeks and romans ...or in the Volcan Etna, a special and curious sensation walking over feeling the head on my feet !!
Just bought a home in Florence Gardens, will be moving in on the 3rd.
Thanks Russ the verandas remind me of here in Australia l think prob the closest you could get to how it is here in the USA l thought gee that's straight out of here hot sun etc verandas and buildings just like some of our country towns....once again ty regards
Doc from Down Under
Once again... thank you Russ!!!!
Nice video. Small town America. 🙂 Nice local museums. Glad they keep the historical buildings up. Nice downtown area. Burrows and balloons 🙂. Enjoyed. 🙂👍
Thank you So much Russ for all your amazing videos and views of areas 🎬
The silent film actor Tom Mix was one of the pallbearers at Wyatt Earp's funeral and also had conversations with Wyatt about how life was in the old West. Those small museums often have little known gems of history!
I love Arizona!
out of all the years I lived in phoenix I've never been to most of the places you have now that I'm retired I cant wait to go this fall.
Hey Russ. That was not city hall, but a courtroom. Two desks were for plaintiff and defendant. Good OLD municipal courtroom. You never fail us with your videos!
Love the small towns. Thanks for the tour, Russ
Just another beauty Russ!
Thanks for taking us with you on your journey! Stay Safe.
🙋♀️Hello Russ! Florence is very interesting & rich with history. Even the architecture it seems, tells a story about a town/place. I hope you'll have a more restful night👍
The LB Inn in Florence is one of my favorite restaurants on the planet. They have the BEST Mexican Food ever.
Thanks Russ! A,
Always enjoy your videos! Stay safe!
Hey Russ thanks for the video, I believe I spotted you at the KOA that I’m at on Tuesday night.
Thanks for the tour of Florence and those museums. Interesting history there.I really enjoyed it. Safe travels.
Great information; grew up outside Phoenix: never knew about the pow camps. Still learning at my age; who knew😎😎
Hey Hey Hello Russ, Ready for the Ride to Florence today. Thanks for letting us Ride along my friend. 👍
Been there...viewed that museum, and the court house. Interesting story about how the hangman's noose HAD to be wrapped...to do a 'proper' job. It was based ideally on the weight of the convicted criminal -- so that the neck would break, but not sever the head. The convicted was to be hanged...not beheaded. It was surprising how many died of suffocation...and not a broken neck or severed spinal cord. Very gruesome!! Many folks came out to watch the 'carrying out' of the sentence.
Thanks Russ!😊
Thanks for visiting this small small town south of Phoenix. I am impressed with the old photographs of the history of the town. Yes, local museums have so much more to offer in terms of their history. I give you credit, you can find very interesting places to see and photograph.
Glad you enjoyed it
I enjoyed this episode of Historic Florence Arizona downtown museums
Another great video gets me "out of the house".....Say, I was thinking about all those bikers and it occurred to me that, being a 'prison' town, they may all be 'graduates' of the local penal system having a reunion,, ,lol ........My brother-in-law and his wife wintered in Arizona for quite a few years (Had a mobile home in Mesa) ......Thanks for letting me tag along....John (west coast,Can.)
I just wonder how many miles you have put on the road during the run of your channel? Keep it up great channel.
Wow!!!! So many burros!!!!! Cool hot air balloon’s!!!
Great video have a good trip be
YAY !!!! 🤙🤙🤙🤙🤙
Nice, quiet little town! There was a nice Ford Mustang in front of the hardware store 👍
As you go down route 79 you will see why the museum had a picture of Tom Mix. Im sure you will stop and shoot a picture of his statue where he died in a car crash.
Thanks Russ , i live in east mesa and now am going down to florence to check out there museum , and lunch at the resturant.
Thanks for sharing, that brought back old memories of us being in the area work camping for a resort outside East of Florence
Tucson area is beautiful as well.
If you get out towards Georgia, go explore the areas around Americus Georgia
There is an old telephone museum around there and president jimmy carters home is also around there
Stop by and say hello as we’ll be back at the KOA work camping 👍🏽
Oh, the memories! In 1988, after conducting business in Tucson, decided to "play tourist" around Arizona. Instead of the I-10, took US-89 (which is what AZ-79 was back then) up to Phoenix. Did a "windshield tour" of Florence. The wife and I were both volunteers back home in New Mexico and we enjoyed visiting fire stations from where we visit, so we stopped at the combination police/fire station across the street (to north) of the Courthouse, now a soccer field. We parked our pickup camper for the night at a mobile home / RV park about a half mile north of Hunt Hwy, where you turned south onto AZ-79.
And, a little bit of Florence history. Tom Mix wasn't a local hero. Florence is notorious for being where this very popular (back in the day) movie star died. In 1940, Mix had been meeting with people in Tucson. He set out in his fancy luxury Cord convertible up (then) US-80 headed for Phoenix. About 18-miles south of Florence, he came across a construction zone where they were repairing a wash-out from a recent flash flood. Being known as a "speed demon", he was unable to stop in time and swerved into the gully. A suitcase located on a luggage shelf behind him flew off the shelf and hitting him in the back of his head, breaking his neck. There is a very nice stone monument and roadside rest just north of the Tom Mix Wash. I noticed that there is a replica of the monument in front of the Pinal County Museum. It was the stone monument with the riderless horse on top. When I found out you were in Florence, I was hoping that you would have gone down old US-80/89, because I know you are the type to have taken a photo stop, but I see that you took the turn to Coolidge and the Interstate. But, I still like your videos. I really do! 😍
I came to comments to give some Tom Mix information but you were more extensive
Also his mansion is on south central in Phoenix (now an excellent restaurant)
nice Russ....watching...Carolyn from Canada...Burrows hee having...sound familiar....lol! Carolyn....
Love the old buildings. Very cool area
That was a very interesting small town video. I spent some time in Florence in 2018, on my way to Tucson to visit the Pima Air and Space Museum there. I visited the prison museum in Florence, but didn't realize there was a little county museum, too. It's an interesting little town. If you're taking 79 south to Tucson, you might want to stop at the Saint Anthony's Greek Orthodox Monastery. It's quite a development. They started many years ago, and it's become a major orchard, where they grow citrus and olives. From there I went on to the air museum and the Kit Peak National Observatory, both very interesting places. On the way back you may want to stop at the Dwarf Car Museum in Maricopa. That was probably the most interesting stop on my way down to Florence.
Agree completely on St. Anthony. It is a world within itself. Nurtured out of the desert in 1995. So green and lush, beautiful grounds, 5 different churches scattered on the grounds. Beautifully constructed brick paths, the flowers and plants. It's a wowzer for sure. Gift shop that also sells some traditional sweets.
As I mentioned before, you are copying my itinerary as I used to live in Tucson and Casa Grande and I appreciate all of your vids, makes me homesick...
How cool is this !! Thanks for taking us along on the tour and adventure !! Good history lesson in ARIZONA !! Gotta “ put it on my list “ as you say !
Thanks for the information! I can go on a day trip next fall when I’m in the area.
Thanks Russ.
Love all of your videos. 😍
long time follower of {Rver tv}. southern az. will be along for the ride pard. ...happy trails always.. hope y'all make it to "madera canyon" great boon docking just before entering the canyon "porter rd. or head up a mile or so to bogs spring campground about 10 bucks a nite ....
Went there a few days ago, interesting history.
Back in the day before AC and mostly dirt roads, the summer heat had to be a challenge for Germans and the locals. Another Gem brought to us via Russ.,and to think NE Ohio will get 2-4" of snow this weekend.!! 👍👍🥶🙋♂️
If you get a chance while in Tucson, get some shots of the train station area please. Thanks
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'Well enjoyed. I would have stayed for the Mexican meal before heading on.
Do those people know that was the famous RVer TV guy in there☮️🌵
Hey Russ!!! You and the "BURROS"!!!
Nice video!!!! Thanks. I've never been to Florence. Nice!!!! Safe travels
By any chance. Are you going up to Oregon this summer??
You should have gone to the Tom Mix Monument about 10 miles south of town right on Highway 79 where he died in a car wreck when traveling from Tucson to Phoenix at 80 MPH and came upon a bridge that was out.
I did a lot of business with true value between 98 and 2006
The Ballot box , Back when you can trust someone Ain’t it the truth
I hope you stopped and got some fudge. lol
They filmed murphys romance there with james garner and sally fields
That tree is dead Russ. 😃 I drove down that road you're going to do Russ. Way back in 1993. I was 48 years old and doing a self drive tour. Somewhere half way down towards Tucson I had to do an emergency stop to relieve myself in amongst the shrubbery ( cactus) After I squatted down to do my 'business, it was only then did I remember that that type of environment has Tarantula spiders. Whopping big ones ! And the Scorpions and a species of poisonous lizard.
UNDER THE GENEVA CONVENTION, PRISONERS HAD TO BE KEPT IN A CLIMATE SIMILAR TO THE ONE THEY WERE CAPTURED IN. THOSE PRISONERS MUST HAVE BEEEN TAKEN IN THE AFRICAN CAMPAIGNS
So you mentioned it was Saturday , and today is Friday so I'm guessing you've already seen a lot of stuff in the last 6 days. Looking forward to your next few videos. More cactus please! Not a big fan of museums. Well their ok if ya see them in person. And go treat yourself to a small ice cream cone Russ!
On down the road....
I think the Florence prison complex is closed.
Russ, is one of your stops going to be Tombstone, AZ? Enjoy your videos.
I'm betting he hits the chiricahua national monument!
Russ, this is off subject, but do you have any idea how much it would cost to store a 12 foot cargo trailer outdoors at a storage place in Quartzsite?
When people say that they "spent some time in Florence", I usually think they're ex-cons...
Any guns going off in the HOV area cause there sure was when I was there???
Were Germans only or are Italians held there also ??
Some of the private prisons house terrorists and cartel members. They pay the guards 16 an hour to guard them. The guards undergo a thorough investigation by the FBI. They talk to neighbors, colleagues, friends and check finances. If your debt is more than 6 grand they disqualified you from contact with The Federal Bureau of Prison's prisoners. but they also house state prisoners in the same prison while allowing the two contracts to intermingle. Federal inmates from us border patrol come in with heroin inside them. They either flush down the toilet or sell it at a great loss to the state contract prisoner. 100 dollars for a quarter ounce of heroin.
The private guards help facilitate the movement of drugs because nobody pays attention to who is allowed contact with federal prisoners. A state guard can enter the federal side of the prison at anytime. They often relieve each other during restroom or lunch breaks.
1100 bowling road
My dad during World War II as an MP after the war German soldiers that was at that sell that you're at had this plan that they were going to escape from the prison of War camp and they're going to go to the Gila River and they were going to swim down the river to Mexico and Escape only thing the Healer water was dry he got put in solitary confinement for his thoughts and receiving the Gila River
A model T leaking oil a tesla no leaks
what a horrible looking sky at 1 minute and 17 seconds...talk about Geo Engineering....WOW
I had the pleasure of living in Florence in the early 1970's...not by choice. I got there on May 5, 1972 and counted the days until I was able to leave. After graduating from the local high school I enlisted in the U.S. Army and never looked back. I have been back a few times. The last time was 2014...going back this October for my 50th high school reunion and will most likely be my last. I also had the good fortune of living in Sierra Vista and Rio Rico when I was employed by the feds...I fell in love with Arizona but it wouldn't love me back...long story...and seems that those days I longed to get out of Florence I would spend a great deal of my life trying to get back to the great little town of Florence, Arizona....