The Apache Gold Casino and Resort sits just 5 miles outside of Globe on land owned by the San Carlos Apache Tribe and has played a key role in the economic health of the region since it’s inception in 1994. So in 2009 when the Casino announced that due to …
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DRIFT INN: A Saloon success story
By: Bill Norman When Washington, D.C., residents Lisa Brazil and Eileen Townsend decided they were going to move out west and buy a business, one thing they agreed on was that they would never, ever consider owning a bar. Today they’ve been proud co-owners of the Drift Inn Saloon in …
Read More »Antiques Dealer takes on job as matchmaker
“Unless you’ve lived with a pet and loved a pet, you don’t know what you’re missing.” So states Cheryl Brazell, an attractive and earnest Central Kansas native. She and her husband Richard own and operate the Past Times antiques shop on Mesquite Street— but that’s the day job. The rest …
Read More »Globe’s Art Center is The Crown Jewel of Broad Street
Cobre Valley Center for the Arts sits majestically on the corner of Oak and Broad Street It used to be the home of lawyers, judges and prisoners. It was said that trials were held on the third floor so that prisoners would have ample time to consider the error of their ways …
Read More »Kip Culver discusses the unexpected loss of the Copper Spike Excursion Train
GMT spoke with Main Street Director, Kip Culver regarding the unexpected news that the Copper Spike Excursion would not return for a 6th season. Culver, who was instrumental in the excursion operation’s launch and success, was surprised to learn the news just months from preparations for another season. According to …
Read More »Managing the Big Screen: a Hollis Family tradition
Frank Hollis’ name doesn’t gender the kind of name recognition that someone like Hitchcock, or Wells, or even Howard Hughes does, but make no mistake Frank Hollis has been in the movie business since the Forties. He doesn’t make movies, direct, movies, or act in movies, but what he did …
Read More »New Clinic emerges from flooded fiasco
When one door closes another always opens. This last winter when temperatures hit all time lows, killing off plants and bursting pipes one of the casualties was Hicks Chiropractic Clinic in downtown Globe. The clinic, which was established by Drs. Terese Hicks and her sister, Janet Cline, has been a …
Read More »Chrysocolla Inn: Globe’s Newest B&B
The Chrysocolla Inn may be the newest of Globe’s bed and breakfasts, but the property itself has a long history in the area. In its heyday, it was known as Mack’s Home Hotel and served as a boarding house and dining room for visiting elites, local miners, youths attending school …
Read More »Awesome Redefined: Arboretum Review
Mark Zuckerberg, founder, CEO, and president of Facebook – and now Time magazine’s man of the year – summed up the movie The Social Network by saying that, when it came to portraying his life, Hollywood fundamentally missed the point. He didn’t use money, girls, and access to parties and …
Read More »Bill Taylor: The Voice of Gila 101.9
The voice in the morning of gila101.9FM belongs to Bill Taylor, the irascible, irreverent, station owner who has made the jingle “Keepin’ you in the Know” a household word in the Globe Miami region. Taylor, who wears many hats as owner, disc jockey, salesman and chief bottle-washer of the station, …
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