The brokenhearted history of an Arizona ghost town: Why Valentine was famous and what happened to it
In an isolated part of the Hualapai Reservation off of U.S. Route 66, a cluster of abandoned buildings and a little over 30 people make up the tiny, unincorporated town of Valentine, Arizona.In 1898, the small community officially came into existence when the U.S. government allocated 660 acres of land in what is now recognized…