ALONG HIGHWAY 60 - Globe, Arizona

This three foot high globe sits along the highway as you enter the old town of Globe, Arizona.

While there, I visited the Besh Ba Gowah Archaelogical Park. (Mike was recovering from the MH trama.) The Hohokam established residence in the area around 900 AD and then the Salado Indians lived here in the 13th century. Today, some of the original pottery and foundations of structures have been unearthed. As with all ancient ruins, it makes me feel very humble to walk where centuries ago others lived.

Implements used at the time are displayed throughout the pueblos.

This pueblo is two stories high - I actually climbed a rope ladder to the second story (and my thighs ached for days as I am not used to stretching like that).

This handsome fellow lives in a cactus on the site and was busy building (or rebuilding) a nest the day I was there.

This pic shows how the ceiling/floor was constructed - I took it from the second story.
These beautiful flowers adorn the wall of the garden that is adjacent to the ruins.
The museum has the largest collection of Solada pottery in the world -it is amazing when you think how very old they are. It must have been a painstaking process to unearth and reassemble all of them. There were actually some pretty much intact after 600 years...
This museum and archaeological park is just off of hiway 60 and really would be worthwhile for anyone to visit when in this park of Arizona.

Also, while in Globe, Mike and I visited the local Catholic Church. This mission church is on the Historic Register and has interesting architecture inside and out. From the street, it almost looks lopsided with only one pilar.

Upon close examination and with a good telephoto lens, you can see the detail on that pilar.
The altar has entry ways on both sides. They are very predominant and is something we have not seen in other churches. (Although a day later we were in Miami, AZ and that church also had the arched entries on each side of the altar - perhaps the idea of an architect in the area.)


From Globe, it is only a short drive to Tonto National Monument where we saw cliff dwellings and the very rare saquaro cactus with a crown.
From Globe, we headed east on highway 60.