Friday, July 03, 2015

Clara Oatman

The story of the namesake of that very strange Arizona town, Oatman, Arizona:

In 1851, Olive Oatman's family was attacked while traveling near the Gila River in Arizona. Olive was taken by her attackers, and lived for five years with Native Americans before being ransomed by the U.S. government.

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