I almost let the theme day for the Arizona daily photo blogs slip by - the theme for this month is Arizona's Hidden Treasures, so I chose one from a road trip we did last summer, when we visited Canyon de Chelly - as you can see, it is very impressive, much like the Grand Canyon - but, much more off the beaten path and much less touristy
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The Arizona Daily Photo blogs do a theme day on the 15th of the month - I waited until today to find my picture for this month's theme - this is the entrance to a place called Inspirador, in Downtown Chandler; it's a place for parties, weddings, etc...
Now, I'm going to check out the other Arizona Daily photo blogs - you can too!
On the 15th of the month, the Arizona daily photo blogs do their own theme day - I got to pick this one, and I chose "old Arizona" - this was harder than I thought it would be! I finally settled on a photo of part of downtown Chandler, including one of the oldest stores still there, Saba's western wear. The downtown storefronts have been restored to look like their original selves, and it does give a nice sense of history to it.
The town of Chandler is really not very old - it started out when a veternarian, Dr. AJ Chandler, bought a bunch of land in 1891. He then subdivided his ranch, started advertising, and built up the little town of Chandler, outside of Phoenix. The center of town basically started around the site in the above photograph, beginning with the opening of the Hotel San Marcos in 1913. Chandler was officially incorporated into a town in 1920.
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