Galeyville Goes on the Auction Block
Press Release
September 7, 2000
GALEYVILLE, AZ -- No one would know or suspect that a thousand people lived in this pine and sycamore dotted forest,
along the banks of perennial Turkey Creek.
Where once outlaws such as Johnny Ringo and Curly Bill Brocius found refuge in this isolated, naturally barricaded
canyon, only a modern thick walled passive solar home and its numerous outbuildings are evidence of human occupation
-- all of the ancient structures except a few concrete foundations are long gone.
Located in the Chiricahua Mountains of Southeastern Arizona, this pristine place was once called Galeyville, the
third largest town after Tombstone of 1880. The town site of Paradise is right next door.
Unique among properties in the arid Southwest, the 480 acre Galeyville site is nestled in a protected, verdant
natural bowl between U.S. Forest Service and Bureau of Land Management land.
The spectacular, spacious home site with views of Silver and Maxon Peaks boasts a large 5,000 square foot Trombe
wall-encased central building that requires no artificial heating and cooling -- including two large pine-clad
master bedroom suites and full baths, guest room, all electric kitchen, utility room, large library, living and
dining room -- all built around an interior atrium with a central koi pond and its associated landscaping.
That crazy cave named ``Outlaw'' underlying the southern portion of Galeyville is a stalactite and stalagmite punctuated
mile-long cave that displays on its crystalline walls many of the names in their own handwriting of the old Galeyville
residents and outlaws who lived there during the town's short lifestyle.
For more information about Galeyville, see the recently published book, ``Galeyville, Arizona Territory'', by Brooks
White.
On Saturday, Sept. 23, 2000, it all goes on the auction block. The auction is being conducted by Southwest Real
Estate Auctioneers of Phoenix.
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Contact:
Southwest Real Estate Auctioneers
John A. Weaver, 602/995-8500 (Phoenix)
Fax: 602/995-8600 (Phoenix)
520/298-3010 (Tucson)
Fax: 520/298-0336 (Tucson)
Toll-Free: 800/895-9064