AMERICAN PARANORMAL MAGAZINE

Tuesday, June 26, 2018

TUCSONS FINEST PARANORMAL MMXVIII INVESTIGATES: GLEESON AZ JAIL JUNE 1ST




GLEESON AZ WAS A BOOMING MINING TOWN ESTABLISHED ORIGINALLY AS TURQUOISE AZ IN 1890 AND LATER CHANGED TO GLEESON AZ IN 1900. IN 1912, THE TOWN WAS CONSUMED BY A FIRE AND 28 BUILDINGS WERE LOST. ALTHOUGH THE TOWN REBUILT, EVENTUALLY THE MINES DRIED UP AND THE TOWN WAS LEFT NEAR ABANDONED. TODAY, THE ONLY REMNANTS REMAINING ARE THE JAIL, WHICH WAS RENOVATED BY JOE BONO AND HAS AN ON SITE MUSEUM, SALOON (DISREPAIR), SCHOOL(DISREPAIR), HOSPITAL(DISREPAIR), AND A FEW OTHER DILAPIDATED STRUCTURES BEING SLOWLY CONSUMED BY THE DESERTS BRUTAL SEASONS. OUR INVESTIGATION WAS RIDDLED WITH ACTIVITY AND WE ARE ALREADY PLANNING A TRIP BACK TO GLEESON IN THE NEAR FUTURE.