Two Guns, Arizona

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Two Guns is a defunct roadside attraction near Interstate 40 in northern Arizona, United States. It is located on the east rim of Canyon Diablo in Coconino County, west of Winslow and northeast of Phoenix. This area was originally known as Canyon Lodge, but became known as Fort Two Guns with the arrival of Harry E. "Indian" Miller in the 1920s. The "Fort" was dropped in the 1930s. Although classified as a ghost town in popular literature, Two Guns was actually a tourist trap that reached its peak in the 1940s. Its appeal began to diminish after the interstate highway was built in the 1950s, as travelers sped past it on their way to their final destinations. This fate was common to most roadside attractions that were once located near U.S. Route 66.

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